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No, I'm saying I was also unable to get MythTV to see any of my
existing media, just like you. Since my Hauppauge USB ClearQAM
tuner was not supported well, I gave up.<br>
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I installed XBMC last fall, but didn't make it pull metadata for TV
or Movies using the dir/file scrapers until yesterday. It is amazing
with all the metadata when using library mode. XBMC isn't perfect,
but pointing it at your media (nfs/cifs/samba/USB or local) does let
you watch it immediately without all the metadata. My install is on
a netbook, so audio and video are limited to stereo and 800x600
resolution. Considering the N280 CPU and built-in video adapter, I'm
not expecting HD ... ever. For HD viewing with HDMI, I have a
different, file based device.<br>
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This article
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://uk.lifehacker.com/5393227/turbo-charge-your-new-xbmc-installation">http://uk.lifehacker.com/5393227/turbo-charge-your-new-xbmc-installation</a>
may be useful to understand XBMC quickly. Installing it as a
playback only using the LiveCD is under 10 minutes.<br>
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In XBMC - DO NOT MIX MOVIES AND TV IN THE SAME DIRECTORIES. That is
my best advice. I split content into TV, Movies, Music, and Other
so the metadata scrapers don't make poor selections and force found
movie metadata onto your home movies or TV series.<br>
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On 02/21/2011 02:11 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
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JD:<br>
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Are you saying that you are using Myth to keep the recordings and
ripped mpegs etc., on the backend.<br>
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You then use XBMC to poll or look at these folders and show the
stuff as links on your XBMC front end ?<br>
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-Narahari<br>
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<div>On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 2:00 PM, JD <span><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com">jdp@algoloma.com</a>></span>
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<div> I had that same issue with MythTV.<br>
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XBMC is an easy to use (relatively) front end that may be
worth your time. Last weekend the DC404 guys did a fairly
extensive demonstration and how-to presentation on XBMC and
a few other tools entitled <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://dc404.kaos.to/page4/files/Awesome_Vegan_Mediacenter.pdf">The
Most Awesome Vegan Mediacenter</a> .<br>
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I spent a few hours setting XBMC up yesterday on an Eee -
just the XBMC stuff, not all the other downloading
(sickbeard and SABnzdb) stuff. I'm hooked. <br>
<br>
I've seen where some folks use MythTV to record and XBMC to
playback in a wife + kid friendly way. I'd like to have
MythTV do the recordings too ... someday. Ah, someday. For
now, I'll just push the content into the TV folders and
movies into the Movie area that XBMC understands.<br>
<br>
I'm ignorant on MythTV's magical internal workings and want
to understand too.
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<div>Friends:</div>
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<div>I understnad that there is TV in MythTV. But
since my tuner is not there yet, can I use Myth as
an Entertainment be all util.</div>
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<div>For example, I have ripped 10 dvd's and I have
mpegs of those in my backend server (which also runs
the front end for now).</div>
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<div>Whatever configuration I do, I am unable to see
the mpeg files show up in the front end. I am not
sure what I am missing but I was expecting</div>
<div>the front end to show the icons of the mpeg files
(or iso), so I can pick them and play.</div>
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<div>Appreciate your time and any inputs to cure my
ignorance.</div>
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<div>-Narahari</div>
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