My notes installing mythtv on Debian

December 26, 2004

I spent many hours installing mythtv on Debian
over several months. It has been one of the 
most frustrating experiences I have had with software.
Of course, that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the 
challange most of the time.

I had previously installed GBPVR in Windows and was
not happy with it's performance, although I thank
the author putting something out there to help
me get started.

I then installed Knoppmyth. It got me going
with mythtv, but left me wishing for a more 
complete system with mythtv added to it. This is
where I chose Mepis to add mythtv to.

I hope these notes help someone out.

Some commands be redundant, misguided, or even
silly. Nevertheless, it is how I installed and it
has worked to a degree. I am open to comments.


I read many sites, but I think that a few were
most helpful. They are listed in the following
files.

I installed mythtv using apt-get in
Mepis 2004.03. with a Hauppauge pvr-250
capture card.

I left the notes in different files since
they are seperate phases of the installation.



Instructions:

Install Mepis, boot with 2.4.26
Install the ivtv driver
Install mythtv
Install nvidia-glx


Todo:
I have not yet set up the remote.



David Gleba