[olug] Setting up a MythTV backend system - what's the current recommended way to start?

[Ben Watson]

+1 for the Mythbuntu distro.  I've been using it for several years
without issues.  Installation has only become easier over the years.
It is pre-packaged, is very good at detecting compatible hardware, and
"just works".  The problem with building PVR-like systems atop
existing OSes (e.g. MythTV, Linux MCE), is that there are so many
little configuration/build details and gotchas that it becomes an
exercise in tedium.  That's why these pre-built distros are so nice.
The same team also maintains Mythdora if you prefer a Fedora-based
environment.

Ben

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Jeff Hinrichs <jeffh at delasco.com> wrote:
> give MythBuntu a go.  I repaved my myth back-end about 18months ago and
> went from a "put it together form", to using a tooled distro.  There are
> others but I'm using MythBuntu with great success.  If you are going to
> share with fam and friends, this should make your life easier.
>
> -Jeff
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>
>> I've got an Ubuntu 11.10 system that I recently resurrected and
>> upgraded.  I installed the MythTV package ("apt-get install mythtv"),
>> and a quick scan seems to have confirmed it has found my HDHomeRun
>> box, but when I try to view the Live TV screen, the front end crashes
>> after a few seconds with "exit code 139".
>>
>> Not above thinking my install is hosed (IIRC, I did an upgrade vs
>> fresh install), what distribution are people using, and what method do
>> you suggest installing MythTV?
>>
>> I'm not opposed to building MythTV from source, but I'd like to
>> document this process for friends and family who are also looking at
>> cutting the cord, but don't have the patience and experience to build
>> everything from scratch.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dan
>>
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