[mythtv-users] Program Listings without capture cards

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/29/06 12:37, David Fishburn wrote:

>I just setup MythTH (for my first time) on Ubuntu Edgy using VMWare.
>I haven't figured out how to check the versions yet, but this is definitely
>.20 (and maybe some fixes).
>
>This was essentially a practice run. 
>
>Since I am running in VMWare I do not have any capture cards.
>But I did sign up with Zap2It, and ran mythfilldatabase.  Judging by the
>output of that command and the length of time it ran it should have
>populated the database.
>
>When I go here:
>http://fishburn-ub2e/mythweb/settings/channels
>
>Fatal Error at /usr/share/mythtv/mythweb/includes/channels.php, line 58:
>No channels were detected. Are you sure that MythTV is properly configured?
>
>
>Should I expect to be able to see program listings even if there is no way I
>can record them and so on?
>

Nope.  Myth only shows you the channels you can watch/record through Myth.

For a TV guide, look at a TV guide application, like FreeGuide ( 
http://freeguide-tv.sourceforge.net/ ) or a browser and 
http://www.zap2it.com/ or something.

Or, even better, go out and pick yourself up a capture card and use 
MythTV as it was meant to be used.  :)

Mike