<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 13/09/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Eric Robinson</b> <<a href="mailto:ryunokokoro@gmail.com">ryunokokoro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Paul Mason wrote:<br>> I quite fancy trying Mythbuntu or Mythdora or KnoppMyth at some<br>> point. However since I am currently running an SVN version of Myth<br>> then I need to run the same version if I want to copy over my existing
<br>> database and recordings. Plus there are a couple of new features that<br>> I've gotten quite used to.<br>><br>> --<br>> Paul Mason<br><br>I'm planning on using Mythbuntu for my first go at the backend. I am,
<br>however, curious about those new features you mention enjoying so much.<br>Which ones would they be?<br></blockquote></div><br>Now you've got me! I said that because I fired up my old proof-of-concept Myth box for the first time in months the other day and there were a few things that I noticed were missing. They're mostly small things that just work slightly better. I can't remember what they all were. One is that I like the way it handles when you're watch LiveTV and it needs the tuner. You used to get a message box telling you to go to the recordings menu, now you get a funky screen overlay with an option to choose a current recording to watch.
<br><br>MythArchive seems more stable for me. It was always a bit hit and miss creating DVDs before whereas now I can pretty much rely on it.<br><br>MythWeb has the ability to stream recordings. I know there are other methods that work with
0.20 actually the current SVN implementation isn't all there yet - but it's still quite impressive. <br><br>Then there's storage groups - which seems to be the killer feature for a lot of folks, but actually I don't use them.
<br><br>-- <br>Paul Mason