Installing and using MythTV

packagename

NOTE:  The ATI TV Wonder series and the ATI All-in-Wonder series of cards
are not the same.  The All-in-Wonder cards will not work with MythTV.

# lsmod |grep bttv

# rpm -Uvh atrpms-kickstart*

# apt-get update
# apt-get dist-upgrade
# apt-get update

# apt-get install mythtv-suite

deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main

NOTE:  Qt v3.3 or higher is required.

NOTE:  MythTV DOES NOT WORK with Qt4.

NOTE:  If you are going to be using RPMs to install various
components, you should be aware that not all packages include the necessary
headers for compiling.  If you're having trouble compiling, ensure
that you've installed the -devel version of a prerequisite.

$ su
# urpmi mysql gcc gcc-c++ freetype2-devel cdialog alsa-utils
# urpmi XFree86-devel perl
# urpmi libqt3-devel libMesaGLU1-devel

NOTE for Mandriva 9.1+ users: execute the following command.

# urpmi libqt3-mysql

everything already installed

USE="mysql alsa"

# emerge lame mysql qt

# emerge qt

# Christian Marillat's packages (mplayer, lame)
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main
deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main

# apt-get build-dep mythtv
# apt-get source mythtv --compile

$ su -
# echo /usr/local/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf
# /sbin/ldconfig
# exit
$

$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/qt3/bin:/home/mythtv/bin:/usr/lib/qt3/bin
$ echo $QTDIR
/usr/lib/qt3
$ which qmake
/usr/lib/qt3/bin/qmake

$ su
# cd /etc/profile.d
cat > mythtv.sh
export QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt3
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/qt3/bin
^D

# chmod a+x mythtv.sh
# exit
$ exit

<console>  0600 <v4l>        0600 root.video

<console>  0666 <v4l>        0666 root.video

NOTE for Mandriva users:  If you have added a "PLF" mirror, you may skip the
next step and type:

# urpmi libmp3lame0 libmp3lame0-devel

After downloading, be sure to install both:
# rpm -Uvh lame*

$ tar -xzf lame-3.96.1.tar.gz
$ cd lame-3.96.1
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make test
$ su
# make install

# ls -l /usr/local/lib
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       381706 Nov  4 14:22 libmp3lame.a
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          674 Nov  4 14:22 libmp3lame.la*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Nov  4 14:22 libmp3lame.so ->
libmp3lame.so.0.0.0*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Nov  4 14:22 libmp3lame.so.0 ->
libmp3lame.so.0.0.0*
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       360197 Nov  4 14:22
libmp3lame.so.0.0.0*

# exit
$ 

# rpm -Uvh xmltv* perl*

# urpmi xmltv xmltv-grabbers

# urpmi perl-xml-twig perl-xml-writer perl-datemanip perl-libwww-perl

$ tar -xjf xmltv-0.5.51.tar.bz2

$ su
# perl -MCPAN -e shell
cpan> install XML::Twig
cpan> install Date::Manip
Date::Manip is up to date.
cpan> install LWP
cpan> install XML::Writer
cpan> exit

$ cd xmltv-0.5.51
$ perl Makefile.PL

$ make
$ make test
$ su
# make install
# exit

$ mkdir mythtv-release-0-21-fixes
$ svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/branches/release-0-21-fixes/ mythtv-release-0-21-fixes
$ cd mythtv-release-0-21-fixes

$ mkdir mythtv
$ svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/ mythtv
$ cd mythtv

$ tar -xjf mythtv-0.21.tar.bz2
$ cd mythtv-0.21
$ ./configure

$ make -j 2

$ export DISTCC_HOSTS='localhost red blue'
$ make -j 6 CXX=distcc

$ su
# make install
# exit

*               -       rtprio     0
*               -       nice       0
@audio          -       rtprio     50
@audio          -       nice       0

Security options : [*] Enable different security models
Security options : [M] Default Linux Capabilties

$ grep audio /etc/group

# modprobe realtime gid=18

# chmod a+s /usr/local/bin/mythfrontend /usr/local/bin/mythtv

$ su -
# emerge --sync # make sure portage is up to date.
# vi /etc/make.conf

# emerge mythtv

$ su
# chkconfig --level 35 mysql on
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql start
# exit

# /sbin/chkconfig mysqld on
# /sbin/service mysqld start

$ cd database

$ mysql -u root < mc.sql

$ mysql < mc.sql

$ su
# mysql < /usr/share/mythtv/database/mc.sql

$ mysql -u root mythconverg
mysql> grant all on mythconverg.* to mythtv@"%" identified by "mythtv";
mysql> flush privileges;

$ mysql -u root mythconverg
mysql> grant all on mythconverg.* to mythtv@"%.mydomain.com" identified by "mythtv";
mysql> flush privileges;

$ mysql -u root mythconverg
mysql> grant all on mythconverg.* to mythtv@"192.168.1.%" identified by "mythtv";
mysql> flush privileges;

RedHat Menu>Sound & Video>Volume Control

Note the spelling in the following commands.

