[mythtv-users] setup

[jedi]

On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 05:36:49PM -0500, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> On 01/30/2014 02:52 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> >On 1/30/2014 2:24 PM, James White wrote:
> >>First time user here;
> >>
> >>My church has used mythtv in the past for setting up super bowl
> >>broadcast for viewing.   We've clearly used both homerun and the
> >>mythtv package as they are both resident on our mac.  But the person
> >>who has set this up in the past is not with us anymore.  So I need
> >>some help.  Here is what I know;

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> >>Clearly we used the product before so I assume the configuration is
> >>still there.   Is there a first step or steps I'm missing?
> >
> >If you're only intending to watch the game, Silicon Dust surely has a
> >viewer application that runs on OSX.
> 
> But iirc that program does not provide for recording and pausing the
> playback etc.

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> "LiveTV' is actually a very slightly delayed recorded program. And
> in fact it is much more useful to watch things like sports
> intentionally a minute or so delayed from the 'Recordings' section.
> and that makes pausing things and running your replays easy.You
> don't even need to skip commercials to go to the bathroom.

    If you want to watch something "nearly live", you can easily delay
the start time by 15 minutes or 15 minutes per hour of recorded content.

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