Installing and using MythTV

Robert Kulagowski, mailto:rkulagow@rocketmail.com

1. First things first.

• 1.1 What is MythTV?
• 1.2 How to obtain this document
• 1.3 Document conventions
• 1.4 Mailing lists / getting help
• 1.5 IRC
• 1.6 Bugzilla.
• 1.7 Contributing to this document

2. Introduction.

3. Checking prerequisites.

• 3.1 Hardware
• 3.2 Software

4. System Configuration Requirements for Compiling MythTV.

• 4.1 Software requirements for compiling MythTV
• 4.2 Shared-Library Requirements for MythTV
• 4.3 Environment variable Requirements for MythTV

5. Downloading and compiling.

• 5.1 Notes on compiling on a system with non-Intel processors
• 5.2 Building LAME
• 5.3 XMLTV
• 5.4 Configuring the Zap2It.com DataDirect service
• 5.5 Manually building MythTV
• 5.6 Gentoo

6. MySQL.

• 6.1 Mandrake 9.0
• 6.2 Red Hat Linux and Fedora Core
• 6.3 Gentoo
• 6.4 Setting up the initial database

7. Configuring Sound.

• 7.1 Graphically setting up the mixer
• 7.2 Setting the mixer from the command line

8. Setting up a remote control.

• 8.1 Gentoo
• 8.2 Mandrake 9.0
• 8.3 Red Hat Linux/Fedora Core
• 8.4 Obtaining and compiling lirc
• 8.5 Completing the lirc install
• 8.6 Additional information for lirc
• 8.7 Configuring lirc for use with an IR blaster

9. Configuring MythTV.

• 9.1 Configuring the Master backend system
• 9.2 Post-configuration
• 9.3 Configuring a non-master backend
• 9.4 Configuring and running mythfilldatabase
• 9.5 Grabbing channel icons for DataDirect users

10. Configuring mythfrontend.

• 10.1 General
• 10.2 Appearance
• 10.3 Program Guide
• 10.4 Playback
• 10.5 Recording
• 10.6 Xbox Frontends

11. Using MythTV.

• 11.1 Keyboard commands
• 11.2 Using themes with MythTV
• 11.3 Adding DirecTV information to the database
• 11.4 Adding support for an external tuner
• 11.5 Using Shutdown/Wakeup

12. MythWeb.

• 12.1 Installation and prerequisites
• 12.2 Completing the installation
• 12.3 Resetting the key binding table.

13. MythGallery.

• 13.1 Installation and prerequisites
• 13.2 Using MythGallery
• 13.3 Importing Pictures

14. MythGame.

15. MythMusic.

• 15.1 Manual installation of prerequisites
• 15.2 Mandrake 9.0
• 15.3 Red Hat Linux 9
• 15.4 Compiling MythMusic
• 15.5 Configuring MythMusic
• 15.6 Using MythMusic
• 15.7 Troubleshooting MythMusic

16. MythWeather.

17. MythVideo.

18. MythDVD.

• 18.1 Manual Compilation of Prerequisites
• 18.2 Pre-compiled binaries
• 18.3 Running the Myth Transcoding Daemon

19. MythNews.

20. Troubleshooting.

• 20.1 Compiling
• 20.2 Debugging
• 20.3 Installing
• 20.4 Using
• 20.5 Miscellaneous

21. Miscellaneous.

• 21.1 I'd like to watch the files without using MythTV / I'd like to convert the files to some other format
• 21.2 Using a different window manager
• 21.3 What capture resolution should I use? How does video work?
• 21.4 MythTV GUI and X Display Sizes
• 21.5 Saving or restoring the database
• 21.6 Deleting the MySQL database
• 21.7 btaudio
• 21.8 Removing unwanted channels
• 21.9 NFS
• 21.10 Automatically starting mythfrontend at system boot time
• 21.11 Automatically starting mythbackend at system boot time
• 21.12 Advanced Backend Configurations
• 21.13 What is this transcoder thing, and how do I use it?
• 21.14 Changing your hostname
• 21.15 Can I run MythTV on my TiVo?
• 21.16 Can I run MythTV on my ReplayTV?
• 21.17 Can a wireless connection be used between the frontend and the backend?
• 21.18 How can I burn shows that I have recorded to a DVD?
• 21.19 Burning a MythTV recording to a DVD (alternate version)
• 21.20 Creating a DVD with Menus
• 21.21 Migrating from XMLTV to DataDirect
• 21.22 What do the icons on the Watch Recordings screen mean?
• 21.23 What is the difference between a PVR-250 and a PVR-350.
• 21.24 Changing channels on an external Set Top Box

22. Example Configurations.

• 22.1 Hauppauge PVR-250/350 hardware MPEG-2 encoder
• 22.2 Hauppauge PVR-250 remote and MythTV's native LIRC support
• 22.3 Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
• 22.4 Advanced Partition Formatting