$ amixer set Master,0 100%,100% unmute
$ amixer set PCM,0 100%,100% unmute
$ amixer set Line,0 75%,75% mute captur
$ amixer set Capture,0 100%,100% captur
$ su
# alsactl store
# exit
$ 

$ v4lctl -c /dev/video0 setattr mute off

# emerge lirc

$ tar -xjf lirc-0.8.0.tar.bz2
$ cd lirc-0.8.0
$ ./setup.sh

$ make
$ su
# make install
# chmod 666 /dev/lircd

$ ls -l /dev/li*
lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root            5 Jan 27 09:00 /dev/lirc -> ttyS0
srw-rw-rw-    1 root     root            0 Jan 27 15:01 /dev/lircd=
prw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jan 27 09:00 /dev/lircm|

crw-------    1 root     root      61,   0 Dec 31  1969 lirc

$ su
# cd /dev
# ln -sf ttyS0 lirc
# exit
$

# mknod /dev/lirc c 61 0

alias char-major-61 XXX

$ su
# modprobe lirc_serial
# /sbin/ldconfig

# /usr/local/sbin/lircd

          ChannelUp                0x0000000000001020

$ irrecord myremote

$ su
# cp myremote /etc/lircd.conf

# /usr/local/sbin/lircd

$ su
# chkconfig --level 35 lircd on
# exit

# cd /etc/rc.d
# cat >> rc.local
echo "Starting lircd"
/usr/local/sbin/lircd
^D
# exit
$ 

$ cd ~/mythtv-0.21/contrib/configfiles
$ cp lircrc.example ~/.lircrc

$ cp lircrc.example.pinnaclestudiopctv ~/.lircrc

$ irw

$ irxevent &

begin
     remote = mceusb
     prog = mythtv
     button = Guide
     config = S
     repeat = 0
     delay = 0
end

begin
    prog = irxevent
    button = ChannelUp
    config = Key Up CurrentWindow
end

begin
    prog = irxevent
    button = ChannelDown
    config = Key Down CurrentWindow
end

          channel+                 0x0000000000000017
          channel-                 0x000000000000001C

begin
    prog = irxevent
    button = channel+
    repeat = 3
    config = Key Up CurrentWindow
end

begin
    prog = irxevent
    button = channel-
    repeat = 3
    config = Key Down CurrentWindow
end

$ make

lirc_sir.c:56:2: warning: #warning
"******************************************"

lirc_sir.c:57:2: warning: #warning "Your serial port driver is compiled into "

lirc_sir.c:58:2: warning: #warning "the kernel. You will have to release the "

lirc_sir.c:59:2: warning: #warning "port you want to use for LIRC with:"

lirc_sir.c:60:2: warning: #warning "setserial /dev/ttySx uart none"

lirc_sir.c:61:2: warning: #warning
"******************************************"

$ su
# make install

# cd /etc/rc.d
# cat >> rc.local
echo "Starting lircd"
setserial /dev/ttySx uart none        # (if required)
modprobe lirc_sir
/usr/local/sbin/lircd
^D
# exit
$ 

$ irw
0000000000007ff0 00 1 gi-motorola-dct2000
000000000000bff8 00 2 gi-motorola-dct2000
000000000000f7f0 00 ENTER gi-motorola-dct2000

$ cd /usr/local/bin
# su
# cat > change_channel.csh
#!/bin/csh
echo "changing to $1"
/usr/local/bin/channel.pl $1 &
^D
# chmod a+x change_channel.csh
# exit
$ exit

$ su -
# apt-get install libqt3c102-mt-mysql
# exit

$ su
# mkdir /var/video
# chmod a+rwx /var/video
# exit

/mnt/video/drive1/video
/mnt/video/drive2/video

/dev/hdb1 /mnt/video/drive1
/dev/hdc1 /mnt/video/drive2

skip-innodb
set-variable=thread_stack=256k

$ mythtv-setup

From : Sun Jun 13 05:00:00 2004 To : Mon Jun 14 05:00:00 2004 (UTC)
--02:58:01--
http://datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com/tvlistings/xtvdService
           => -'
Resolving datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com... 206.18.98.160
Connecting to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com[206.18.98.160]:80...
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized
Connecting to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com[206.18.98.160]:80...
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/xml]

    [    <=>                              ] 114,125       63.57K/s

02:58:03 (63.53 KB/s) - -' saved [114125]

Your subscription expires on 08/20/2004 12:00:00 AM
Grab complete.  Actual data from Sun Jun 13 05:00:00 2004 to Mon Jun 14
00:00:00 2004 (UTC)

$ mythbackend

$ mythbackend --help
Valid options are:
-h or --help                   List valid command line parameters
-l or --logfile filename       Writes STDERR and STDOUT messages to filename
-p or --pidfile filename       Write PID of mythbackend to filename
-d or --daemon                 Runs mythbackend as a daemon
-v or --verbose debug-level    Use '-v help' for level info
--printexpire                  List of auto-expire programs
--printsched                   Upcoming scheduled programs
--testsched                    Test run scheduler (ignore existing schedule)
--resched                      Force the scheduler to update
--nosched                      Do not perform any scheduling
--nojobqueue                   Do not start the JobQueue
--noautoexpire                 Do not start the AutoExpire thread
--version                      Version information

$ perl mkiconmap.pl

$ mythfilldatabase --import-icon-map iconmap.xml --update-icon-map

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
[snip]
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse

(Create new profile group)
Software Encoders
Hardware MPEG Encoders
Hardware MJPEG Encoders
Transcoders

$ su
# chmod u+s /path/to/blink

$ tar -xjf myththemes-0.21.tar.bz2
$ cd ~/myththemes-0.21
$ qmake myththemes.pro
$ su -
# make install
# exit
$

