Mythtv 0.26 is Broken in Ubuntu 13.04 amd64 Desktop!!!

[blind Pete]

Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have recently purchased Intel Core i5-4430 3.0 GHz processor, Asrock
> B85M Pro4 LGA1150 motherboard, 8GB Kingston DDR3-1600 memory and Cooler
> Master Elite 311 ATX casing on 4th July 2013 for SGD$501.
> 
> Then I installed the latest Ubuntu 13.04 amd64 desktop. I have also
> installed Mythtv 0.26 using the following command:
> 
> sudo apt-get install mythtv
> 

[snip]
> When I tried to scan for TV channels, mythtv-setup.real reports:
> 
> Failed to find any new channels!
> 
> Note that I am using mythtv-setup.real to configure my Hauppage WinTV
> PVR USB2 TV tuner, not mythtv-setup. If I use mythtv-setup, a black
> blank MythTV Setup Terminal screen will pop-up and nothing happens after
> that. I have configured everything correctly in mythtv-setup.real.
> 
> Hence I conclude that MythTV 0.26 and TV channel scanning are BROKEN in
> Ubuntu 13.04. Previously when I use Ubuntu 11.10, MythTV was working
> wonderfully.

The people working on MythTV are volenteers, coding for fun.  
If it works for you, great.  If not, bad luck.  

> To overcome this problem in Ubuntu 13.04, I have installed Oracle VM
> VirtualBox. Then I installed Ubuntu 11.10 amd64 as a VirtualBox virtual
> machine. Then I installed MythTV in Ubuntu 11.10 amd64 virtual machine.
> Then I use USB Passthrough to passthrough my Hauppage Win TV PVR USB2 to
> my Ubuntu 11.10 virtual machine to enable me to watch TV in a virtual
> machine!!!

The hardware works.  Good. 

> I am wondering if developers could fix the MythTV TV channel scanning
> issue in Ubuntu 13.04. Please also let me know if there are any
> workarounds or solutions to this MythTV 0.26 problem in Ubuntu 13.04.
> 
> Thank you very much.

If you like coding, get started.  If you just want to watch TV try 
MythBuntu.  <http://www.mythbuntu.org/>  It is based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.  


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blind Pete
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