[mythtv-users] using mythtv

[Tony H]

Wow...some great responses here....from the look of it I would love to use
mythtv. I have just moved into an apartment while I build a house so right
now all I have set up is 1 PC, and 2 TVs. The PC is in the room with a
regular (non-HD) tv. I would imagine, that in order to do this right, I
would have to have two computers set up (one for each TV). The primary
reason for that being the fact that I am not supposed to drill through the
walls to run cable. I am debating putting single gang boxes in and just
covering them with blank faceplates when I move (I doubt anyone would be the
wiser) but that is another story. So what I would have to do I imagine would
be to have another mythtv box with a wireless NIC to communicate back to the
server (with the storage). Does this sound about right? I want to try and
figure out exactly what hardware I will need to buy and how I will need to
configure everything so I can weigh all the options before starting.

On 7/18/06, Phill Wiggin <alamar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/18/06, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >    I've run a small network of MythTV 0.18 machines on Gentoo here at
> > home for about 15 months. We're using Gentoo and MythTV has changed
> > our TV habits completely. Almost no live TV watching ever takes place
> > around here any more. If it's worth watching then it's worth
> > recording.
> >
> >    That said, look for the easiest way to make it work.... KnoppMyth
> > may be a good one.
> >
> >    Starting last Saturday afternoon I've been trying to upgrade from
> > 0.18 to 0.19. It's now Tuesday morning. Nearly 3 days and I cannot get
> > it to work. I cannot get the backend to run and connect to the
> > database. I had problems with MySQL updates. No fun at all and 3 days
> > of missed recordings.
> >
> >    Look for the easiest way to make it work and go with that! ;-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mark
>
> I'm going to put in a counter-point here.  I also run Gentoo and
> upgraded from 0.18-0.19. I run multiple frontends (dedicated HTPC,
> laptop, xbox, XBMC) and my upgrade went very smoothly.  I think I was
> down for a couple of hours. (Gentoo recompiles every package when
> your'e upgrading.)  I think I spent about 20 minutes on configuration
> and migration.
>
> Now, I'm sure I've used up my good MythTV Karma and my next upgrade
> will wipe all the hard-drives in my house... That's what I get for
> bragging. =)
>
> --Phill W.
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