#! /bin/sh
echo $@ | nc $SERVER $PORT

mythwake stream tcp nowait mythtv /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/local/bin/mythwake

service mythwake
  {    
        socket_type     = stream
        wait            = no
        user            = mythtv        
        protocol        = tcp
        id              = mythwake
        server          = /usr/local/bin/mythwake
  }

mythwake        $PORT/tcp

#! /bin/bash
#this should be a command to wake your server
WAKECMD="#!/bin/sh\n /usr/local/bin/wakeMBE"
#first we need to delete all wake jobs in queue
for JOB in atq | cut -f 1 ; do
    atrm $JOB;
done
#now we read the date from 'nc'
read date;
#now set the atjob
echo -e "$WAKECMD" | at $date ;

$ telnet basement 6546
Connected to basement.
Escape character is '^]'.
MythFrontend Network Control
Type 'help' for usage information
---------------------------------
# help
Valid Commands:
---------------
jump               - Jump to a specified location in Myth
key                - Send a keypress to the program
play               - Playback related commands
query              - Queries
exit               - Exit Network Control

Type 'help COMMANDNAME' for help on any specific command.

# help jump
Usage: jump JUMPPOINT

Where JUMPPOINT is one of the following:
channelpriorities    - Channel Recording Priorities
channelrecpriority   - Channel Recording Priorities
deletebox            - TV Recording Deletion
deleterecordings     - TV Recording Deletion
guidegrid            - Program Guide
livetv               - Live TV
livetvinguide        - Live TV In Guide
mainmenu             - Main Menu
...snip...
# exit
$

     program.title = 'Nova'

            program.title = 'Nova'
            AND HOUR(program.starttime) >= 19
            AND HOUR(program.starttime) < 23

       program.title = "Celebrity Poker Showdown"
       AND program.previouslyshown = 0

       program.title LIKE "Celebrity Fit Club%"
       AND DAYNAME(program.starttime) = "Sunday"

$ mysql -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg
mysql> describe program;
mysql> describe channel;

FIND_IN_SET('SURROUND', program.audioprop) > 0

$ mysql -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg
mysql> SHOW COLUMNS FROM program LIKE '%prop'\G
mysql> SHOW COLUMNS FROM program LIKE 'subtitletypes'\G

|
|   coax +--------------+ firewire    ------------------+
|     .-=|Cable Provider|=------------=| Card 1 input 1 | HDTV
|     |  |HD/Cable STB  |=--.          +-----||||||||||||
|     |  +--------------+   | s-video ------------------+
|     |                     `---------=|        input 2 | Digital
|wall |               coax             | Card 2         |
|=---=^=------------------------------=|        input 3 | Cable
|                                      +-----|||||||||||| 

 Time  Title     Priority  Card  Status
 8:00  The Apprentice  +3  1     Will Record
 8:00  Who Cares       -2  2     Will Record
11:00  Who Cares       -2  1     Earlier Showing

 Time  Title     Priority  Card  Status
 8:00  The Apprentice  +3  1     Will Record
 8:00  Who Cares       -3  2     Later Showing
11:00  Who Cares       -2  1     Will Record

 Time  Title     Priority  Card  Status
 8:00  The Apprentice  +3  1     Will Record
 8:00  Who Cares       -3  2     Will Record
11:00  The Daily Show  +1  1     Will Record
11:00  Who Cares       -3  2     Earlier Showing

Priority Rule Name: Closed Captioned priority
Priority Value: 2
program.closecaptioned > 0

Priority Rule Name: Priority when shown once
Priority Value: 1
program.first > 0 AND program.last > 0

Priority Rule Name: Input 1 signal quality
Priority Value: -1
cardinput.cardinputid = 1 AND
channel.channum IN (3, 5, 39, 66)

$ tar -xjf mythplugins-0.21.tar.bz2
$ cd mythplugins-0.21
$ ./configure --help

Usage:   configure [options]
Options: [defaults in brackets after descriptions]
NB:      all --enable-* options can be reversed with --disable-*

Generic options:
  --help                   print this message
  --enable-all             Enable all options
  --enable-opengl          enable OpenGL (Music and Gallery) [default=no]

MythBrowser related options:
  --enable-mythbrowser     build the mythbrowser plugin [default=yes]

MythDVD related options:
  --enable-mythdvd         build the mythdvd plugin [default=yes]
  --enable-transcode       enable DVD ripping and transcoding [default=no]
  --enable-vcd             enable VCD playing [default=no]

MythGallery related options:
  --enable-mythgallery     build the mythgallery plugin [default=yes]
  --enable-exif            enable reading of EXIF headers [default=no]

MythGame related options:
  --enable-mythgame        build the mythgame plugin [default=yes]

MythMusic related options:
  --enable-mythmusic       build the mythmusic plugin [default=yes]
  --enable-fftw            enable fftw visualizers [default=no]
  --enable-sdl             use SDL for the synaesthesia output [default=no]
  --enable-aac             enable AAC/MP4 audio file decompression [default=no]

MythNews related options:
  --enable-mythnews        build the mythnews plugin [default=yes]

MythPhone related options:
  --enable-mythphone       build the mythphone plugin [default=yes]
  --enable-festival        enable festival TTS Engine [default=no]

