[olug] MythTV

[Brandon Lederer]

Just as a side note, there are PLENTY of mythTV howto's online.


On Wednesday 02 June 2004 01:34 pm, Tim - DZ wrote:
> Mythtv uses xmltv to get the tv listings for the tv guide data so you can
> schedule shows.
>
> Tv_grab_na  which _was_ part of xmltv, basically parsed a _bunch_ of
> individual web pages from zap2it in order to populate the mysql data for
> the tv guide.
>
> Thus every time the web page with the tv guide data changes formats xmltv
> must be rewritten and re-released.  Starting with MythTV 0.15 there is
> native support for guide data using zap2it via their "direct data" service.
> So you need to go get a free account from zap2it (http://labs.zap2it.com)
> and use MythTV 0.15 (since tv_grab_na is now broken, and will not be
> fixed).
>
> -t
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> John Dickson
> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 1:07 PM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [olug] MythTV
>
> Are you saying that KnoppMyth = XMLTV?
>
> Brandon Lederer wrote:
> >You HAVE to use myth 0.15 as XMLTV in the US is dead.
> >
> >On Wednesday 02 June 2004 08:26 am, John Dickson wrote:
> >>There is also KnoppMyth. It installs quickly and requires very little
> >>familiarity.
> >>
> >>PS wrote:
> >>>Hello All,
> >>>I am looking for recommendations on setting up my MythTV box.  I
> >>>finally have all of the hardware (Dell GX260, Pent4 2GHz, 512M ram,
> >>>PVR250, nVidia Geforce 5200 and a 120G hard drive).  However, I can
> >>>not determine which OS or method to use in setting everything up.  So,
> >>>oh wonderful and mighty OLUG group, do I start with Myth 0.15? do I
> >>>use apt-get? or build from scratch? do I use Fedora Core 1 or 2, or
> >>>how about Suse 9.1 Pro?
> >>>
> >>>I do not mean to start a distro war, I just want to get my Myth box
> >>>built and still have some sanity to enjoy the fruit of my labors.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks for you time and consideration,
> >>>Patrick
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