[wellylug] MythTV

[Andrew Ruthven]

On Sun, 2009-11-29 at 22:41 +1300, David Harrison wrote:
> Yes Mythbuntu works reasonably well.
> However if you are interested in recording Sky or Freeview channels,
> going the My Sky/Tivo route will save you a lot of time and hassle.
> 
People are successfully using IR blasters to control a Sky decoder.

Freeview can be received easily enough, both terrestial and via
satelite.  HD is a bit more of an issue, but people have it working.
Checkout the mythtvnz mailing list:
  http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/mythtvnz

> Setting up MythTV to play movies is a lot easier because you don't
> need to mess around with TV decoding or XMLTV channel streams. The two
> potentially tricky things are getting the remote control to work and
> getting output going to the TV at the resolution you want.

While they are tricky, there is a lot of knowledge out there, and many
howtos, some of them are actually useful as well.  There is a relatively
large and active MythTV community within New Zealand.  Most of us hang
out on the mythtvnz mailing list.

> One hard learned lesson: Treat the box like a VCR, once everything is
> working don't run updates or attempt to make 'tweaks'. MythTV is
> fairly robust, but the TV decoding and remote control stuff can
> be temperamental.

Yes, it quickly becomes critical infrastructure within the house.
Downtime tends to not be tolerated, especially by other members of the
house.  Upgrades are to be approached with extreme caution.  Yes, I am
speaking from experience here.

Cheers!

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Andrew Ruthven
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