[ale] Mythtv Build-In

[H P Ladds]

Hey Jeff,

You and me both. I've had some trouble with MythTV -- for longer than I care
to admit. I too have tried different hardware and distributions -- all with
varying degrees of success.

One of the reasons I'm interested in a "Build-In" is to put ALE's brainpower
to work on a current MythTV build, document it, and share the findings. As
you suggest, "Timeliness of documentation is very important" for this
project.


On 3/16/06, Jeff Hubbs <hbbs at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I've been hammering intermittently on trying to get MythTV to work for a
> few months now.
>
> Mostly, I'm finding the whole thing to be very twitchy as far as just
> getting it working goes.  I initially tried to get it going on Gentoo
> and I got as far as getting composite input to work, but when I moved
> the whole thing over to the TV and wired up the output, nothing worked
> right anymore.  I then installed KnoppMyth, but just when I nearly had
> that going, something I did - probably trying to fix something - kept it
> from working right ever again, so I went back to the Gentoo route.  I
> let it sit for about a month and a half while I dealt with other
> crises^H^H^H^H^H^Hthings and I only just recently started working on it
> again - I'm as far as getting X going with the Nvidia (not nv) driver.
> There is Gentoo MythTV info and there's MythTV info, and one kind of has
> to pick through both of them together along with the appropriate IRC
> channel.  Timeliness of documentation is very important; you have to
> know, for instance, that you have to jump ahead of Portage to get an
> 8000-series Nvidia or no joy.
>
> At least I know that my hardware (TV included) functions.  One thing
> that messed me up was that different devices react in different ways to
> having null S-Video input, so, if you're looking at a blank screen when
> you think you ought to be seeing something, one must make sure to
> power-cycle the TV and perhaps the active switcher box in between it and
> the MythTV box.
>
> I also had to do things like buy S-Video cables with rubber-covered
> connectors that I could whittle down in order for the connector to fit
> into the Nvidia card or the TV.
>
> Mike Harrison wrote:
>
> >>we, uh, go to bed early, because our dogs get us up at 5am.. so we
> >>watch TV from 7-9pm most nights. The other nights we sit out on the
> >>porch and watch.... the trees!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >Porch and Trees.. One of my favorite shows!
> >My house: 1300sqft. My deck:  600+sqft.
> >The view: Awesome.
> >
> >-------
> >
> >   And that's why, although I'm bringing my MythTV box to the meeting
> >and it's awesome. It's also not been watched or used in weeks..
> >Nor has the TV Set.. It's just been too nice outside.
> >
> >But the next meeting, the really technical guy will be Jessee Guardiani,
> >who uses his MythTV box a -LOT- and not just as a PVR, but as a game
> >system, web browser.. etc.. etc..  and has munged and hacked it a lot.
> >
> >
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