Mythbuntu is an unofficial Ubuntu derivative focused upon setting up a standalone MythTV based PVR system.
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What is the difference between Ubuntu and its derivatives?
Also,which will be the most appropriate for my old system?
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How do I configure WiFi to log in to WPA at boot time, regardless of user being logged in? [closed]
How do I set a system wide wireless WPA password that starts at boot time, allowing me to SSH in to the machine from outside, for example?
I'm running mythbuntu. Until I log in, WiFi doesn't connect, ...
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Why do I have different kernel versions on same distribution version
I (re)installed Mythbuntu 12.04.2 to solve an audio problem. After the installation I find that the kernel version of this MythTV front-end is 3.5.0-27-generic.
However on the fully-updated ...
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How do I Install MythTV on a Lenovo S12 with wireless?
How do I install Ubuntu 11.10 and MythTV client on my Lenovo S12 (Intel Atom) laptop and use it using WiFi?
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Bursts of white noise sound when playing videos
I've recently freshly reinstalled Ubuntu, and Mythbuntu, on all my computers.
On one of my computers, Mythbuntu 11.10, when I play a video, when it starts, I get a burst of white noise (static) that ...
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How do I enable automatic login in Mythbuntu 11.10
I just upgraded to Mythbuntu 11.10, and everything is working great, except for one snag.
Automatic login has gone away.
When I try to call up the interface for setting it, the option to make the ...
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ERROR no room on ep ring with USB 3.0 device
Just did a clean install of mythbuntu 12.04 yesterday on a brand new machine. ASRock Z77 Extreme4 with Intel video chipset, 8gb ram.
I'm seeing google references to this as a USB 3 issue in this ...
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Mythmote wont connect to mythbuntu 12.04, seems frontend is not listening on all interfaces
I just installed a fresh copy of Mythbuntu 12.04. I installed it as a combined frontend and backend. I ran through the configurations, accepting all defaults except for two items:
I set the hostname ...
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How do I update to the latest MythTV release?
I want to update to the latest MythTV release, but it isn't available in the Ubuntu repository. Where can I get it from?
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Taskbars/Unity are visible in the MythTV frontend even when the frontend is fullscreen
When the MythTV frontend is full screen, the taskbars and/or Unity is still visible. How can I hide them?
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After upgrading to 12.04 from 10.10 my mythbuntu standard MCEUSB remote no longer works
I had no problems using my Windows Media Center Remote with 10.10 Mythbuntu, but after upgrading, it no longer affects Mythbuntu.
I have verified and re-installed it in Mythbuntu Control Centre.
I ...
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Screen saver just won't die in Mythbuntu after upgrade to 12.04
I have a computer dedicated to media playback which I just updated to version 12.04.
Since the upgrade, I just can't seem to get the screen saver to stop coming on while watching just about any kind ...
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I just installed Mythbuntu, what is the MySQL root password?
After installing Mythbuntu, I am unable to access MySQL as I don't remember setting a root password. What is the default password?
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Why does Banshee recognize my Android on Ubuntu, but not on Mythbuntu?
I have one computer with Ubuntu 11.04, and another computer with Mythbuntu 11.04. Both have Banshee 2.0 installed.
Banshee on the computer running Ubuntu automatically detects my Android device when ...
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Send OSD notification messages to all systems on a network
What I'm trying to do is send caller ID (CID) information from a system running Asterisk+FreePBX to all (3) MythTV frontend systems on my network. I'd like the CID information to pop-up over top of ...
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Unable to get wireless working, RT2800 PCI [1814:0601], rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame: Error [closed]
Partial noob here, wanted to try Mythbuntu to replace a dying Tivo, and am having problems with some of the basics. After a weekend of studying, I've learned a bit but I keep hitting dead ends I don't ...
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Tracing IR to Hauppage remote on Mythbuntu 12.04
I have installed Mythbuntu 12.04 on an AMD dual core.
