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

Phil Bridges gravityhammer at gmail.com
Mon Jan 10 04:59:07 UTC 2011


On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 11:38 PM, mark Deneen <mdeneen9000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> 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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>> >> >> > mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>> >> >> > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 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?
>

Works fine for me.  Has worked fine for me for 5+ years.  BTW, notice
the "0." in the version number?

Sorry you have so much trouble with Linux programs.  Perhaps a Tivo is
more your speed?



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