[mythtv-users] low family acceptance factor; need advice

Aaron aaron at rb303.net
Wed Jan 6 19:07:31 UTC 2010


On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Johnny <jarpublic at gmail.com> wrote:
>> leaves a lot to be desired. Movies for the kids, just isn't working
>> like I want, I want a movie db, not a list of files. I need it as
>> simple as possible for the kids and wife to just click on the movie
>> they want, maybe this is a over site on my behalf, but it seemed to be
>> a lot of work to just get it to display just movies.
>
> Are you talking about recorded movies. If so you can put them in
> appropriate recording groups. That is what I do. I have Kid's Shows
> and Kid's Movies. If you are talking about movies you have stored from
> DVD, etc. Then you need to be using mythvideo. In there you can
> organize things a variety of ways, and you can have them displayed
> with fan art, cover art, etc. My 3-5 children know how to start their
> shows in mythvideo. To get some of the bells and whistles you need to
> be using .22 and an appropriate them (graphite, blue abstrat,
> mythbuntu, etc.). Also about the stability, are you running .22-fixes.
> There are a lot of patches that have gone in since .22 was released or
> from the pre .22 version that shipped with Ubuntu 9.10.
> _______________________________________________

I have upgraded to the 0.22 latest+fixes using the Avenard repo. I am
speaking mostly of DVD movies/shows that I have ripped to my server.

I have used MythVideo in the past, but have massive issues with DTS
"cracking" using my toslink cable to my receiver.


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