[mythtv-users] Seeking Help MythTV on Mac.

Craig Treleaven ctreleaven at cogeco.ca
Tue Dec 17 21:23:55 UTC 2013


At 9:03 PM +0100 12/17/13, Mac.Gebruiker wrote:
>I have up to now spent a rather high amount of time in getting Myth 
>to work on my iMac (running OSX 10.9). Hardware wise I have 1 
>HDHomeRun3-EU and optionally a EyeTV Hybrid. Presently I use this 
>with EyeTV. I would like to replace all this with the HDHR3-4DC or 
>add a 2nd HDHR3-EU. Since EyeTV gives a lot of problems I have been 
>trying to get Myth TV working.
>
>Trials I have done are with MythTV found on SourceForge and on 
>Avenard.org. Besides I have tried to install MythTV on Linux (thru 
>VMWare/Fusion). Recently I discovered Macports and tried that.
>
>But every time it stops the moment I start MythTV Setup. I get to 
>the screen where I have to enter which devices I use. Then I select 
>HDHomeRun, let everything remain at default and go to the channel 
>search. Here it stops, never the channels are found.
>
>Problem is most likely that I do not understand all the parameters.
>
>My search is now for someone that can give me a lending hand in 
>getting this thing working. As I live in the Netherlands it would be 
>great if someone speaking Dutch or using screensharing can help me. 
>Or maybe there is somewhere a working version that I can download to 
>start from?

Hmmm, your description sounds very much like what I ran into recently:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/559256?nohighlight=1#559256

Are you using the MacPorts version of mythtv-setup to attempt the 
scan?  Can you try with the version from avendard.org?  I haven't had 
time to try to track this down.

Craig


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