[mythtv-users] I just can't get it working.

[Raymond Day]

Thank you Hamish

I put the card in my Windows XP computer. Loaded the CD that came with it.
In about 5 minuites I was up and running. Could do every thing with the
card. I spent 2 days trying to get mythtv to work on a linux type PC. I give
up! It was so easy on windows XP!

Mybe some day when they make one RPM of mythtv that will install easy. Like
how webmin installs. Then I will try again. But I guess that will not be for
years to come.

-Raymond Day

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hamish Moffatt" <hamish at cloud.net.au>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 4:46 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] I just can't get it working.


> On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 09:01:57AM -0400, Raymond Day wrote:
> > I go to play TV and it comes back with this:
> >
> > "MythTV is already using all available inputs for recording. if you want
to
> > watch an in-progress recording, select one from the playback menu. If
you
> > want to watch live TV, cancel one of the in-progress recordings from the
> > delete menu."
>
> Have you defined your capture cards in the setup program? (Which is
> called mythtv-setup or mythtvsetup depending on your distribution.)
> And video sources? And channels in the sources? And associate your cards
> with your sources?
>
> > When I go to the delete menu. 2 recordings are there all ready done
> > recording. They were test ones. I go to delete them and MythTV just
locks
> > up. It says they are 0 in size.
>
> No idea.
>
> > I know it works with "cat /dev/video0 > test_capture.mpg"
>
> So your hardware works somewhat.
>
> > If some one knows how to set up MythTV good and wants to help. I could
let
> > you telnet to my MythTV PC if you think you can set it up to work for
me?
>
> Better you work out how to set it up and maintain it, rather than have
> someone else do it for you. (telnet access wouldn't be enough anyway.)
> Between the mythtv.org web pages, HOWTOs like Jared's
> (http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/) and the archives of this mailing list
> (http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/) there's plenty of
> information already available.
>
>
> Hamish
> -- 
> Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish at debian.org> <hamish at cloud.net.au>