[mythtv-users] Where to find Myth Setup Information?

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:40 AM, mark Deneen <mdeneen9000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Another Sillyname
> <anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> On 9 January 2011 16:57, mark Deneen <mdeneen9000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > The Setup program has hundreds of parameters. Very few have any
>> > meaningful
>> > explanation. I see myriad resources for learning how to compile Myth
>> > software, but I have yet to find an instruction on how to set it up. Is
>> > there any kind of PDF manual or online docs for the SETUP?
>> >
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>> Which version of Unix are you running?
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> Ubuntu 10.10
> What I installed was referred to as "Mythbuntu."
> FYI. So far, absolutely nothing works except I have a menu on screen which
> does nothing. I can't watch TV, I can't play a DVD, I can't get the weather,
> I can't get the Hauppage remote to work - nothing. I've been installing
> applications on computers since about 1982 and never have seen anything like
> this. Well, it's not actually an application is it? It's a programmer's lego
> kit, or something?
>
> The menu makes it look like it would do a lot.

It does, but the developers can't guess what capture devices you have,
nor where in the world you live, nor what TV services you have access
to. You therefore have to do a certain amount of setup. Once you have
done so, it'll work fine.

You have been pointed at the docs, the first thing to do is run
mythbuntu-control-centre, then do launch mythtv-setup from the mysql
tab.