[ydl-gen] MythTV and MPlayer on YDL(PS3)

[jmzorko at mac.com]

Michael,

>   I was wondering if anyone has attempted MPlayer and
> MythTV. I have a compatible external TV tuner, and was
> wondering if there was a way to mesh the two products,
> the MythTV and YDL on the PS3? I am having all sorts
> of problems installing it. Maybe it is because I suck
> with Linux. No, I am just new to it, but have been
> reading a storm. Also, I compiled and installed
> Mplayer I think, but I can't figure out if it is
> actually on YDL. I downloaded the source file, then
> configured, make file, then make install, and
> everything went alright. How can I access it? The path
> in the YDL applications leads to the old one that is
> pre-installed, and I want to find the new one, and
> then also, add a skin to it. Any help at all, even if
> to say, read this book, would be greatly appreciated.

I've not tried to build MPlayer or MythTV on the PS3 yet (too busy  
playing Ridge Racer and the MotorStorm demo <smile>) but with *nixes  
in general, the "man" and "apropos" command can really assist in  
learning how to do things.  For instance, consider the question: "How  
do I find files on my *nix box?"

1. See if there is some way of doing this e.g. "apropos find", which  
will show you all of the commands that have to do with finding  
things; we now see that there's a "find" command.

2. use the find command e.g. "find / -name file_to_find"

"... but it's so slow!"

3. use the locate command e.g. "locate file_to_find"

"... but it says it's not in the database!"

4. use the apropos command to figure out how to make the database  
that locate uses: "apropos locate", which will likely have some hint  
to follow (i'm not in front on my PS3, so I can't do it right now,  
but ...)

... generally,this "digging" routine helps you figure things out, no  
matter what *nix you're on (Linux, BSD, Mac OSX, Solaris, etc).  The  
"apropos" command often can give you hints at how to do things, or at  
least tell you where else to look :-)

Regards,

John

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