Mythbuntu 8.1 tweaks
Run Mythfilldatbase automatically.
In mythtv frontend menu.
- Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> General. On the 6th screen enable “Automatically run mythfilldatabase”. In arguments it is a good idea to use –refresh-all to force a refresh today or two days (or every day) from now, to catch the latest changes
Commercial Skipping
In myth frontend menu:
- Utilities/Setup –>Setup -> TV Settings -> Playback and select “Automatically Skip Commercials”. on the 8th Screen
Reduce Latency in Channel Changing
In mythtv frontend menu:
- Utilities/Setup –>Setup –> TV Settings –> General. On the first screen select “Change channels immediately without select”.
- Utilities/Setup –> Setup –> TV Settings –> Playback OSD deselect “Always use Browse Mode”
Disable DPMS screen power saver:
prompt$ vi ~/.xsessionrc
prompt$ cat ~/.xsessionrc
xset s noblank
xset s off
xset -dpms
Now restart desktop so changes take effect
$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart