<div>Amen to that. I got Myth up and running in September, and I'll tell you this. I'm a NOVICE when it comes to Linux, even though I ran two ISPs in Dallas whose systems were entirely based on SunOS and Linux.</div>
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<div>This is a good rule though, and people say it over and over and over and over. Get it working, and DON'T TOUCH IT if you don't want it to break. :) I haven't followed my own rule, because I love "Latest Greatest", so I update to the current SVN every couple of months. It IS painful, but heck, Myth is the only system out there to suppose SO much hardware, and SO many different types of systems.
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<div>I just purchased a bundle from Snapstream, and I'll tell you, it's pretty nice. For BASIC PVR features, it's pretty, it's easy to setup, and it works. But, I just love the added flexibility (and to be honest, stability on Linux), that Myth provides.
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<div>So, my $0.02 worth, maybe try:</div>
<div>- Starting over with an easier package like MythDora (Wilson is now on this team).</div>
<div>- Try out something simpler like BeyondTV<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/25/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Kevin Slater</b> <<a href="mailto:kevin.slater@gmail.com">kevin.slater@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Sometimes it's just like that. Find another avenue to tape your shows. Life's too short to be that frustrated. (And I speak from volumes of experience with frustration..)
<br><br>...Kevin<br><br>
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<div><span class="e" id="q_11228a582c2eef17_1"><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/25/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">M@</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:msheppard@gmail.com" target="_blank">
msheppard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></span></div>
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<div><span class="e" id="q_11228a582c2eef17_3">I am a couple years into a very unsuccessful relationship with MythTV. I've reached a low-bottom tonight - the backend crashed and failed to record Gilmore Girls which pissed the wife off - and when I went to watch the only Colbert Report it recorded for some reason and had the sound not work. I have solved the sound problem at least a dozen times - and tonight the F10 + F11 keys no longer seem to affect the volume. Why? For the love of christ WHY?
<br><br>I am close to the edge. I need help. I know this system can work - and I have had some glorious moments of streaming live TV to random computers - but it's just seeming to not be worth it!<br><br>I subscribe to this list, I comb the wikis and newsgroups - but I just can't take it anymore. I call home and the wife says, "Myth crashed again" and I want to throw the phone into a lake and never use electricity again.
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