tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-259873782009-03-04T16:53:06.402-08:00Tips and Tricks for using MythTVJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13210209217043211940noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987378.post-22088011628306800902009-03-04T16:46:00.000-08:002009-03-04T16:53:06.417-08:00

I've decided to move mythtv tips to it's own subdomain. I'll be moving this blog tohttp://tips.myhdbox.com/Make sure you update your feeds/bookmarks, etc...Thanks

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This is really more of a 'quick' tip, but for folks who might not be aware, there is an awesome searchable archive of mythtv-users (and mythtv-dev for that matter) mailing lists hosted by Gossamer Threads. The mythtv-users mailing list is perhaps the worlds single greatest knowledge base for all things mythtv.Check it out: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/

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Mythtv recordings use a lot of disk spaceOne thing that us mythtv users use is a *lot* of disk space. Especially those of us who record HDTV, and what that means is (usually) a lot of disks. The more disks, the more often there are disk failures.Some ways to keep your data safeThere are a couple ways to keep disk failure from being a major headache. 1) backups. nice idea, but when you have

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The Problem I was having transcoding HDTVOne of the biggest issues with recording HDTV is that the files are huge. Also, mythtranscode's ability to transcode HDTV was spotty prior to 0.19. My old solution was to use ProjectX to demux the Transport Stream and transcode (with ffmpeg) to resize, convert to MPEG-4 (XviD) and remux. If I wanted to maintain the best quality, I would use two passes,

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SituationLast week, I upgraded my kernel. Unfortunately, after a re-boot, my DVB drivers failed to load. The net result is I went three days without recording a single show. Now my only option is downloading the TV shows, and watching them manually, somehow (usually mplayer). WAF definitely goes down.How to Get the Shows Into MythTVIt turns out, that importing the shows into MythTV is easy.

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The fact that MythTV has so many features can be both a strength, and a weakness. With so many features, the menu structure can be quite difficult to navigate, and it's almost certain that there are some features you will *never* use.Wouldn't it be nice to trim the MythTV menus to just what you use. Or, how about simply re-ordering them to suit your preferences? The good news is that you can,

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New to MythTV version 0.19 is the Edit Keys feature. As with any new feature in MythTV, there is little documentation on how to use it. I decided to take a look at it and see just how it works, and I was quite pleased with how easy and intuitive it was to use.What is Edit Keys?The Edit Keys screen allows you to remap any of the keyboard/remote control keys in all of the MythTV contexts. This

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Hello and welcome to MythTV Tips. I'm kicking off this blog after assembling several questions (both mine, and from others) about how to actually use MythTV. There are SOOOOO many features in MythTV, some documented well, and some.. not so much. I am going to use this site to publish my personal tips, tricks, tutorials for MythTV.Feel free to comment with any questions you have, and I'll do my

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