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Kevin R. Marshall

MythTV Setup, Tips and Tricks

Setting and running a MythTV system is tricky business, especially when doing so under Slackware instead of Ubuntu, MythDora, Debian or some other pre-compiled system. These pages give up a few good tips and tricks that I have gatherd while working with MythTV over the years.

Why Build a MythTV System?

MythTV beats TiVo (or the generic TiVo alternatives used by your cable company) hands down. It pays off to stick with it and build your own MythTV DVR.

• Easily increase storage space by adding or upgrading hard drives (Linux LVM makes this even easier)
• Choose your remote control (the RF FireFly from SnapStream Media is excellant as is the Logitec Harmony)
• With a single MythTV backend and multiple MythTV frontends, record shows in any room and watch in any room
• Add as many tuners as you like to your MythTV backend (and easily mix digital HDTV ATSC and analog NTSC tuners)
• Integrate MythTV with Zoneminder for web cam based home security
• Never miss shows due to MythTV's advanced recording scheduler (far more flexable than TiVo)
• Play your favorite old arcade or console games on your TV with MythGame and MAME / MESS

• Problems Setting Up MythWeb
• Repair and Optimize the MythTV MSQL Database
• MythTV Playlist with Mplayer Playlist
• Fixing the MythMusic DecoderMAD: failed to open input Error
• MythTV Frontend Reset Procedure

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• Registration Card for Japanese Sword
• Iron and Copper Edo Jidai Kozuka
• Nice Set of Yatate
• Kihara Vintage Japanese Drafting Set
• Veho VMS-001 USB Microscope and Linux
• OpenOffice 3 and Slackware Linux
• OpenOffice and GTK Themes
• OpenOffice and NFS "Read Only" Problems
• OpenOffice and OpenType CFF Fonts
• Fugu SSH and OSX
• KRM UNIX Tips