[HLUG] MythTV, Mythbuntu, FreeVO & tvtime :lol: - An Apple a day helps you work, rest and play

Thu Sep 4 12:53:02 UTC 2008

Sorry if you have already mentioned this, but what are you wanting myth TV
to do?

If it is just TV capture I found Linux (Ubuntu) a hell of a lot simpler than
Windows. The drivers for my Winfast card crash XP and make it increadably
unstable :(. No such issues with Ubuntu.

I don't know your set up, but for me I had to run the audio jacks into a 3.5
mm jack on the capture card then another wire out to the line in on the
sound card to get any audio.

Mo

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Christopher Evans <reactiv8 at hotmail.co.uk>wrote:

>
> Just wasted another day & night with Myth & FreeVO - Zilch, so they'll now
> share the bin with Wine :lol: I managed to get something called 'tvtime'
> showing silent TV in the end, but not much good if that is all it can do.
> Windoze wins again I hate to say. ... I'm now going to focus all my
> attention on VirtualBox - when that fails too, I might give VMWare a try if
> I'm feeling really masochistic, but do I need this?. Why do folk release
> these applications if they are still 'under development'? This annoying
> trait seems to have spread to M$ with Vista ... What was wrong with Windoze
> XP??? I can see now that I'll be spending my time keeping that OS running
> for as long as possible - Fortunately PCW magazine has all the tips for that
> this month.
>
> So to conclude: Linux is ok for 'net browsing, playing MP3s & DVDs and some
> very basic word processing. As for image editing, UFRaw & Gimp are
> tolerable, but the interfaces are poor, and the jury's out on their output.
> If I had the money I'd buy a Mac and live happily ever after - Sadly though
> I'm stuck with 'The Terrible Twins' (Linux & Windoze) - I'd happily strangle
> both of them.
>
> Say after me:~ "An Apple a day helps you work, rest and play!" - Indeed.
>
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