[mythtv-users] MythTV Light Builds

[Peter Bennett]

On 3/8/22 10:55, Ken Mandelberg wrote:
> Peter, thanks!
>
> I have an old 3B (not 3B+) that was doing nothing, so I thought I 
> would try it.
>
> I loaded Buster and then the Mythtv light. No tweaks no MPG license. 
> The GUI ran painfully slowly each screen change rendered 
> incrementally. The setup video even in standard was very choppy.
>
> Is there anything I can do to make this usable, or is a 3B just 
> totally inadequate.

It should not be that bad. Did you follow the guide in the wiki?

https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#Setup_on_Raspbian

and improving performance

https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#System_Performance

This version is run from command line so you should set up the system to 
start in command line mode.

Peter