[mythtv-users] Where to find Myth Setup Information?

[mark Deneen]

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:26 PM, mark Deneen <mdeneen9000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:40 AM, mark Deneen <mdeneen9000 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Another Sillyname
> >> > <anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> On 9 January 2011 16:57, mark Deneen <mdeneen9000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> > The Setup program has hundreds of parameters. Very few have any
> >> >> > meaningful
> >> >> > explanation. I see myriad resources for learning how to compile
> Myth
> >> >> > software, but I have yet to find an instruction on how to set it
> up.
> >> >> > Is
> >> >> > there any kind of PDF manual or online docs for the SETUP?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > _______________________________________________
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> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Which version of Unix are you running?
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> >> >
> >> > Ubuntu 10.10
> >> > What I installed was referred to as "Mythbuntu."
> >> > FYI. So far, absolutely nothing works except I have a menu on screen
> >> > which
> >> > does nothing. I can't watch TV, I can't play a DVD, I can't get the
> >> > weather,
> >> > I can't get the Hauppage remote to work - nothing. I've been
> installing
> >> > applications on computers since about 1982 and never have seen
> anything
> >> > like
> >> > this. Well, it's not actually an application is it? It's a
> programmer's
> >> > lego
> >> > kit, or something?
> >> >
> >> > The menu makes it look like it would do a lot.
> >>
> >> It does, but the developers can't guess what capture devices you have,
> >> nor where in the world you live, nor what TV services you have access
> >> to. You therefore have to do a certain amount of setup. Once you have
> >> done so, it'll work fine.
> >>
> >> You have been pointed at the docs, the first thing to do is run
> >> mythbuntu-control-centre, then do launch mythtv-setup from the mysql
> >> tab.
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> >
> > Yes, I had read those docs already and found them sorely lacking. For
> > example, this gem: "Choose the appropriate settings for your particular
> > tuner. Use the arrow keys to move around and to make your choices, and
> press
> > RETURN when complete."
> > Right. Just what I needed to know - move the arrow keys and make
> selections.
> > WOW - someone actually typed that as an instruction? Why not shorten it
> to
> > "start the program and configure it."
> >
> > I thank you all for the replies sincerely, but this SW looks like a high
> > school science project, and I was looking for something more like a
> finished
> > application. My mistake, I ought not have wasted everyone's time.
> >
>
> Well, I guess you get what you pay for, eh?
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Exactly. And if the fellas who ginned this up were honest, they'd
say*exactly that
* in big bold letters on the MythTV home page. This program is the typical
Linux exercise in utter futility. But hey, it's free, so that makes it ok,
huh?
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