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I have just bought a Geforce 210 to slot into my HPTC. I was going to migrate from Windows to Linux.
I was going to run Myth TV ( for PVR ) with XBMC.
Should I do
(a) Install Mythbuntu and shove XBMC on top
or
(b) Install XBMC Live and add Myth TV on top?
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Mythbuntu as a base. It's harder to get Myth working than XBMC and Mythbuntu makes at least part of that easier.
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dont you only need to use the myth backend? so install xbmc-live then add the myth backend on top. although ive never used myth and xbmc together i have used them both seperately so, im just guessin that you'd only need the backend.
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Sorry to hijack a little, but I too have Myth and XBMC - I am running serveral frontends to one myth backend.
Do you use XBMC Videos to stream the live TV, or is there another, better way of doing this - I like the fact that I can look around the other channels on screen with info whilst looking at the current TV show, is there a combination that allows the same on XBMC?
I'm not all that bothered about the TV guide etc...as recording I usually set up via the MythWeb interface.
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OK - I tried installing Mythbuntu with the Wubi installer (I don't want to toast my Windows install just yet)
I ran into a problem straight away - my HTPC is outputting over HDMI at 1080p and there is a slight problem with overscanning on my Sony TV. When I try to install Mythbuntu I run into some dialog choices when installing for which the buttons are obscured. I assume there is some easy way around this?
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Hi,
I'm running pretty much latest stuff. Karmic with Nvidia 195 drivers.
When I try to install mythtv it basically uninstalls libvdpau1 and then complains about not having nvidia-195-libvdpau installed.
I'm then stuck on a failed dependency for libmyth-0.22-0.
As per outleradam I'm starting from a LiveCD install.
Can ask which nvidia drivers folks are using?
I'm trying to run all this from the one (ION) box.
Thanks.