Thank you for 20 years of service

[toolman]

I loathe people that complain about or criticize volunteer-driven products. I became involved with Habitat for Humanity when I retired and I've participated in at least 15 builds.Pushing 80 I'm too old to scale roofs and such so I contribute by joining the Board of my local affiliate. There's inevitably some joker who walks by a build that comments on how to improve the product. My response is to thank the person and invite him to join the crew. The next guy that does so will be the first. While we're just a group of volunteers we have oversight by a paid, skilled construction supervisor and city inspectors that produces a safe, comfortable living space. Using a term I learned in the service the sidewalk supervisors that feel entitled to bitch about volunteer work give me a case of the red ass.

I want to thank Isaac Richards and the legion of volunteers that develop and maintain MythTv. I've used it for the best part of 20 years. As a testimonial to its reliability I run version 16 that works flawlessly. Alas, one of the drives is packing out. I set out to upgrade and discovered I don't possess the skills to do so readily. I've read snarky comments about MythTv complexity and I'll be jiggered if I'm gonna bitch about a free product. I hate it when people arent willing to do the homework and put in time to learn. I wont be that guy. I read and nearly memorized the documentation about the change to the web-based installation and I attempted installation a couple dozen times. I made a model disk with Linux, the core Mythbuntu components and the web installation parts I cloned to a second disk over and over to save time. I just can't figure it out. Having put in time I figured I earned the right to ask for help and I did so a couple weeks back. I received several obviously thoughtful responses. Even so it didn't click. I don't understand bashrec for example.

My skills are modest at best. I had a similar issue trying to install and setup version 16 and nearly bailed. Something called systemd was a boogeyman and the timing with HdHomeRun tuners didn't mesh. I serendipitously discovered a post on the New Zealand board by, IIRC, a guy named Abernathy that using a monkey see monkey do approach got me through the goal post. I still don't know what systemd does but I got a decade of enjoyment.

I hope I've communicated I've put in a good faith effort. Moreover, I hope I communicate appreciation not snark over my difficulty.

I'm going to give Plex and Jellyfin a go although I'm not too proud to return and beg if I can't get one of them to work.

Dave

[gnurocks]

Well, if someday you want to give it another go, my setup is at the following location: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=5227

... and I too use Mr. Abernathy's checklist as a core document to follow.

I also use MCP then HARDLINK the DB and COPY the xmltv file to my home directory so I can use it like Mythbuntu used to automatically set it up.

I'm still on v33, but here to assist if needed.

[JudyRenteria]

Thanks Dave for your heartfelt and inspiring sharing! Your “no complaining – always trying to learn” spirit is truly admirable.