[mythtv-users] Forum better than mailing list

[Dan Berger]

I would also like to add that on such a huge mailing list, we can't really
"discuss" MythTV. For example, I would love to start a thread like "What do
you use your MythTV for?" or a "Show off your Mythbox" discussion.... But
that can't be done here since this list is mostly technical.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Dan Berger
>Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 1:29 PM
>To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
>Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Forum better than mailing list
>
>This subject has been discussed before (the latest one being a 
>couple of weeks ago). I am no player in the mythtv scene, I am 
>not experienced, nor am I an oldschool user. That said, my 
>suggestion does not hold as much weight as someone else's.
>
>However, I would still like to express my view. I strongly 
>believe that a forum is much more suited for what mythtv has 
>become today. More users, more problems, more hardware, more 
>modules, more stuff, means more mail. With a forum, the 
>subjects can be divided up, as reflex suggests. It just makes 
>more sense for such a project and for a mailing list, which 
>averages 200-300 mails a day (most fo them being technical).
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of reflex
>>Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 7:15 AM
>>To: MythTV Users
>>Subject: [mythtv-users] Forum better than mailing list
>>
>>Hello,
>>
>>There are thousands of questions about mythtv. Does it 
>support my card, 
>>can I have this feature, why does it not work with $Mydistro??
>>
>>Getting MythTV to work is not that easy. But the biggest 
>problem is the 
>>lack of proper documentation. It works for me now more or less but I 
>>had to surf google all the time and distiguish between unrelated info 
>>and outdated info.
>>
>>We could greatly improve the documentation section if you 
>would provide 
>>a Good Forum(tm) like phpBB and create several sections like
>>
>>Installation probs:
>>-------------------
>>MythBackend
>>MythFrontend
>>MythTV Modules
>>	MythTV
>>	     XMLTV Fetching problem for non supported countries
>>	MythMusic
>>	MythDVD
>>	etc.
>>
>>Feature Requests:
>>-----------------
>>Modules:
>>	TV
>>	DVD
>>	etc.
>>
>>Hardware:
>>---------
>>PC's
>>	pundit
>>	etc.
>>TV-Cards
>>	Hauppauge 250/250
>>	etc.
>>
>>This would prevent questions to be posted over and over again to the 
>>list. And in case of phpBB we would finally have a really good 
>>searching function!
>>
>>
>>Just my 2 cents
>>
>>Have a nice X-mas
>>-- 
>>Clemens Wacha           wacha at gmx.ch           ICQ:12620492
>>
>>proudly running Debian/GNU Linux. See http://www.debian.org
>>
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