MythDora — MythTV 0.2 In a Box

peterdaly writes "MythDora 3 is the first MythTV 'in-a-box' style distribution to include MythTV 0.20. Based on Fedora Core 5, MythDora 3 is designed to format your hard drive then install everything needed for a fully functional MythTV System. Here is a walkthrough of the entire MythDora installation process, including screenshots and a screencast."

Um...KnoppMyth?

[Kadin2048]

How, other than being based on Fedora, is this any different from KnoppMyth? It runs as a LiveCD and will then (if you want it to) install itself onto your hard drive, doing all the requisite steps.

I'm not panning MythDora, but it just doesn't seem totally unique, unless I'm missing some critical thing about it.

MythBuntu would be cool

[Shawn is an Asshole]

Nothing against MythDora, but after getting burned by Fedora far too many times I don't want to go near anything Fedora-based. Basing off of Ubuntu would rock.

Re:Um...KnoppMyth?

[urbanriot]

... there's this little mobile CPU called the "core duo" which would be great for a very powerful, very small and very quiet as a multimedia system.

Re:Why does Myth think it's an OS

[Dynedain]

No you didn't. For simple TV viewing as you suggest, you can use the vesa X11 drivers and it'll output on every possible output

And how was I supposed to know this. Why wouldn't I assume that the NVidia drivers are going to be the best solution for my NVidia card? And knowing this obscure technical item doesn't mean I know the obscure solutions to the other problems, let alone the problems I anticipated having (like optical digital audio support or swapping out the analogue CRT TV for a digital LCD with HD) that I never even got to the point of being able to work on.

Sure, I could have spent a lot more time finding solutions to all the issues that I had. And I probably would have figured them out eventually and increased my knowledge of Linux at the same time. But there comes a point where I don't have time, and a commercial solution becomes much more attractive. I would have loved to have the OSS solution in place. And in the future, when I would really want some of the MythTV-only features (like one machine doing the recording/storage, and as many front-end devices as I'd like) I'll probably come back and take another look at it.

It's like the old adage: "Linux is only free if your time isn't worth anything."

Re:Because not all the hardware is that simple

[calibanDNS]

...started using a Hauppauge remote that required line-of-sight...

Excuse me if I'm missing something, but what kind of IR remote doesn't require line of sight?

Re:Why does Myth think it's an OS

[Vengeance_au]

My biggest problem with Myth is that the menus are wierd, non intuitive and not customizable.

Actually not true at all - the MythTV menus are fully customisable, and are all written in XML. A great guide on how to modify the menus can be found here [myhdbox.com].

I have customised my menus to have the top level screen only show the wife-friendly options (Watch TV, watch recordings, listen to music and TV guide) with all the nuts and bolts hidden under an admin menu. Also added a number of functions (update guide, enable/disable ssh, etc) as extra menu options and haven't plugged a keyboard in to the machine for over a year.