[mythtv] Whats the deal with usability

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Tue Jan 16 13:38:48 UTC 2007


On 1/16/07, brian <turbo at talstar.com> wrote:
> On the whole, I'd agree with Justin's commentary  ...with one addition.
> On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 06:59 +0000, Justin Hornsby wrote:
> > On 16/01/07, Imran K <gururug at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > What are the main issues (wholistically) that prevent myth being deployed
> > > smoothly and easily.
> > >
> >
> > 1. The user, not reading the docs before starting.
> >
> > 2. The user, glibly making assumptions about the application (see above)
>
>   2b.  The user, glibly making assumptions about the necessary hardware.
>
>      Anybody who has read -users, or any other MythTV forum (support or
> otherwise) has seen the posts --
>
>      "I've been reading about MythTV and it sounds great!!!11!.  I found
> an old Casio digital watch in my spare parts drawer that I will use as
> the combined frontend/backend box and instead of a capture card I plan
> on using a roomful of clerics (all are excellent typists) to faithfully
> reproduce the streaming image in mpeg format on disk by entering the
> information in a hex editor.  For video out, my next door neighbor's dog
> has dug up an old Hercules 132-column card -- how do I get this signal
> to my television?"
>
>      (okay, maybe I exaggerated a bit...)

hey, cheap parts, and if they get it working more power to 'em! ;-)

-- 
Steve
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