Installation of MythTV 0.19

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Installation

We will start by installing the 0.19 version of Myth available as a pre-compiled package for Ubuntu. The reason for this is to simplify the SVN installation later. The Ubuntu package will for example create a database, create a mythtv user install a /etc/init.d script and som other stuff. To install the latest 0.19 version do as follows:

• 1. sudo apt-get install build-essential dialog apache2 mysql-server phpmyadmin gcc-3.4 libapache2-mod-php5
• 2. sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql
• 3. sudo apt-get install dvdauthor mplayer-amd64 (You may want to use mplayer-586 instead)
• 4. sudo apt-get install ntp ntp-simple
• 5. sudo apt-get install gsfonts-x11 msttcorefonts
• 6. sudo apt-get install tcsh
• 7. sudo fc-cache -f -v
• 8. sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
• 9. Change the password for the root user in mysql to something else
• 10. If you want to be able to access the mysql server from other computers change the /etc/mysql/my.cnf file so:

bind-address = 127.0.0.1

Is changed to:

#bind-address = 127.0.0.1

• 11. You need to restart mysql for the changes to take effect (sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart)
• 12. wget http://ubuntu.moshen.de/2F306651.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
• 13. Add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ubuntu.moshen.de dapper mythtv
deb-src http://ubuntu.moshen.de dapper mythtv

• 14. sudo apt-get update
• 15. sudo apt-get install mythtv mythbrowser mythdvd mythgallery mythmusic mythnews mythvideo mythweather
• 16. sudo apt-get install mythweb mythtv-doc
• 17. sudo apt-get install xmltv-util
• 18. Change password for the new mythtv user by running:

sudo passwd mythtv

• 19. sudo addgroup mythtv admin
• 20. sudo addgroup mythtv cdrom
• 21. sudo addgroup mythtv plugdev

Configuration

• 1. Logout and login as the mythtv user
• 2. mythtv-setup
• 3. In the General section:
  • Host Address Backend Setup: Change the IP-adresses to the real addresses instead of 127.0.0.1
  • Host-specific Backend Setup: Change to the correct directory if it isn’t already what you want
  • Global Backend Setup:
    • TV Format: PAL
    • VBI format: PAL Teletext
    • Channel frequency table: europe-west
    • Enable Folow symbolic links when deleting files
  • Shutdown/Wakeup Options:
  • WakeOnLan settings:
  • Job Queue (Host-Specific):
  • Job Queue (Global):
  • Job Queue (Job Commands):
• 4. In the Capture Cards section, create a new entry for each TV-card, in my case this results in two cards:
  • Card type: DVB DTV capture card (v3.x)
  • Signal Timeout (msec): 5000
  • Tuning Timeout (msec): 10000
  • Card type: MPEG-2 encoder card (PVR-x50, PVR-500)
  • Video device: /dev/video1
  • Default input: Tuner
• 5. In the Video sources section, create a new source for each type of TV-card, in my case this results in two entries:
  • Video source name: swedb digital
  • XMLTV listings grabber: Sweden (tv.swedb.se)
  • Video source name: swedb analog
  • XMLTV listings grabber: Sweden (tv.swedb.se)
• 6. In the Input connections section, create a connection for each TV-card, unselect “Free to are channels only” on DVB cards.
• 7. In the Channel Editor select the Channel Scanner button and select Video Source/Capture Card and scan for channels. For the Swedish cable distributor you should perform a full scan and enter:
  • Frequency: 322000000
  • Symbol Rate: 6875000
  • Modulation: QAM 64
  • FEC: None

Your MythTV installation shall now be ready to use

References

• ubuntuforums.org
• Hyams Home