Questions tagged [mythbuntu]

Mythbuntu is an unofficial Ubuntu derivative focused upon setting up a standalone MythTV based PVR system.

Questions related to MythTV on Ubuntu or Mythbuntu should contain this tag.

More information on MythTV can be found here

More information on Mythbuntu can be found here

Other topics that may want to include this tag could be anything multimedia related that has Myth* (eg. MythVideo, MythMusic) in it.

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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 to the server's IP I checked the checkbox to…
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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 tried the username and password that I had set on…
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Mythbuntu using a HVR-1600 and most of the channels are just garbage. How to fix?

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 working through the HVR-1600. From Schedules Direct…
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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 back on mythTV?
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How do I configure a TiVo remote?

I would like to use my TiVo remote instead of the streamzap one. Has anyone setup a Tivo remote with Mythbuntu and if so would you share your configurations (lircd.conf/lircrc) and experiences?
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Hauppauge HVR 1600 cannot get it to work

I'm new to this forum as well as Linux, I've been using Windows since 1993 and want to do a change. I've been trying Linux many times before but I had to go back to Windows because I couldn't get my TV card to work in Linux. I've tried again for the…
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"USe Android as a remote" option won't stay selected in Mythbuntu Control Centre

When I try to connect to my Mythbuntu machine using Mythmote on Android, I get the following error: IO Except: /192/168.0.4:5456 - Connection refused: 192.168.0.4 At first I thought it was the same issue as this question, but, I've now discovered…
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Mythbuntu zooms in on every video since upgrading to 12.04

I have a computer dedicated to media playback running Mythbuntu that I have upgraded to 12.04. Before, when playing high resolution and wide aspect ratio videos, they would be resized to fit the screen. So wide screen videos would be letterboxed.…
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do the mythbuntu repo's serve mythtv 29.1?

I am currently using ubuntu 16.04 with mythtv .29.0+Fixes from the mythbuntu repo's. I see that mythtv 29.1 is out, will i be getting that? Do i need to change my source? If so, to what? thanks in advance
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Issue with Mythbuntu downloads?

Is Mythbuntu no longer downloadable? All of the iso downloads I have attempted ended up being Gparted live isos, I downloaded the desktop image for 16.04 .1 and .3 and 14.04 .5 I downloaded directly and attempted the torrent for a couple, but when I…
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gazebo_ros_package and error libaria2v5_2.8.0+repack-1ubuntu2_amd64 is not installed when compile catkin_ws

Excuse me! I have just installed gazebo_ros_pkgs, then i compiled Catkin_workspace with catkin_make it's take a error: libaria2v5_2.8.0+repack-1ubuntu2_amd64 is not installed. On the top bar now has a little red circle with a minus sign in it. when…