MythTV

Installing and configuring MythTV

Install Mythbuntu repos

apt-add-repository ppa:mythbuntu/0.26
sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mythbuntu-0_26-quantal.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/0.26/ubuntu quantal main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/0.26/ubuntu quantal main
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

If you want to change the MythTV version

sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythbuntu-repos
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Reference: Mythbuntu repositories
Or add the control center

sudo apt-get install -y mythbuntu-control-centre

and enable the repos from there

Update the mythtv-status to point to the correct host

By default the host to contact is set to localhost. Change it to the MythTV server.

sudo vi /etc/default/mythtv-status
...
HOST=myth
...

MythVideo

Configuring jamu

Create a jamu.conf file

cp /usr/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts/jamu-example.conf ~/.mythtv/jamu.conf

Edit /home/rob/.mythtv/config.xml to point to the correct database.
Setup the storage groups for the following items:

Type: Fan art     - SG-YES - Directory: (/mnt/myth/mythtv/Fanart)
Type: Video       - SG-YES - Directory: (/mnt/library/tv)
Type: Cover art   - SG-YES - Directory: (/mnt/myth/mythtv/Coverart)
Type: Banners     - SG-YES - Directory: (/mnt/myth/mythtv/Banners)

Import the videos

Interactive Session

Start the interactive “learning”:

/usr/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts/jamu.py -l en -C ~/.mythtv/jamu.conf -MRV

Now do the Mass update:

/usr/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts/jamu.py -l en -C ~/.mythtv/jamu.conf -MV

Simulation (Dry Run)

If you want to test first you can now try a dry-run (doesn’t not download images, etc)

/usr/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts/jamu.py -l en -C ~/.mythtv/jamu.conf -sMV > /tmp/jamu.log
tail -f /tmp/jamu.log

Restart Interactive Session

/usr/local/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts/jamu.py -l en -C "/home/user/.mythtv/jamu.conf" -MIV

Myth Status applet for GNOME

Run the custom installation file

cd /mnt/apps/myth/mythstatus
./install.sh

You will need to logout/login before you can “add to panel”

References

MythTV Jamu
Mythstatus GNOME applet

Debugging MythTV

Edit the startup script for MythTV backend

sudo vi /etc/init/mythtv-backend.conf
...
LANG=$LANG /usr/bin/mythbackend --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log --user mythtv -v record,file,extra
...

You can see the list of options here