MythVideo related options:
  --enable-mythvideo       build the mythvideo plugin [default=yes]

MythWeather related options:
  --enable-mythweather     build the mythweather plugin [default=yes]

$ cd ~/mythplugins-0.21 
$ ./configure --disable-all --enable-opengl --enable-mythgallery --enable-exif --enable-mythmusic --enable-fft
$ qmake mythplugins.pro
$ make
$ su -
# make install
# exit
$

# urpmi apache2 apache2-mod_php php-mysql
# chkconfig --level 345 httpd on
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart

$ cd ~/mythplugins-0.21/mythweb
$ su
# mkdir /var/www/html/mythweb
# cp -r . /var/www/html/mythweb
# exit
$ 

# cd /var/www
# htpasswd -c htpasswd mythtv
New password:
Re-type new password:
Adding password for user mythtv

$ echo "delete from keybindings ;" | mysql -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg

# urpmi libtiff3-devel

$ cd ~/mythplugins-0.21
$ ./configure --disable-all --enable-opengl --enable-mythgallery
$ qmake mythplugins.pro
$ make
# su
# make install
# exit
$ 

#!/bin/csh

if ($#argv == 0) then 
        echo "Usage: $0 dest_dir" 
        exit 
endif 

cd $argv[1]

# get stuff over the network
wget http://www.somesite.dom/dir/file1.jpg 
wget http://www.somesite.dom/dir/file2.jpg
wget http://www.somesite.dom/dir/file3.jpg

# stuff that requires manual module loading and/or fs mounting
modprobe camera_module
mount /dev/camera /mnt/camera
cp /mnt/camera/* $argv[1]
umount /mnt/camera
rmmod camera_module

# perform some processing
foreach pname (`ls *.jpg`)
        jpegtran -flip vertical $pname > $pname.new
        mv $pname.new $pname
end

$ mkdir -p /usr/local/share/xmame/{highscore,roms,snaps}

$ wget http://x.mame.net/download/xmame-0.103.tar.bz2
$ tar -xjf xmame-0.103.tar.bz2
$ cd xmame-0.103

$ joe Makefile

$ make
$ su
(enter password)
# make install
# exit

$ mkdir ~/.xmame
$ cp docs/xmamerc.dist ~/.xmame/xmamerc

$ su
(enter password)
# mv /usr/local/bin/xmame.x11 /usr/local/bin/xmame-0.103.x11
# exit

### Fileio Related ###
rompath                         /usr/local/share/xmame/roms
snapshot_directory              /usr/local/share/xmame/snaps
cheat_file                      /usr/local/share/xmame/cheat.dat
hiscore_file                    /usr/local/share/xmame/hiscore.dat
hiscore_directory               /usr/local/share/xmame/hiscore
history_file                    /usr/local/share/xmame/history.dat
mameinfo_file                   /usr/local/share/xmame/mameinfo.dat

$ xmame gauntlet

5 = Insert coin
1 = Player 1 start
arrow keys = movement
left control = button 1
left alt = button 2
SPACE = button 3
ESC = exit
TAB - menu
~ to adjust Volume
     < and >

$ cd ~/mythplugins-0.21

$ ./configure --disable-all --enable-mythgame
$ qmake mythplugins.pro
$ make
$ su
(enter password)
# make install
# exit

Player Name:    xmame-0.103.x11                  (Name by which you want your emulator or game called)
Type:           xmame                           (This is used for display purposes only and does not affect the function of your system)
Command:        xmame-0.103.x11 -vidmod 1 -fullscreen     (Path and name of binary + any optional parameters)
Rom Path:       /usr/local/share/xmame/roms     (This tells MythGame what directories to scan for roms to be used with this emulator)
ScreenShots:    /usr/local/share/xmame/snaps    (This tells MythGame what directories to scan for snapshots to be used with these roms)
Working Directory:                              (Directory to change to before launching game or emulator. Blank in our case ignores this setting)
File Extensions:                                (List of all file extension to be used for this emulator. Blank menas any file under the Rom Path)
[] Allow games to span multiple roms/disks      (will treat game.1.rom game.2.rom game.3.rom as one game)

$ tar -xzf mad-0.15.1b.tar.gz
$ cd mad-0.15.1b
$ ./configure
$ make
$ su
# make install
# exit

$ tar -xzf taglib-1.4.tar.gz
$ cd taglib-1.4
$ ./configure
$ make
$ su
# make install
# exit

$ tar -xzf flac-1.1.2.tar.gz
$ cd flac-1.1.2
$ ./configure
$ make
$ su
# make install
# exit
$ 

$ tar -xzf libcdaudio-0.99.12p2.tar.gz
$ cd libcdaudio-0.99.12p2
$ ./configure
$ make
$ su
# make install
# exit
$ 

$ tar -xzf cdparanoia-III-alpha9.8.src.tgz
$ cd cdparanoia-III-alpha9.8
$ ./configure
$ make
$ su
# make install
# cd /usr/lib
# ln -sf libcdda_interface.so.0.9.8 libcdda_interface.so
# ln -sf libcdda_paranoia.so.0.9.8 libcdda_paranoia.so
# exit
$ 

# urpmi libmad0 libmad0-devel libflac4 libflac4-devel libcdaudio1 cdparanoia
# urpmi libcdda0 libcdda0-devel libvorbis0 libvorbis0-devel
# urpmi libcdaudio1-devel libid3tag0 libid3tag0-devel

