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Actions required by Nov 1st due to Schedules Direct change
The following announcement will affect users using the Schedules Direct service to get guide data, including but not limited to USA and Canada.On November 1st, 2014, the existing SD service is changing. A service is being developed to mimic the DataDirect feed. It has most, but not all of the data currently in the Data Direct feed and will be updated daily. What does this mean for Schedules Direct?The guide data provider (Gracenote) that Schedules Direct uses is changing how they present the guide data to users. Schedules Direct has taken it upon themselves to write a server side compatibility layer so existing applications will continue to get guide data. This does require a change in the URL that applications use to download which is why an update to MythTV is necessary. What does this mean to you as a user?If you have a paid subscription to Schedules Direct that will continue the way it has worked previously. A simple update to MythTV will be required for users on a supported version of MythTV. Users that have enabled the MythTV Updates repo and are on a current version of MythTV and a supported version of Ubuntu will receive the fix for this via regular updates. The Mythbuntu team has always recommended enabling the MythTV Updates repo in the Mythbuntu Control Centre and staying up to date on fixes builds. The fix for this issue was added to our packages in the versions in the below table. More information on the Mythbuntu provided MythTV Update repo can be found here. Users on builds prior to 0.27 (eg. 0.26, 0.25) will need to either upgrade to a supported build version (see Mythbuntu Repos) or use one of the workarounds (See MythTV Wiki)
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Mythbuntu 14.04.1 Released
Mythbuntu 14.04.1 has been released. This is a point release on our 14.04 LTS release. If you are already on 14.04, you can get these same updates via the normal update process.The 14.04.x series of releases is the Mythbuntu team's second LTS and is supported until shortly after the 16.04 release.You can get the Mythbuntu ISO from our downloads page.Highlights
Underlying system
MythTV
We appreciated all comments and would love to hear what you think. Please make comments to our mailing list, on the forums (with a tag indicating that this is from 14.04 or trusty), or in #ubuntu-mythtv on Freenode. As previously, if you encounter any issues with anything in this release, please file a bug using the Ubuntu bug tool (ubuntu-bug PACKAGENAME) which automatically collects logs and other important system information, or if that is not possible, directly open a ticket on Launchpad (http://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/14.04/). Known issues
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Mythbuntu 14.04 Released! (Better late than never edition)
After some last minute critical fixes and ISO respins by the release team (thanks again Infinity, we owe you and the rest of the release team a beer), the Mythbuntu team is proud to announce we have removed our socks (see relevant post) and released Mythbuntu 14.04 LTS. This is the Mythbuntu team's second LTS release and is supported until shortly after the 16.04 release.With this release, we are providing mirroring on sponsored mirrors and torrents. It is very important to note that this release is only compatible with MythTV 0.27 systems. The MythTV component of previous Mythbuntu releases can be be upgraded to a compatible MythTV version by using the Mythbuntu Repos. For a more detailed explanation, see here.You can get the Mythbuntu 14.04 ISO from our downloads page. Highlights
Underlying system
MythTV
We appreciated all comments and would love to hear what you think. Please make comments to our mailing list, on the forums (with a tag indicating that this is from 14.04 or trusty), or in #ubuntu-mythtv on Freenode. As previously, if you encounter any issues with anything in this release, please file a bug using the Ubuntu bug tool (ubuntu-bug PACKAGENAME) which automatically collects logs and other important system information, or if that is not possible, directly open a ticket on Launchpad (http://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/14.04/). Known issues |
Mythbuntu 14.04 is... coming later.
While doing final QA testing of the image, the Mythbuntu team found a few release critical bugs. Despite our best efforts we were unable to resolve these issues in time so today we made the tough decision and decided to pull the ISO that was to be released. We would like to congratulate the other Ubuntu Flavors on their 14.04 releases and have plans to join them with our 14.04 release in the next week. We would also like to thank all of our users for their patience and their continued support. Critical Bugs |
12.04.3 Released!
Mythbuntu 12.04.3 has been released. This is a point release on our 12.04 LTS release. If you are already on 12.04, you can get these same updates via the normal update process.Highlights
Underlying system
MythTV
For more detailed feature information please visit us on launchpad. We appreciated all comments and would love to hear what you think. Please make comments to our mailing list, on the forums (with a tag indicating that this is from 12.04 or precise), or in #ubuntu-mythtv. As previously, if you encounter any issues with anything in this release, please file a bug using the Ubuntu bug tool (ubuntu-bug PACKAGENAME) which automatically collects logs and other important system information, or if that is not possible, directly open a ticket on Launchpad (http://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/12.04/). Known issues
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12.04.2 Released!
