[mythtvnz] Recordings not happening without a reboot

[Nick Rout]

On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Steve Hodge <stevehodge at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 11:10 PM, Steve Hodge <stevehodge at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > My problems were probably more to do with running Gentoo that updating
>> > Myth
>> > per se.
>>
>> Yeah at least in a ubuntu LTS environment you know your versions of
>> kernel lirc etc  won't change markedly until you update to the next
>> LTS 2 years later.
>
>
> There's a lot to be said for that. I run Gentoo because it's great for
> learning about how a complete Linux system works and I like being able to
> see exactly which software depends on what. But it really needs to be keep
> up to date because if too many packages are updated at once there are
> inevitably problems. Even updating 6 monthly is not frequent enough but I
> just don't have the time. However, I'm not excited by the idea of
> reinstalling with something else either.

I used gentoo for quite some time and gave talks on it at CLUG, ran
gentoo installfests and converted many locals to it. But in the end I
valued my time more.

Also it didn't make a usable mythtv at the time (don't ask me how long
ago, but 2007 or before). I unstalled Knoppmyth (then knoppix based)
and it worked out of the box. Eventually I moved to ubuntu on pretty
well everything, or mint on my desktop.


>
>>
>> Having said that I use a remote that is purely HID based and doesn't
>> touch or depend on lirc. It has an easily configurable keymap and is
>> easy to switch keymaps when, eg, switching from myth to xbmc and back.
>
>
> I don't bother with a remote at all, I use a wireless keyboard (one designed
> for couch use). But I still need lirc to drive the Sky box.
>
>>
>> I also use HDHR tuners which are less likely to suffer problems on a
>> kernel update than a PCI or USB tuner.
>
>
> If I go to DVB-T I'll certainly be getting a HDHR. It looks to be clearly
> the best solution.
>

Buy from nicegear, the proprietor is a member here and an all round good guy.


>>
>> >Issues like updated myth core packages without updated plugins such
>> > as mythmusic or mythvideo.
>>
>> Don't do music on the TV and I use xbmc for videos, but yes that would
>> present a problem.
>
>
> I don't really do music these days either. I'd switch to xbmc but we use
> timestretch a lot and I think that's still not implemented in xmbc, right?
>


True, I miss that!

Music is a separate squeezebox infrastructure, although the
logitechmediaserver is on the same box as mythbackend.

Interesting side-discussion, but how do we get Worik sorted?