# urpmi libfftw2 libfftw2-devel

# urpmi libMesaGLU1-devel

# urpmi libSDL1.2 libSDL1.2-devel

$ up2date --solvedeps libvorbis libvorbis-devel vorbis-tools cdparanoia-devel cdparanoia-libs cdparanoia SDL-devel SDL

$ cd ~/mythplugins-0.21
$ ./configure --disable-all --enable-mythmusic --enable-fftw --enable-sdl --enable-aac
$ qmake mythplugins.pro
$ make
$ su
# make install
# exit

rm .cdserverrc
rm -rf .cddb/

$ cd ~/mythplugins-0.21
$ ./configure --disable-all --enable-mythweather
$ qmake mythplugins.pro
$ make
$ su
# make install
# exit

Left Key             Goes back one page, and extends the time spent
                     on the page you are on.
Right Key            Goes forward one page, see above.
Space                Pause, wait on the current page until space is hit
                     again.
Numeric Keys         You can check other weather by keying in other ZIP codes.
Enter Key            Switch between Celsius and Fahrenheit. Can also
                     be used a way to force a data update.
"m" Key              Resets the location to the database default, then updates the data.
"i"                  Enter / Save settings
ESC                  Exit the settings screen without saving / Exit the program

$ cd ~/mythplugins-0.21
$ ./configure --disable-all --enable-mythvideo
$ qmake mythplugins.pro
$ make
$ su
# make install
# exit

# urpmi libdvdread3 libdvdread3-devel a52dec liba52dec-devel 
# urpmi mplayer ogle xine

# urpmi xvid xvid-devel fame libfame0.9-devel transcode libdvdcss

$ cd ~/mythplugins-0.20
$ ./configure --disable-all --enable-mythdvd --enable-transcode --enable-vcd
$ qmake mythplugins.pro
$ make
$ su
# make install

$ mtd -n

mtd is listening on port 2342

$ mtd -d

$ cd ~/mythplugins-0.21
$ ./configure --disable-all --enable-mythnews
$ qmake mythplugins.pro
$ make
$ su
# make install

cc1plus: warning: changing search order for system directory
"/usr/local/include"
cc1plus: warning:   as it has already been specified as a non-system
directory

$ su
# cd /usr/lib/qt3/mkspecs
# ln -sf linux-g++ default

$ make distclean
$ ./configure --compile-type=debug
$ make
$ su
# make install
# exit

handle SIGPIPE nostop noprint
handle SIG33 nostop noprint
set logging on
set pagination off
set breakpoint pending on
break qFatal
set args -l myth.log -v record,channel,siparser
run
thread apply all bt full
set logging off

$ gdb mythbackend -x gdbcommands
GNU gdb 6.3-debian
Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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$ while true; do date >> gdb.txt; gdb mythbackend -x gdbcommands; done;

$ locate mysql.txt
/usr/local/share/mythtv/mysql.txt
/home/mythtv/.mythtv/mysql.txt
$

Section "ServerFlags"
    #DontZap # disable <Ctrl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
    #DontZoom # disable <Ctrl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
    AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work

    Option "blank time" "0"
    Option "standby time" "0"
    Option "suspend time" "0"
    Option "off time" "0"
    Option "NoPM" "1"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "device1"
    VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 256 (generic)"
    Driver "nv"
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "monitor1"
    VendorName "Plug'n Play"
    HorizSync 30-85
    VertRefresh 50-160

    # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
    # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "1024x480"    65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344   480  488  494  563 -hsync -vsync

    # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
    # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "768x576"     50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595  630

    # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "768x576"     63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590  616
EndSection

$ xset -dpms

$ xset s off

$ xset -dpms s off

[mythtv@pvr mythtv]$ dmesg |grep DMA
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd800-0xd807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd808-0xd80f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
hda: 156301488 sectors (80026 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=9729/255/63, UDMA(33)
hdb: 80043264 sectors (40982 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=4982/255/63, UDMA(33)

# hdparm -d /dev/hd?

# fuser -v /dev/dsp

$ rm ~/.kde/Autostart/Autorun.desktop

$ mythtranscode --chanid 1036 --starttime 2003-10-20T15:30:00 --profile \
autodetect --fifodir . &

mencoder -audiofile audout -audio-demuxer 20 -rawaudio rate=32000 \
-rawvideo on:w=640:h=480:fps=29.97 -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -o out.avi \
vidout

ffmpeg -f u16le -ar 32000 -ac 2 -i audout -f rawvideo -s 640x480 -r 29.97 \
-i vidout -vcodec mpeg4 -b 2000 -acodec mp3 -ab 128 out.avi

mplayer -audiofile audout -audio-demuxer 20 -rawaudio rate=32000 \
-rawvideo on:w=640:h=480:fps=29.97 vidout

$ mythtranscode --chanid 1036 --starttime 2003-10-20T15:30:00 \
--profile autodetect --fifodir . --fifosync &
$ cat audout > audio.raw &
$ cat vidout > video.yuv

$ mysqldump -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg -c > mythtv_backup.sql

$ mysql -u root
mysql>create database mythconverg;
mysql>exit
$ mysql -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg < mythtv_backup.sql

