by e_james » Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:17 pm
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Just in case you're wondering, I haven't gone away, I've just been very busy.
The netbooks come with Windows 7 Starter which is deliberately crippled in some respects but it will handle the digital tuners if the makers actually permit it. I haven't got close to using both tuners of a dual unit but I have had tuners working in both Windows 7 and linux. In at least one case I have managed to record.
The wi-fi problem is now solved. It was mainly due to my own inexperience. I am used to the software which provides a list of access points and that's missing in Mythbuntu but, by copying the settings for "Network Connections" from a working system, I got the Mythbuntu wi-fi working. Using an ethernet connection I installed Leafpad. I had a look at Gedit but it seemed to include half the gnome desktop as dependencies.
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My main problem with MythTV isn't the frontend, it's the backend setup. If you need an illustration of the word "arcane" it will do very nicely. There are so many obscure settings and too little explanation as to which one to choose. I have at least one tuner which works with Me-tv (once I caught on that you need to stop the MythTV backend first). Me-tv seems to work well in Mythbuntu and not well at all in Lubuntu. I don't yet know why.
The thing that's keeping me busy at this time is the digital tv multiplexes. I have a digital capable television which has decided in the last 24 hours that at least 2 of the 4 multiplexes no longer exist. They were working, now they're not. Among my other TVs and "set top boxes" they're mostly happy about the multiplexes but there are some issues. I suspect the broadcasters are still making adjustments and the multiplex with itv2 conforms to a slightly different standard to the multiplex with bbc1. Me-tv and / or the tuner seems to have problems in this area as well.
Earlier today I received the TerraTec Cinergy T Stick Dual RC Dual DVB-T Tuner USB 2.0 and, as I was writing this post, the HD Homerun arrived. Maybe I've now got a really good solution but I still have a lot of work to do. One last comment for now - the Terratec tuner seems to have driver problems in lubuntu.
In any completed construction project, at least 50% of the cost and effort goes to building the box to put it in.