[mythtv-users] getting started

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Fri May 31 13:39:40 UTC 2013


Daryl

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On 31 May 2013 14:34, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to input cards right now, guides are very thin on this matter. I
> have two cards one hybrid and one HDMI, but I might have detected a problem
> earlier, ATSC wasn't an option while setting TV format contrary to the
> guide.
>
>
> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Paul Wootton <pwootton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 31 May 2013, at 13:40, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ok Myth TV front and back end are installed from Software Center. I'm
>> having trouble setting up the back end, recognizing tuner cards etc. Going
>> to the front end does no good because the back end doesn't even turn on. I
>> also have Mythbuntu Control Center, from Software Center, it opens and I can
>> flip through all the pages but I'm wondering if it is supposed to work with
>> Mythbuntu instead of Myth TV. Previously mentioned is all on a Ubuntu
>> 12.04/64 bit OS I have Mythbuntu intalled on a partition extension of my
>> drive, I do a lot of restarting there because the screen goes blank or
>> because I can't do anything else and it seems like I'm only seeing front end
>> pages I don't see where to input tuner cards of which I have two, a
>> Hauppauge Win TV HVR 1250. and a Kworld Hybrid.
>> If it seem like I'm all over the map here its because I am, I've been
>> getting bits and pieces from here and there that I can't get to fit well
>> together. What I need is small steps through any system to a working HVR.
>> Thanks in advance for your patience and experience.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 3:06 AM, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Daryl McDonald wrote:
>>> > I have Myth TV front and back installed, can't get them to work ...
>>>
>>> It might help to specify more than "doesn't work" ! Specify what stages
>>> you've already gone through, what stage didn't work, what you expected to
>>> see happen, and what you actually see. At the moment the information doesn't
>>> differentiate between "couldn't install the packages" through to "it all
>>> installed and configured but I get no watchable recordings".
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>> The backend won't start until you have some cards configured.  You need to
>> run mythtv-setuo to configure the system - I'm wondering if you've missed
>> this step
>> -- Paul --
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