Re: [SLUG] Trying to start a Project

From: Christopher Reyes (candrewreyes@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Dec 29 2005 - 21:28:39 EST


I got Ubuntu set up on a nice system, I live in Clearwater, hope its not to
far. the only thing I dont have is a TV tuner. But I'm not really worried
about that, I just like having one nice interface for my dvds and mp3s and
what not.

chris

On 12/29/05, Tom E. Craddock Jr. <sigtom@sigtom.com> wrote:
>
> Christopher Reyes wrote:
> > MythMedia was what i was looking for, Do you know any manufaturer that
> > sets these boxes up and sells them?
> >
> > On 12/29/05, *Kwan Lowe* < kwan@digitalhermit.com
> > <mailto:kwan@digitalhermit.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I tried Myth TV and it was kinda hard to set up, and I didnt get
> > a chance to
> > > use its interface, does it look good? is there guide to set it
> > up? But I
> > > havent seen a good media center type thing for Linux yet that has
> > a good
> > > interface like Windows Media Center and the new Front row for
> Mac.
> > >
> >
> > http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=MythFeatures
> >
> > The interface is very professional... Even though many Linux apps
> > work wonderfully,
> > their interfaces have sometimes been lacking. It could be as simple
> > as icon sets
> > that are not consistent, or jagged text in a menu. MythTV is
> > nothing like this.
> > Everything is smoothly shaded and responsive. Definitely A+
> > software. Setup can be a
> > little involved, but straightforward. The Fedora installation was
> > pretty easy.
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Ive used MythTV for over 2 years now, since .10 at least, and while it
> can be a bit tricky, its not too overly difficult. If your in the Tampa
> Bay area, Id be glad to meet up with you and install it. I use MythTV
> with 3 diff distros, and 3 diff OS's, along with mulitple capture cards,
> SD and HD, so Im sure we could get you going.
>
> Tom
>
> P.S. A good place to start for installing MythTV is Jarod Wilson's
> Fedora Core + MythTV Howto at the link below, along with the MythTV
> users mailing list, listed on the Mythtv.org home page.
>
> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php
>
>
>
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