Barry Samuels wrote:
I have set up a low-end machine with a TV adapter to run MythTV on the assumption that I wouldn't need X running on the back-end machine but I find that the mythtv-setup programme is graphical! So I need to install a lot of X packages just to run the setup.
On 05/02/08 15:36:19, Tim Green wrote:
You don't need a local xserver to run X applications.
I didn't know that. Well you learn something new every day.
On 05/02/08 15:16:59, Mark Rogers wrote:
I'd be interested to see where you end up on this one.
I now have the MythTV backend running on my low-end machine and the frontend on my normal desktop. I am now running a test recording.
I must say that the mythtv-setup software is one of the most frustrating bits of software that I have ever used.
The instructions say to use the up/down arrows to select a field (that works) and make the field active by pressing space. That worked sometimes but mostly seemed to move me to the next screen which I didn't want.
I tried using a mouse but the cursor was visible only when it moved into a text input field. There were some dropdown fields and fields with a small checkbox but no instructions on how to change the values. Pressing space with those just took me out of the current screen.
In the end I resorted to moving the mouse cursor into a text field where I could see it then moved it blind to where I wanted it and clicked. Took a few tries with some fields but we got there in the end. Talk about Russian Roulette.
I need to improve the TV signal as it is a bit low at around 30% for BBC1. The signal strength for the same channel on our television is around 80%. I also need to swap the cardboard box that it's all running in for a new case.
Still, it appears to be up and running and scheduling recordings seems easy (assuming my test recording actuall works - due to finish in 30 minutes).