The MythTV back-end setup program is mainly focused around configuration of the DTV card and the station channels that are linked to it. Once this is done then there is little reason to go back to this area of the program. This also contains the on-screen settings for the theme displayed while in playback/viewing mode.

Most of the setup options though are available from within the front-end program itself, and there are many to consider. Feel free to try out other themes that are installed, particularly wide-screen ones and others that may be to your liking.

There are a lot of options and things you can change, but do be careful with what you play with and do things your unsure about one change at a time before your try them.

If this is your first real venture into linux like me you may find a few areas that you need to develop your skills on, as mentioned before, access to the terminal program and navigating around is a new experience. Compiling and installing fixes and changes can be an experience, but I have found that if you hunt around a bit, many of the helpful people who provide answers to these questions usually asked before, or perhaps sought by you are good in providing step-by-step answers, some of which I point to in the reference section later on.

Personally I am very happy with the basic installation, addition of the DTV cards, TV Guide data as described and a nice theme is basically the main things I have configured. From there it’s a matter of using it and getting the most out of you media experience.

NEXT: Enjoying the experience