MythTV installation
Downloading
It's best to download the (stable) source using
SVN. You can then easily get the occasional fixes that are done.
Download the stable branch using:
svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/branches/release-0-23-fixes/ mythtv-0.23
This will put the source in a directory called 'mythtv-0.23'.
Later, you can do:
cd
mythtv-0.23
svn update
to get any updates.
Prerequisites
The lame package is needed. Download from http://lame.sourceforge.net/
and package using:
./configure
--disable-frontend
make
make install DESTDIR=...
I spent a lot of time installing and configuring xmltv (software for
getting program guide information from websites), only to discover
later that mythtv can use the off-air EPG. So xmltv is not needed.
Building and packaging
cd
mythtv-0.23
cd mythtv
./configure
make
make install INSTALL_ROOT=...
cd ../myththemes
./configure
make
make install INSTALL_ROOT=...
cd ../mythplugins
./configure --disable-all --enable-mythvideo --enable-mytharchive
make
make install INSTALL_ROOT=...
... build Slackware package as usual
Backend installation on sage
Set up MySQL. Do (as root):
cp
/etc/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf
vim /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld
Comment out line
'SKIP="--skip-networking"'
chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld
/etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld start
Install the mythtv Slackware package (see above).
Create directory for MythTV to store recordings:
mkdir /video
# I have since put this in a separate partition
chmod 777 /video
Configure sage IP addresses, /video directory, etc.:
mythtv-setup
Select DVB cards 0 and 1 as two capture
cards
In "Input connections", link each card to "DVB-T".
Scan for channels - only need to do this on one tuner.
Initialize database:
cd
mythtv-0.20.2/database
mysql -u root < mc.sql
mysql
-u root mythconverg
grant all on
mythconverg.* to mythtv@"192.168.183.%" identified by "mythtv";
flush privileges;
quit
Start the MythTV backend:
mythbackend
--daemon
Configure frontend: run 'mythfrontend', and select "Setup":
Set sound device to "ALSA:default".
Arrange for automatic starting of MythTV backend:
Create file /etc/rc.d/rc.mythtv to
start/stop backend.
Add call of rc.mythtv to
/etc/rc.d/rc.local.
Add mythbackend to /etc/logrotate.d/syslog
Frontend installation on nettle
Install the mythtv Slackware package (see above).
Configure frontend - as yourself:
mythfrontend
Configure sage as server
Select 'Setup', and set sound device to 'ALSA:default'