$ mysql -u root
mysql> drop database mythconverg;
mysql> quit

$ grep "INSERT INTO record "          mythtv_backup.sql > restore.sql
$ grep "INSERT INTO recorded "        mythtv_backup.sql >> restore.sql
$ grep "INSERT INTO oldrecorded "     mythtv_backup.sql >> restore.sql
$ grep "INSERT INTO recordedprogram " mythtv_backup.sql >> restore.sql
$ grep "INSERT INTO recordedrating "  mythtv_backup.sql >> restore.sql
$ grep "INSERT INTO recordedmarkup "  mythtv_backup.sql >> restore.sql
$ grep "INSERT INTO recordedseek "    mythtv_backup.sql >> restore.sql

$ grep "INSERT INTO \`record\` "          mythtv_backup.sql > restore.sql
$ grep "INSERT INTO \`recorded\` "        mythtv_backup.sql >> restore.sql
$ grep "INSERT INTO \`oldrecorded\` "     mythtv_backup.sql >> restore.sql
$ grep "INSERT INTO \`recordedprogram\` " mythtv_backup.sql >> restore.sql
$ grep "INSERT INTO \`recordedrating\` "  mythtv_backup.sql >> restore.sql
$ grep "INSERT INTO \`recordedmarkup\` "  mythtv_backup.sql >> restore.sql
$ grep "INSERT INTO \`recordedseek\` "    mythtv_backup.sql >> restore.sql

$ mysql -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg < restore.sql 

$ mysql -u root mythconverg
mysql> select chanid from channel where channum=15;
+--------+
| chanid |
+--------+
|   1015 |
+--------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> delete from channel where chanid = 1015;

$ mysql -u root mythconverg
mysql> delete from program where chanid = 1015;

/var/video (rw)

masterbackend:/var/video /var/video nfs rsize=8192,wsize=8192,hard,intr,nfsvers=3,actimeo=0

$ cat > .xinitrc
fvwm &
mythfrontend
^D
$ cat > .fvwmrc
Style myth* NoTitle, NoHandles, Sticky, WindowListSkip, SloppyFocus, GrabFocus, BorderWidth 0
^D
$

$ cat > .xinitrc
xset -dpms s off &
irxevent &
mythfrontend &
blackbox

session.screen0.focusNewWindows:        True
session.screen0.focusModel:     SloppyFocus

$ cd contrib
$ su
# chmod a+x etc.rc.d.init.d.mythbackend
# cp etc.rc.d.init.d.mythbackend /etc/rc.d/init.d/mythbackend

$ cd contrib
$ su
# cp etc.sysconfig.mythbackend /etc/sysconfig/mythbackend

$ su
# chkconfig --level 345 mythbackend on
# exit
$

$ su
# mkdir /var/log/mythtv
# chown root:mythtv /var/log/mythtv
# chmod 0775 /var/log/mythtv
# exit
$ ls -ld /var/log/mythtv
drwxrwxr-x    2 root     mythtv       4096 Apr 28 21:58 /var/log/mythtv/
$

$ su
# cat > /etc/logrotate.d/mythtv
# Set default values for all log files first...

# Rotate the logs once a week, or more frequently if they 
# exceed 10Mb in size (size is checked daily).
weekly
size 10M

# 'copytruncate' is used for logs generated by 
# currently-running programs that should not be restarted 
# (and can't be signalled to start a new log) after the 
# rotation.  It duplicates the existing log file and then 
# sets the length of the existing file to 0.  The only time 
# this would break would be if the program writing the log 
# was using lseek.
copytruncate

# After rotating the files, leave the most recent rotated 
# copy alone but gzip everything else to save space.
compress
delaycompress

# If a log isn't present then don't worry about it.
missingok

# Don't rotate an empty file.
notifempty

# end of the global options

/var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log /var/log/mythtv/mythfrontend.log {
  # Keep logs until they are 2 months old or the number of 
  # logs reaches 12.  If the log files stay small, the age will 
  # kick in first and you'll only have 8 log files.  If they 
  # get larger than 10Mb then you won't keep all 60 days.
  rotate 12
  maxage 60
}

# Different options for mythfilldatabase:
/var/log/mythtv/mythfilldatabase.log {
  rotate 2
}
^D
#

# /etc/security/msec/perm.local
# Local overrides to the msec program
#
# Full file path                user.group              permissions
/var/log/mythtv/                root.mythtv             775
/var/log/mythtv/*               root.mythtv             664

$ cd contrib
$ su
# cat etc.security.msec.perm.local >> /etc/security/msec/perm.local
# exit

$ su
# msec
# exit
$

# rc-update add mythbackend default

# /etc/init.d/mythbackend stop

# /etc/init.d/mythbackend

mysql> select r.* from recordingprofiles r,profilegroups p where p.name='Transcoders' and p.id=r.profilegroup;
+----+----------------+------------+------------+--------------+
| id | name           | videocodec | audiocodec | profilegroup |
+----+----------------+------------+------------+--------------+
| 21 | RTjpeg/MPEG4   | MPEG-4     | MP3        |            6 |
| 22 | MPEG2          | MPEG-4     | MP3        |            6 |
| 27 | High Quality   | MPEG-4     | MP3        |            6 |
| 28 | Medium Quality | MPEG-4     | MP3        |            6 |
| 29 | Low Quality    | MPEG-4     | MP3        |            6 |
+----+----------------+------------+------------+--------------+
5 rows in set (0.01 sec)

mysql>                                                                        

$ su
# /etc/init.d/mythbackend stop

hostname(1)