Mythbuntu 12.04.2 has been released. This is a point release on our 12.04 LTS release. If you are already on 12.04, you can get these same updates via the normal update process. Highlights
Underlying system
MythTV
For more detailed feature information please visit us on launchpad. We appreciated all comments and would love to hear what you think. Please make comments to our mailing list, on the forums (with a tag indicating that this is from 12.04 or precise), or in #ubuntu-mythtv. As previously, if you encounter any issues with anything in this release, please file a bug using the Ubuntu bug tool (ubuntu-bug PACKAGENAME) which automatically collects logs and other important system information, or if that is not possible, directly open a ticket on Launchpad (http://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/12.04/). Known issues
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Unity scope preview for MythTV
The scopes for the MythTV integration in Unity have come along quite nicely. Check out a preview of them here http://youtu.be/J4HGSJZhmXM |
How I got started developing for Mythbuntu (or how you can help too)
I wrote this blog post after having a conversation on IRC with someone (snippet below) * sabhain wants to be laga in his next life and restore the diskless stuff to its awesomeness of 10.04 <tgm4883> sabhain, then the first step, would be joining #ubuntu-mythtv-dev <sabhain> tgm4883, lol then step 0 would be to have time and learn programming beyond F90 <tgm4883> sabhain, possibly. I didn't know python though before I started helping out Back in late 2006, I was what I like to think the average "computer guy". Whether they are purchasing a new computer or having computer issues friends and family all came to me with their questions. I knew a fair amount about the latest video cards, processors, RAM, and hard drives. I knew the best places to buy these things online, and I had built my previous two desktops. I had been exposed to Linux a few times previously, but hadn't really used it as a long term solution. I had been hopping back and forth between Windows XP and Fedora Core (4 - 6). This all changed at the beginning 2007. At the end of 2006, I was finally fed up with the reformat and reinstall everything loop that is the maintenance cycle of Windows (although I had customized my install disk, so it was pretty quick). I made the decision to try and use Linux as a full time solution. Now I don't recall the reason I left Fedora (I have a vague recollection it was some issue I had with Yum), but I installed Ubuntu 6.10 in early 2007 on my Dell Inspiron 5100. I chose Ubuntu probably because of a Google search, but possibly also DistroWatch (previously, I had installed and tested Redhat 9, Mandrake, and SuSe). As I recall, it was also the first distro that didn't make my fan run at full speed 100% of the time. As I could now run Ubuntu on my laptop and not have it sound like a jet engine (and the battery ran considerably longer too), I was free to see what else I could do with Linux. I had an old TV Tuner card laying around, so I looked into what software was available to make a DVR. This led me to MythTV and the #ubuntu-mythtv channel on IRC. This was around April 2007 and pre-Mythbuntu. As this was pre-Mythbuntu, MythTV was still a pain to setup. On top of that I was recording from a cable box, so I was recording over firewire (since my tuner was a crappy software encoder). I received a lot of help from someone who went by the handle majoridiot. As most of this was knowledge people had from installing it, I decided I was going to help out where I could. At this point, I didn't know any programming languages. I was a senior in college getting a BS in Information Systems, but we were required to take 2 Java programming classes, and the only thing I remembered was that I could define how to draw a circle and then just call drawCircle() whenever I needed it (oop ftw). I started helping with documentation as it seemed the easy thing to do. Since Mythbuntu was just starting up there was much stuff to do, so I helped where I could. If the website needed updating I helped update it. Something needed tested, I installed it in a VM and tested it. Website needed completely rebuilt from Google cache because the host that Mythbuntu used went down and our contact would completely ignore every attempt we had to contact them (yes that actually happened in the early days. No I will not name who it was), lets get to rebuilding it. Eventually it came that there were things missing that would need to be developed. As most of the other developers knew Python, it seemed like a good thing to learn. So I started learning Python and making my first program. Where did I learn how to program in Python? From http://docs.python.org/ and superm1, the lead Mythbuntu developer. So now I'm one of the main Mythbuntu developers and have been for some time. I've gotten both of my post-college jobs, been sponsored to go to UDS (2x), and am now working on the MythTV integration for Ubuntu TV, all because of my involvement with Mythbuntu. I point this out not as a "look at how awesome I am" but a "look what you can do just by investing your time in something you like". If you want to help out in a project you love (whether it is Mythbuntu, MythTV, or anything else), we really do mean it when we say "No programming experience necessary". There are many different areas to help in, so come and talk to us and we can find a good fit for you. Everyone has to start somewhere, and the time spent can help you in other areas of your life/career. TL:DR - You don't need programming experience if you want to help create something awesome. You can help in non-programming ways or learn it on the way. Come talk to us in #ubuntu-mythtv-dev and we'll help find you something to do. I'd also like to thank superm1, daviey, rhpot1991, mrandr, majoridiot, foxbuntu, davemorris, and anyone else that has helped me along the way. I wouldn't be where I am now without the help from these people. |
Mythbuntu Google+ community is up!
As you've probably noticed with lots of other sites, we've created a community on Google+. Everyone join now at https://plus.google.com/communities/109952365121767056093 |
New Website!
Over the past week we've been migrating content over to a new provider. At the same time, we've been updating our website theme with the new logos that our design team worked on. (thanks troy_s) |
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