MythTV Update – MPlayer works, IRC Support isn’t, and Wireless
Just a quick update: I can watch TV through MPlayer now. Now that I have all of the IVTV drivers installed correctly, it is a simple matter of opening a terminal and telling MPlayer to access that device: mplayer /dev/video0 But I still can’t get LiveTV inside Myth. And when I tell it to record, it starts a .NUV file, but the size never grows (stays around 9K or 12K). So, in other words, Myth simply isn’t accessing the PVR-350 correctly. Naturally I tried to get on IRC for some help, but in the mythbuntu channel there were 40 people all idling–no one responded. In the main mythtv channel a user named “dustybin” responded and was helpful, but had never used a PVR-350 or Mythbuntu. During time I was working on this,...
First Problems – Mythbuntu on PVR-350
[photopress:denon_cable.jpg,full,centered] Maybe I need one of these. Yes, if you click on the link, Denon really wants $500.00 for an ethernet cable. And while you’re there, read the reviews–they are hilarious. I particularly liked the one about this cable can expand the digital range beyond just the pedestrian zeros and ones–this cable can do TWOs, BABY!!! Anyway. Mythbuntu installed fine–except for one small issue. I may be missing it, but after two or three installs, I have never seen an initial IP configuration during setup. I always have stop the Myth Setup, manually configure a static IP address, and then restart Myth. More annoying than anything, but this would be a real show stopper to a true tyro. None the...
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