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

[David]

It's here today: try Knoppmyth.
  http://www.mysettopbox.tv/

Download iso, burn CD, insert CD, wait, use MythTV

You do need a dedicated PC though - it doesn't co-exist with any other OS
So you may need to buy a new HD - big deal ;)

David

PS You are right though.
XP is up and running in 5 minutes.

Unfortunately it's also down again 5 minutes later ;)
I used it for a good few days when the card arrived and it was all I had.
If you want to mess about and say 'ooh a tv picture on my screen' then 
it's fine.
As a pvr it's useless; the sound sync is terrible; it fails to record 
programs; it crashes regularly.
You may want to wait until you're fed up with it and then try Knoppmyth 
- it'll make the end result *so* much better!

Raymond Day wrote:

>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.
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>>On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 09:01:57AM -0400, Raymond Day wrote:
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>>>I go to play TV and it comes back with this:
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>>>"MythTV is already using all available inputs for recording. if you want
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>to
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>>>watch an in-progress recording, select one from the playback menu. If
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>you
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>>>want to watch live TV, cancel one of the in-progress recordings from the
>>>delete menu."
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>>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?
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>>>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
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>locks
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>>>up. It says they are 0 in size.
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>>No idea.
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>>>I know it works with "cat /dev/video0 > test_capture.mpg"
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>>So your hardware works somewhat.
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>>>If some one knows how to set up MythTV good and wants to help. I could
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>let
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>>>you telnet to my MythTV PC if you think you can set it up to work for
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>me?
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>>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>
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