[mythtv-users] More problems than it's worth?

[Steve Dorsey]

Honestly. . .

   I had a mythTV system up and running about 2 years ago, and it was  
VERY hard for me to maintain. I'm not a CLI Linux person by nature,  
so it was extra difficult for me to learn how to follow Jarod's  
guide, and get a RHFC system up and running with MythTV.

   About 9 months after it was running, it died and I was not able to  
figure out how to fix it, so I installed Windows XP and BeyondTV.  
BeyondTV worked with my PVR-250, and did fine for a long time until  
they upgraded to version 4, and their DIVX support blew chunks. Also,  
they standardized on .wmv in stead of just about any other technology  
which would be superior (.wmv REALLY sucks!). I decided to try my  
hands at MythTV again.

   This time around, I tried my hand at Jarod's guide, and RHFC  
again. It was not easy at all. I had a hell of a time getting LIRC  
working (it never did, really), and other things caused problems as  
well.

   I tried Knoppmyth about 2 days ago, and it is GREAT!!!! I had to  
do some manual placing of files to control my DirecTV receivers via a  
serial cable, but more or less, it was easy stuff. Only regret - I  
cannot use my 400GB of SATA drives that I have in my PC with  
Knoppmyth because - no matter how I try and no matter how I ask, no  
one is either willing or able to help me set them up, and I don't  
know how to do it myself. I have Knoppmyth running on a 160GB IDE  
drive right now, I hope to integrate the SATA drives later on.

   Anyway, these lists have proven a VERY valuable resource. MythTV  
is a technology in progress and it does have bugs/problems. That  
being said, if you get it up and running, and if you don't try to  
upgrade every time a new technology comes out, you'll have a fairly  
stable system that will serve you well.

   Best of luck,

--------------------------S



On Feb 24, 2006, at 8:37 AM, James Minihane wrote:

> Initially I thought MythTV was THE ANSWER. But reading these lists, it
> seems that MythTV is more of a headache than a godsend. I'm not  
> about to
> invest a few thousand in hardware into a problem ridden system.
> Here's the question...
> How many of you actually use MythTV to...
> Time delay live TV, watch DVDs, schedule recordings, listen to  
> music, and
> view pictures and actually have things work without reboots etc?
>
> J. Minihane
>
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