[mythtv-users] Final setup questions
Brad DerManouelian
myth at dermanouelian.com
Wed Mar 26 19:55:32 UTC 2008
Darryl Hirschler wrote:
> My apologies. I meant to give more info in my last email. I am running
> Ubuntu Linux 7.10, and I am a North America TV viewer.
>
> I guarantee I haven't yet installed the mstcorefonts. I completely
> forgot to do that. Thanks for the tip. I am sure that will fix me up.
> Really, I am surprised no guides have mentioned this tidbit of info.
> And that reminds me, I have not yet installed the mpeg codecs and css
> for Ubuntu either.
>
It's theme-specific so whever you got the theme should have mentioned
"If you're using this theme, you need to have XXX font(s) installed."
> I am using Schedules Direct for EPG data. So far, the only channels
> that have names are the digital ones and they got their names when
> scanning, not through the EPG.
>
That seems wrong. You should be getting nice channel names/icons. You're
not scanning your analog sources are you? You should be "fetching" those
and only scanning your digital sources.
> As far as channel browsing goes, it seems a waste to have the up/down
> arrows do the same thing as the ch+/ch- buttons. I thought it'd be nice
> to have the option of both types of navigation. The arrows show the
> description and expect OK/Enter to change to it; ch+/ch- would change
> channels instantly.
>
Yeah, nothing like that I don't think. You can choose one or the other
unless someone decides to change the functionality.
> As for channel browsing, have any of you here seen how Dscaler (Windows
> only I think) does it? It brings up a screen with about 25 thumbnails
> of all the channels. You can navigate from thumb to thumb and select it
> to go full screen. I don't suppose Myth has anything like that?
>
Hmm.. if you are getting 25 thumbnails then you're not getting "all" the
channels. :) Most people use the program guide when they want to see
what's on more than 1 channel at a time. I have mine set to display 5
channels on the screen and scroll through those if I'm looking for
something to watch. Someone put out something called LinuxMCE which uses
MythTV for its TV-capabilities but has its own UI on top of it which has
something like that. I think it's ugly, but some people seem to like it.
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