[mythtv-users] Totally lost ...

[Casey K]

Yay it's working!! Thanks guys!! Michael, I followed the (totally easy)
instructions in that link you sent and I guess my problem was that I was
running the channel scan and I don't think I had it set on DataDirect
either. My card's an old Hauppage using the bt878 driver and actually Brian,
you're right about how what I wanted MythTV for - I just want to be able to
record a program now and then when I'm not home and the commercial skipping
thing will be super nice to have. Commercials inspire me to go to the
library and read more books ;') Since I broke up with my bf TV and junk food
are my best friends though ~lol~.

So thanks again for your help. MythTV looks so kewl, it's going to be fun to
check out all the nifty features. I love the ui it looks so good. Now if
there were only anything on TV I would want to watch ... haha ;')

Smiles,
Casey

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:

> On Wednesday 10 March 2010 05:33:27 pm Casey K wrote:
> > Hi everybody. Well I think MythTV looks really kewl and I would love to
> use
> > it only I can't get it to work and I'm totally lost. Everything I read on
> > message boards is just getting me more confused. Can anybody help me -
> like
> > walk me through how to get it working?
> >
> > It seems like it's so close to working but when I go to "Watch Live TV"
> all
> > I get is a kind of test pattern with a "1" in the middle of the screen
> and
> > then after about 5 seconds it puts me back at the menu.
>
> That sounds like your video driver identifying the screen, somehow things
> were
> unhappy and unable to produce video.
>
> It might seem counter-intuitive, but watching live TV is probably the
> least-
> used function of MythTV, and is used mainly by new users. Most of us just
> record programs, which allows them to be commflagged so they can be watched
> without commercials.
>
> Go through the docs and the Wiki, they are pretty good.
>
> A lot depends on what capture hardware you are using.
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