[mythtv-users] setup

[Craig Treleaven]

At 2:24 PM -0500 1/30/14, James White wrote:
>First time user here;
>
>My church has used mythtv in the past for setting up super bowl 
>broadcast for viewing.   We've clearly used both homerun and the 
>mythtv package as they are both resident on our mac.  But the person 
>who has set this up in the past is not with us anymore.  So I need 
>some help.  Here is what I know;
>
>We have an antenna coming in from the roof.
>It is attached to a device called HDHomeRun.  This is a device that 
>sends over-the-air or cable TV signal into a local computer network
>This is currently set up in the auditorium.  The signal is strong on 
>the computer.  You can view it on the application called HD HomeRun.
>In order to actually view the content from the signal you need a 
>different program.  This is where there may be a different option 
>with a PC vs Mac.  With Mac the only acceptable program is MythTV 
>(which is complicated beyond anything else I have done on the 
>internet).  There are more options for Windows and Linux.
>
>Clearly we used the product before so I assume the configuration is 
>still there.   Is there a first step or steps I'm missing?

Actually, EyeTV should also be compatible with your HDHomerun.

http://www.elgato.com/eyetv

However, is Myth still running on this Mac?  Open Activity Monitor 
(Applications>Utilities) and set it to show All Processes.  If 
'mysqld' and 'mythbackend' are listed, it is running and ready to go.

If running, you then just need to start up MythFrontend.app.  It 
sounds like this was very seldom used so I suppose that if you had a 
membership to ShedulesDirect.com for guide data, it has probably 
lapsed.  Your best bet may be to use the Live TV function for the 
viewing since you can pause and rewind the playback in that.

You better have a Plan B, though, given that this setup hasn't been 
maintained and you don't have much experience with Myth.

Craig
PS Make sure you have wired connections to the church 
network--wireless is not likely to be reliable.