Basic TV play and record functions are working, but I am having some troubles with the remote. The card is a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 1250.
I have ...
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Some videos stopped playing in Mythbuntu 12.04
I've had a Mythbuntu installation that was first installed somewhere around version 9 or so, and has been upgraded ever since. It has played pretty much every video in every format I've thrown at it.
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How do I know what sound system is being used?
I've noticed there is ALSA, OSS, and PULSEAUDIO. How do I know what I'm using?
(I'm running MythBuntu 10.04 and I want to figure out how to make all apps - VLC, Basero etc output via the SPDIF).
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What are the differences between Mythbuntu and MythTV?
I've heard about both, however I've never been able to distinguish how they are distinct, Mythbuntu as I see it is used as a Desktop environment, whereas MythTV seems to be installed on a TV itself ...
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What does “command returned 1” mean?
I am trying to get a command to execute from within my MythTV interface on a Mythbuntu computer.
When I try a test command, touch /home/mythbuntu/test, it doesn't work, and I see this entry in ...
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How do I export recordings in Mythbuntu?
I would like to copy all recordings of a certain show to a folder so I can transfer them to another computer and watch them "offline". MythTV stores all recordings in a single folder in files titled ...
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How do I set up network boot in Mythbuntu?
I would like to use MythTV frontend systems that have no local storage. How do I set them up to boot from a network drive (mythbuntu-diskless)?
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How do I use the Mythbuntu repository on a headless server?
I would like to set up my server to use the Mythbuntu repositories to keep MythTV more up to date than the version in the offical Ubuntu repositories.
I know I can install mythbuntu-control-centre on ...
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Tweaking Remote Control (In-Kernel LIRC)
I've recently rebuilt my MythTV box using Mythbuntu 12.04, to take advantage of newer hardware (Ivy Bridge).
On my previous build I used lirc to manage the remote, i.e. the mapping of key codes -> ...
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How do I get my EPG to come back on mythTV?
Everything on the schedule is coming up as unknown.
I can't set up programs to record as nothing is on. Have run updates, channel scan, mythfill database. Still no EPG.
How do I get my EPG to come ...
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Get kubuntu, Mythbuntu,Edubuntu,Xubuntu etc in Ubuntu
Hey I want best of all worlds and hence I want that i have Kubuntu,edubuntu Xubuntu etc in my single ubuntu installation can someone please help??
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How do I connect a MythTV frontend to a MythTV backend on Mythbuntu 11.10?
How does one get the frontend to communicate with the frontend? I have tried the default 127.0.0.1 on both front end and back end with default values for username and password, to no avail. I've also ...
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resolution changes if TV is restarted
I have MythTV connected to flat panel TV by HDMI. The resolution is correct only if the startup sequence is: TV on, then start the MythTV computer. With this sequence the resolution is 1280x720, ...
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mythbuntu 12 - lirc device doesn't appear to even exist
I'm trying to get a new installation of Mythbuntu working. So far, everything is OK except the remote. The sensor for the remote is on my Hauppauge WinTV HVR 1250.
First I tried to run irw to see ...
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64 bit Ubuntu sees half my RAM [closed]
This is on my AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor (according to /proc/cpuinfo) on a machine with two 4GB RAM DIMMs. BIOS shows 8GB RAM installed. Any help would be appreciated.
RAM:
Extreme ...
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Mythbuntu using a HVR-1600 and most of the channels are just garbage. How to fix? [closed]
I recently installed Mythbuntu on an old HP box with a HVR-1600. I have installed the new drivers and firmware from linuxtv (cx18) and everything seems to be working. Only the local channels are ...
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Deinterlace Mythbuntu 0.24.1 [closed]
Mythbuntu 0.24.1
I don't have a Deinterlacing option like shown here: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Deinterlacing
Is it moved? My picture is top & bottom. When paused, it looks correct.
Going ...
