MythNews

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MythNews is a module which permits the user to follow their favorite news sources, available in RSS (Really Simple Syndication) format.

URLs to syndication links are stored in

/usr/share/mythtv/mythnews/news-sites.xml

Edit them with a simple texteditor and superuser rights.

MyhthNews will store it's downloaded newsfeeds in

/home/mythtv/.mythtv/MythNews

Make sure it exists and set the permissions to the myth user and group.

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-Myth News is a module which permits the user to follow their favorite news sources, available in RSS (Really Simple Syndication) format.
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-The following URL helped me while dealing with read only filesystems (CD, NFS):
+MythNews is a module which permits the user to follow their favorite news sources, available in RSS (Really Simple Syndication) format.
-http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=302546
+== Custom Newsfeeds ==
+URLs to syndication links are stored in
-Basically it says at the end:
+ /usr/share/mythtv/mythnews/news-sites.xml
+Edit them with a simple texteditor and superuser rights.
-''Had the same problem and it took me about three weeks to figure it out, but I guess this works.''
-''Create a folder called MythNews in /home/mythtv/.mythtv/. Set the permissions to the myth user and group.''
-''This should be it. MythNews will save the News in this folder from now on. Same should actually work for MythWeather.''
-This fixed my problems of not getting news when /home/mythtv/.mythtv/MythNews didn't exist on my bootable cdrom.
+== Troubleshooting: Read-Only Filesystems ==
+MyhthNews will store it's downloaded newsfeeds in
+ /home/mythtv/.mythtv/MythNews
+Make sure it exists and set the permissions to the myth user and group.
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