DIY for Geeks

Article courtesy of Garry Parker at parker1.co.uk.

Welcome to part 2 of my guide on installing MythTV the easy way. It’s assumed that you’ve followed part 1 and got the basic system working. Now we’ll concentrate on some of the additional components.

Remote Control

Here we’ll look at getting the remote control that comes with the Hauppauge Nova-T working using the LIRC package. Contrary to almost everything you’ll read on the web, this can be done without compiling LIRC.

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Article courtesy of Garry Parker at parker1.co.uk.

Introduction

With the release of Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft), installing MythTV is now easier than ever.

Ubuntu is a great basis for a general purpose MythTV box and now comes with the latest version of MythTV (0.20) in its standard packages.

This guide focuses on DVB in the UK (Freeview), but much of it should be applicable to anybody installing Myth.

The old Ubuntu Dapper guide can be found here.

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