[mythtv-users] Simplifying the instalation? (everyone wants that!) - ideas for thought

[Alex Cruz]

Having used both KnoppMyth and MythDora, I can say that both of these are 
"almost there" in regards to the 3rd group. Each distribution has some 
excellent post install features but still require getting your hands dirty in 
order to get Myth wokring exactly like you want. Both have their pros and 
cons and until you try either with your hardware configuration, you won't 
know which works best for you. As with all operating systems, the real killer 
with a project like MythTV are drivers. Trying to find all of the drivers 
that work with your hardware can be frustrating (try installing XP64 
sometime) but once you get over that hump, the rest is Nirvana. 

I totally love this application and have been pushing it on my co-workers that 
have either TiVO, Replay or Windows Media Center to try out and prove that 
MythTV isn't better than what they currently have. The only grip so far have 
been with the themes (or lack there of). They really aren't easy to 
manipulate if you want to tweak them.

-alex  

On Friday 16 September 2005 01:33 am, Nick wrote:
> On 16/09/05, Buzz <buzz at oska.com> wrote:
> > What about having "recommended" or "common" configurations?
> >
> > 1) single PC - everything installed,run and stored locally.
> >
> > 2) single backend system  - backend+tuners+lirc+database+web+filesystem
> > all on one host.  "basic" frontend on other host/s (as many as desired,
> > often just one) running GUI/mythfrontend+plugins only.
> >
> > 3) minor deviations from (2) eg: lirc on frontend, (extra) tuner/s in
> > frontend,
> >
> > What other common instalations are out there....?
> >
> > What about a Wizard configuration tool?... (for common configurations)
>
> Whilst I think this is probably a good idea, I have the worry that it
> will still rely on all of the many components that MythTV relies on
> being already configured and working before this wizard is run. If you
> scan through Jarod's Fedora guide, you'll see that setting up MythTV
> is a (comparatively) very small part of the HOWTO.
>
> The way I see things at the moment, I are about 3 types of typical
> user - the more 'hardcore' users who will compile everything by hand
> and not use package repos, those comfortable with Linux wanting to
> install MythTV quickly, and finally those who've never used either
> before but want to try, and will find it the most challenging. I think
> that for the first 2 groups, setting up a multi-system MythTV
> installation would be quite straightforward (aside from the odd
> hardware grumble) with documentation explaining the fundamental
> concepts, whereas the last group may be more suited to a premade
> MythTV install such as Knoppmyth or MythDora. Adding such a wizard to
> one of these installs may be useful.
>
> Nick
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