[Cialug] MythTV rpms

[David Champion]

I've used this guy's rpms before - pretty handy stuff. I see he has some 
RPM's for Mandriva 2005 LE (Mandrake 10.2) but not MythTV yet.

-dc

Dan Hockey wrote:
> I found someone who has made mythtv rpms if anyone is interested...
> http://rpm.nyvalls.se/10.1/RPMS/
> -dh
> 
> Tony Bibbs wrote:
> 
>> Ok, so I was too impatient to wait for the next LUG meeting.  I 
>> started with an installation of KnoppMyth and I have a few issues 
>> right off the bat.
>>
>> 1) libdvdcss isn't included, which I expected.  Being this is 
>> Debian-based, I was excited to give my first try at using apt.  So I 
>> try apt-get and got some errors.  I was told to do first do an apt-get 
>> update before trying the apt-get on libdvdcss.  Even that managed to 
>> bomb so Debian users who chime in with smart-a$$ remarks like "all I 
>> have to do is apt-get" will feel my wrath next time.  But seriously, 
>> how do I get that installed?
>>
>> 2) Sound doesn't work.  'aplay <some_wav_file>' won't work. Is there 
>> something the quivalent of sndconfig in redhat or am I missing 
>> something?  I don't have the chipset but it's on-board sound.
>>
>> 3) Could the mythtv-setup screens have any less documentation?  I 
>> mean, the only thing worse would be to take the labels off the form 
>> fields. I've got a hauppauge 250.  Can someone tell me what I should 
>> put for default input (i've been using Tuner 0)
>>
>> 4) Also, at the last meeting someone mentioned what I'd have to do to 
>> get this box working via remote with the DirectTV tuner I have.  I 
>> confirmed it does not have a serial port so what are my options?
>>
>> To help keep me positively motivated, are there any other 'cool' 
>> plugins with Myth I should consider that aren't included by default in 
>> KnoppMyth?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> --Tony