<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Nick Rout <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:40 AM, mark Deneen <<a href="mailto:mdeneen9000@gmail.com">mdeneen9000@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Another Sillyname<br>
> <<a href="mailto:anothersname@googlemail.com">anothersname@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> On 9 January 2011 16:57, mark Deneen <<a href="mailto:mdeneen9000@gmail.com">mdeneen9000@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > The Setup program has hundreds of parameters. Very few have any<br>
>> > meaningful<br>
>> > explanation. I see myriad resources for learning how to compile Myth<br>
>> > software, but I have yet to find an instruction on how to set it up. Is<br>
>> > there any kind of PDF manual or online docs for the SETUP?<br>
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>> Which version of Unix are you running?<br>
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> Ubuntu 10.10<br>
> What I installed was referred to as "Mythbuntu."<br>
> FYI. So far, absolutely nothing works except I have a menu on screen which<br>
> does nothing. I can't watch TV, I can't play a DVD, I can't get the weather,<br>
> I can't get the Hauppage remote to work - nothing. I've been installing<br>
> applications on computers since about 1982 and never have seen anything like<br>
> this. Well, it's not actually an application is it? It's a programmer's lego<br>
> kit, or something?<br>
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> The menu makes it look like it would do a lot.<br>
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</div></div>It does, but the developers can't guess what capture devices you have,<br>
nor where in the world you live, nor what TV services you have access<br>
to. You therefore have to do a certain amount of setup. Once you have<br>
done so, it'll work fine.<br>
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You have been pointed at the docs, the first thing to do is run<br>
mythbuntu-control-centre, then do launch mythtv-setup from the mysql<br>
tab.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>Yes, I had read those docs already and found them sorely lacking. For example, this gem: "Choose the appropriate settings for your particular tuner. Use the arrow
keys to move around and to make your choices, and press RETURN when
complete." <br>Right. Just what I needed to know - move the arrow keys and make selections. WOW - someone actually typed that as an instruction? Why not shorten it to "start the program and configure it."<br>
<br>I thank you all for the replies sincerely, but this SW looks like a high school science project, and I was looking for something more like a finished application. My mistake, I ought not have wasted everyone's time. <br>