[mythtv-users] getting started

[Daryl McDonald]

I have never seen an option to "close the front end". If I get by some
error messages I can toggle up or down through settings, but eventually it
ends up going grey on me.


On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Leo Butler <leo.butler at member.fsf.org>wrote:

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>    I installed a fresh Mythbuntu in a 700 GB partition/extension on my
> drive,
>    but every time I boot to it I only get the front end.
>
>
> Hi Daryl, Let me say that I share your pain. In Jan-Feb, I bought some
> hardware for a mythtv server (to be run in the basement, serving as an
> nfs/samba fileserver, too). I installed mythbunutu 12.04.2 and then
> spent ages pulling out my hair. My problem? In retrospect, I didn't
> follow the guides carefully enough. The obstacle in my case was that I
> did not have channel listings available. I only was able to get myth
> working when I set up an account at schedulesdirect
> (http://www.schedulesdirect.org/) and configured the backend to use
> it. I would suggest you set up a trial account before continuing.
>
> Then, try the following on your mythbunutu box:
> -close the mythfrontend
> -under the Applications on the desktop, select System -> Mythtv Backend
> Setup
> -if prompted, close any running mythbackends
>
> Now, the rest is really just from the manual (
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Manual:MythTV_structure).
> When faced with the setup menu,
>
> -you should be able to leave the general settings as-is since your
>  frontend will be running on the same machine
> -add your capture cards (*)
> -add the schedulesdirect guide data to video sources
> -configure your input sources from the capture cards and guide data
> -you should be able to leave the rest of the settings unchanged, but
> if you have done things right, your guide data should be visible in the
> channel editor.
>
> Once completed, exit the setup and let mythfilldatabase be run. Once
> that completes, go back to the Applications tab and select Multimedia
> -> MythTV Frontend. You should be able to view the tv listings and
> play live tv.
>
> If you run into problems, please do tell us what you have tried and
> what the results have been.
>
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> (*) It may be wise to only add 1 capture card to start. And one
> physical card may provide more than one capture card.
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