Hardware
ASRock ION (NVidia) 330 (my previous mythtv server/client)Philips OVU412000 IR Receiver
Hauppauge remote control
TV Philips 26PF8946 1280 x 768p
Mythfrontend installation
Installation is straight forward, boot from mythbuntu 12.04 ISO (I use
Multiboot to boot from an external HDD containing several ISO's)
At installation I made these settings:
Preparing to install Mythbuntu
Download updates when installing
Install third-party software
user: myth
Hostname: mythfrontend-asrock
password: mythtv
login automatically
Installation type: frontend
VNC en SSH enabled
Remote: Hauppauge TV Card
(disable generate options)
Video driver Nvidia (this is important because I want to use the power of the ION chipset which is able to play Full HD were the Atom is not powerfull enough)
Security pin 0000 (default)
host: 192.168.x.x (IP address of the Mythtv backend server)
db: mythconverg
user: mythtv
password: mythv
Screen reslution
set to 1280 x 768p
Audio
Disable the mythtv setting that mythtv controls the volume. I want to use the TV volume control. Mythtv volume was set to 0% and no way to modify ?!
Preferences
setup->Theme Chooser (mythbuntu black)
setup->video->playback->next
2/8 on playback exit: save position and exit
3/8 vdpau normal
setup->video->Program Guide
Guide starts at channel: 6
Network
IP address
192.168.2.3
remote: Hauppauge (grey)
Setup remote controle is described in
this page
use setup->key bindings in stead of the web interface.
config files for lirc are in /home/mythfrontend/.lirc/