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Revision as of 04:12, 27 August 2007
This manual will attempt to describe MythTV in not especially technical terms, in an attempt to make it easier to use for a wider audience. The focus of the User Manual is primarily to explain how to use a working MythTV installation to record and view programs, and how to tune, tweak and configure it. The process of building and updating it is (and should be) covered in other places on the wiki.
Like the program itself, this manual is being produced by the community — the people who create and use the system — so its tone and depth of detail may vary in spots. It is my hope to be able to even out those hills and valleys a bit in the editing process without offending the people. I've also tried, before releasing this section for general consumption, and with the help of JDonavan, to get some framework in place to serve as an example for later writers; a certain amount of structural coherence is a wonderful thing, and hopefully, folks will feel that my approach is comprehensible, rather than compost. :-)
And a note, for both readers and writers: the User Manual should, by policy, always reflect the system's current production release. MythTV 0.20.2 was released on 24 Aug 2007. When possible, differences regarding the immediately previous release should be noted in parentheses, or with numbered section headers if the changes are large enough. We want to stay as current as possible, but we don't want to leave large numbers of users behind.
And so, on with the fun... :-)
Contents
- Introduction
- Initial Installation — installing and setting up the software
- Setting Up — connecting it to the outside world
- Detailed configuration Backend — detailed walkthrough of the MythTV Backend options
- Detailed configuration Frontend — detailed walkthrough of the MythTV Frontend options
- Daily Use — day-to-day actual operation
- Accessory Modules — extending your MythBox
- Diagnosing Problems — what to do if it breaks
- Regression Testing — making sure it still works correctly after any changes
- Periodic Maintenance — keeping your MythBox running properly
- Technical Details — what's going on under the hood
- Administrivia — notes about the manual
