Comments on: The Myth of MythTV

By: Pedro

Pedro — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:10:33 +0000

I have always considered mythtv hard to install or setup, but it was worth installing it (i use suse linux). Recently i tried to install it under ubuntu and it was really painless to install, so i guess it depend on which distribution you are using. Under ubuntu, mythtv is really easy to install.
i’m still using suse linux (i don’t need to change anything in my server), but as i said it is nothig difficult under ubuntu 8.10.

By: Punk Kid

Punk Kid — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:46:15 +0000

If you need firmware for MythTv Plugin under Pluto you can find them here
http://www.geocities.com/download2kx01
http://members.lycos.co.uk/mythtvx101/
http://mythtvx101.netfirms.com/
http://www.mythtvx101.home.ro/
http://www.mythtvx101.as.ro/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 23:38:10 +0000

How can these systems view and record digital cable channels?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:39:21 +0000

Most of the popular new PVR cards sold for Windows XP MC are based on Connexant's “Blackbird” design, which hasn't had drivers for Linux or Myth.
We have been working on these drivers and released an alpha version at http://plutohome.com. Pluto even has a self-booting kick-start CD that will automatically install & configure everything for you, including a ready-to-go Myth system. It's the fastest and easiest way to get a MythTV PVR up and running, and also installs Xine, Asterisk and our own software to give you the most advanced media & entertainment, home automation, security, telecom & computing system, controllable with your Symbian Bluetooth mobile phone, as well as PDA's and Webpads.
We're working hard to harden the drivers as quickly as possible and would like as much feedback as possible. These 2nd generation “Blackbird” cards are lower in price and offer better picture quality than the current models supported in IVTV, so be sure to check them out.
visit: plutohome.com, click 'support', 'support site', and choose “CX88 Blackbird Drivers” from the projects menu

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 04:02:31 +0000

All posts with MythTV should come with a second section about satellite TV options, namely the Hauppauge WinTV Nexus-S card controlled by the awesome open-source program, Video Disk Recorder. Linuxathome.com

By: richard

richard — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:55:39 +0000

I'm a big fan of my MythTV box… I wouldn't recommend it to anyone but the geekiest and most stubborn people, though; especially if they want to have a working remote control through 'lircd' which is the pickiest piece of software ever….
MythTV I found to be very difficult to install under Redhat using RPMs, but oddly I found it relatively easy to install on a Gentoo system if you don't count the relative pain of installing a Gentoo box….
One of my biggest reasons for not going with the MCE is that with MythTV, I know that I don't have to worry about DRM encoded files. I can encode a show I want to keep as a tiny little XVID file without a problem… This isn't an informed opinion, but extrapolation from how MS has worked with WMP in the past, etc…

By: bnaivar

bnaivar — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:19:16 +0000

Thwell.