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How to get MythTV full screen in Unity? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Taskbars/Unity are visible in the MythTV frontend even when the frontend is fullscreen
I am running MythTV in Ubuntu 11.10 but I still have the top panel showing on my ...
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How can I configure Mythbuntu 11.10 to wait for a DCHP lease before completing boot and starting network dependent apps?
I have a clean install of Mythbuntu 11.10 acting as a frontend only. It is networked using eth0 and I have a router acting as a DHCP server on the same subnet.
The frontend boots and automatically ...
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How do I get Mythbuntu to detect my satellite box?
Background: I have a TechniSat SkyStar USB HD DVB-S2 Digital Satellite USB Box, a fresh install of Mythbuntu 12.04, and I would like Myth to use the satellite box.
My immediate problem is that the ...
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Mythbuntu restore : how to find out database password?
I recently decided to reinstall my Mythbuntu system, as it had been upgraded in phases from version 10.x and was throwing up fairly frequent errors.
The situation as was: Mythbuntu 12.something, ...
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Mythbuntu HTPC: disk usage for a normal install
about to build a new system, one of the information missing in mythbuntu docs is the disk usage of a typical install for home theather pc (HTPC) usage.
not interested in fresh install or bare bones ...
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Why can't mythtv backend see my HDHomeRun tuner?
Ran a fresh install of Mythbuntu 12.04.1 32bit. Went through the backend setup and was able to see my HDHomeRun Prime (HDHR3) device, scan, and detect channels. Cannot get to live TV on frontend. ...
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Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 tuner firmware to work in 12.04 Mythubuntu?
I have a HTPC running 10.10 and am trying to get the firmware. I have tried the downloads from www.kernellabs.com and instructions from http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200 for ...
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Don't have desktop icons lock to grid
I am building a Mythbuntu media center, the display being a 42" television. I set the text and desktop icons to be extremely large so they are readable from the couch. This is good, but all of the ...
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Remote control direction keys repeat twice in MythTV
I have a gray Hauppauge remote control that I have mostly working with MythTV (Mythbuntu 11.10). The only remaining problem is that if I press the Up, Down, Left, or Right buttons on the remote, the ...
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mythbuntu epg cron job not working
I've got a problem with my EPG grabber script 'shepherd' for the Australian EPG. These two commands below work when I type it as user mythserver but when I put them in cron the first command creates a ...
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Where is the Video Manager in MythTV?
I can no longer find the Video Manager in new versions of MythTV. Where did it go?
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mythbuntu-control-centre fails to run on Xubuntu 13.04
When mythbuntu-control-centre is installed on Xubuntu 13.04, it generates the following error immediately after it is executed from the command line:
**royg@MythTV:~$ mythbuntu-control-centre
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How To Create A Small System Partition For Mythbuntu [duplicate]
I have Mythbuntu 12.04 running with system files and MythTV recordings in the same partition. I'd like to repartition the disk (perhaps using a second interim drive) to make a small system partition ...
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Every time I start Mythbuntu the xfce menu shows, I have to restart MythTV to get it full screen
I'm running an up-to-date (I did an apt-get upgrade last night) Mythbuntu install (myth 0.26) as a combined backend/frontend.
Every night I shut down the machine and turn it back on in the morning. I ...
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default passwords for mythbuntu
I have downloaded and installed mythbuntu.
Very clean process.
I now need to install shepherd for Australian EPG.
When I
wget 'http://www.whuffy.com/shepherd/shepherd'
it loads the file to my user ...
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Broken Gnome-Shell on Mythbuntu
How do you fix a completely blank screen when using Gnome-Shell on Mythbuntu 12.04?
I installed Mythbuntu on a vanilla Dell Inspiron 660s desktop connected to an HDMI monitor, and most everything ...
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Help in setting up wireless point to point link for client-server (already on LAN)
I have an existing Mythbuntu client system and a Mythbuntu client/server system on a private LAN with static IPs. They are both connected to a private LAN using WiFi.
Because of speed issues, I ...