# hostname kidsroom

$ mysqldump -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg -c > mythtv_backup.sql

$ grep kidsroom mythtv_backup.sql

$ cat mythtv_backup.sql | sed s/\'frontend1\'/\'kidsroom\'/g >> mythtv_restore.sql

$ mysql -u root
mysql>drop database mythconverg;
mysql>create database mythconverg;
mysql>exit      

$ mysql -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg < mythtv_restore.sql

# /etc/init.d/mythbackend start

# fdisk /dev/hda

The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1823.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
   (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hda: 15.0 GB, 15000330240 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1823 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *         1       764   6136798+  83  Linux
/dev/hda2           765      1823   8506417+   5  Extended
/dev/hda5           765      1823   8506417   83  Linux

Command (m for help): t
Partition number (1-6): 5
Hex code (type L to list codes): 8e

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hda: 15.0 GB, 15000330240 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1823 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *         1       764   6136798+  83  Linux
/dev/hda2           765      1823   8506417+   5  Extended
/dev/hda5           765      1823   8506417   8e  Linux LVM

Command (m for help): w

#

# pvcreate /dev/hda5

# vgcreate VGforMyth -s 64m /dev/hda5

# lvcreate --name video --size 5G VGforMyth
# mkreiserfs /dev/VGforMyth/video
# mount /dev/VGforMyth/video /var/video

# lvcreate --name music --size 3G VGforMyth
# mkreiserfs /dev/VGforMyth/music
# mount /dev/VGforMyth/music /var/music

# umount /var/video
# resize_reiserfs /dev/VGforMyth/video
# mount /dev/VGforMyth/video /var/video

# umount /var/video
# resize2fs --size +50G /dev/VGforMyth/video
# mount /dev/VGforMyth/video /var/video

# xfs_growfs /var/video

# mkfs.ext3 -T largefile4 /dev/hdb1

2007-08-25 15:03:05.526 New DB DataDirect connection
2007-08-25 15:03:05.526 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2007-08-25 15:03:05.536 DataDirect: Your subscription expires on 11/23/2007 01:12:10 PM
2007-08-25 15:03:05.707 New DB connection, total: 3
2007-08-25 15:03:05.707 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2007-08-25 15:03:05.708 sourceid 2 has lineup type: CableDigital
2007-08-25 15:03:06.623 Data fetching complete.
2007-08-25 15:03:06.624 DataDirect: Deleting temporary files

2007-08-25 15:04:32.437 New DB DataDirect connection
2007-08-25 15:04:32.437 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2007-08-25 15:04:32.447 DataDirect: Your subscription expires on 11/23/2007 01:12:10 PM
2007-08-25 15:04:32.622 New DB connection, total: 3
2007-08-25 15:04:32.622 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2007-08-25 15:04:32.623 sourceid 2 has lineup type: CableDigital
2007-08-25 15:04:33.418 DataDirect: Adding channel 41 'AMC' (AMC).
2007-08-25 15:04:33.422 DataDirect: Adding channel 32 'A & E Network' (AETV).
2007-08-25 15:04:33.425 DataDirect: Adding channel 66 'Black Entertainment Television' (BET).
2007-08-25 15:04:33.427 DataDirect: Adding channel 180 'Bravo' (BRAVO).
2007-08-25 15:04:33.430 DataDirect: Adding channel 51 'ABC Family' (FAM).
2007-08-25 15:04:33.432 DataDirect: Adding channel 146 'Country Music Television' (CMTV).
2007-08-25 15:04:33.435 DataDirect: Adding channel 39 'CNBC' (CNBC).
2007-08-25 15:04:33.437 DataDirect: Adding channel 36 'Cable News Network' (CNN).
2007-08-25 15:04:33.440 DataDirect: Adding channel 35 'CNN Headline News' (CNNH).

$ mythfilldatabase --remove-new-channels

Arrow keys	used to move the highlight point around
ALT-F4	exit out of the application
Space/Enter	take action on the item under the highlight point
P	play in both "Watch a Recording" and "Delete a Recording"
D	delete in both "Watch a Recording" and "Delete a Recording"
U	to view details for the currently selected show on the Watch or Delete screens, EPG, "Program Finder", "Fix Scheduling Conflicts" and search results screens
O	to list the upcoming episodes for the currently selected show on the EPG, "Program Finder", "Program Recording Priorities", "Fix Scheduling Conflicts" or search results screens
I	edit recording options from the EPG, "Program Finder", "Program Recording Priorities", or "Fix Scheduling Conflicts" screens. From the Playback and Delete screens, 'I' presents options for recorded shows such as Auto Expire or Stop Recording. Pressing 'I' while on the Recording Options screen will take you to the Advanced Recording Options screen.

Up or down	keys change the channel
num pad	Type a number to enter a channel number or jump amount (HHMM format)
P	pause / play. You may also add an explicit keybinding for 'Play' through MythWeb, returning you to normal speed if you are in slow motion, rewind fast forward or pause mode.
C	change inputs on TV Tuner card
ESC	quits
I	puts the On-screen Display up again. During playback, 'I' toggles between position and show description info. If a jump amount is entered, jump to that position.
M	brings up the electronic program guide (Grid) -- see the EPG section
Page Up	jump back the configured number of minutes (default is 10)
Page Down	jump ahead the configured number of minutes (default is 10)
End or Z	skip to next commercial break marker
Home or Q	skip back to previous commercial break marker
T	toggle close caption support Pressing 0-9 (preferably 3 times) + T changes teletext page and turns on teletext.
F	rotate between the various Picture Adjustments (Colour, Hue, etc.) While Picture Adjustment is on-screen, use Left and Right arrows to adjust. These settings adjust the look of the video playback, and are independent of the G-key settings used at record-time.
[ or F10	decrease volume
] or F11	increase volume
\| or F9	toggle mute
/	jump to the next "favorite" channel
?	mark/unmark the current channel as a "favorite"
U	increase the play speed
J	decrease the play speed
A	Adjust time stretch (speed up or slow down normal play of audio and video
W	cycle through zoom and fill modes: 4:3 aspect ratio, 16:9, 4:3 Zoom (like Pan and Scan), 16:9 Zoom, and 16:9 Stretch (eliminates black sidebars in TV signal)
F8	toggle the sleep timer 30m->1hr->1hr30m->2hr->Off
CTRL-B	Jump to the beginning of the recording / ringbuffer
+	Switch between audio streams
Left	(if a jump amount is entered) to jump back that amount
Right	(if a jump amount is entered) to jump ahead that amount


	Without the stickykeys option selected
Left	rewind the configured number of seconds (default is 5)
Right	fast forward the configured number of seconds (default is 30)
<	starts rewind mode as if stickykeys are selected
>	starts fast forward mode as if stickykeys are selected


	With Stickykeys option selected
Right	starts fast forward mode
Left	starts rewind mode


	In fast forward or rewind mode:
Left/Right	increases the ff/rew speed
0	plays at normal speed, but leaves the time indicator on screen
1 or 2	plays back more slowly than normal ff/rew speed (1 is slowest)
3	plays back at normal ff/rew speed
4-9	plays back faster than normal ff/rew speed (9 is fastest)
Space	exits fast forward or rewind mode


	While video is paused:
Left	rewind 1 frame
<	rewind 1 second
Right	advance 1 frame
>	advance 1 second

G	rotate between the various Picture Adjustments (Colour, Hue, etc.) for recording. These values affect the look of the resulting .nuv file, and are independent of the playback picture settings. While Picture Adjustment is on-screen, use Left and Right arrows to adjust.
H	Channel history. Each repeat steps back through the previous channels.
O	Turns on 'Browse' mode, allowing user to browse channels and program info while watching current show FullScreen.
Y	switch between multiple capture cards. NOTE: you will lose your LiveTV buffer on your current card. Useful for different-sourced cards (such as Dish Network on one, HDTV over-the-air on another card.)

Left	browse program prior to current listed program
Right	browse program following current listed program
Up	browse program on channel above current listed channel/program
Down	browse program on channel below current listed channel/program
/	browse program on next favorite channel
0-9	enter a channel number to browse
Space/Enter	change channel to channel of current listed program
R/r	Toggle recording of current program (cycles through types)
ESC/O	Exit Browse mode

Left	Move video to Left
Right	Move video to Right
Up	Move video Up
Down	Move video Down
PageUp	Zoom In
PageDown	Zoom Out
Space/Enter	Exit Zoom mode leaving picture at current size and position
ESC	Exit Zoom mode and return to original size

V	toggle Picture-in-picture on or off
B	toggles the window focus (lets you change channels on the PiP window)
N	swaps the two channels by changing channels on both cards

Space/Enter	set a bookmark at that point. Next time you start the recording, you will automatically jump forward to this point and clear the bookmark.
X	queues the current recording for transcoding
O	brings up menu to allow toggling settings such as Commercial Auto-Skip, Auto-Expire, etc.
D	exits the current recording and displays the Delete menu
E or M	enters/exits edit mode.


	In edit mode
Left/Right	move forward and backward
Up/Down	alter the amount of time you jump forward and backward. Increments are: nearest cutpoint, nearest video keyframe, 1 frame, 0.5 seconds, 1 second, 20 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 10 minutes.
PageUp/PageDown	move forward and backward to the nearest cut point
< or >	move forward or backward by 10 times the normal jump amount
Space/Enter	allows you to set or delete a cut point
Z	loads the commercial skip list (if one exists) into the cutlist
C or Q	clear all cut points in the cutlist
I	Inverts the cutlist

Arrows	are used to move the highlighted program point around
A, D, S, W	perform the same as left, right, down and up
PageUp/PageDown	move the channel list up or down a page
Home/End	move the highlight left or right by one day
Ctrl+Left or <	move the highlight left by one page
Ctrl+Right or >	move the highlight right by one page
9, 3, 7, 1	(like a numeric keypad) perform the same as PageUp, PageDown, Home and End
I	bring up more information about a show, and allow you to schedule a recording. If you select "Record this showing" while watching Live TV you can "Instant Record" a program.
Space/Enter	allow you resolve conflicts or change overrides. If the program is not already scheduled to record, it will instead act like pressing 'I'.
M	when on a channel will change to that channel
ESC or C	exits without changing the channel
R	change the current item from Recording/Not-Recording. Successive keypresses cycle through the scheduled recording type list.
X	change the channel to the currently selected channel without leaving the EPG (Most useful in the alternate EPG)
?	mark/unmark the current channel as a "favorite"
/ or 4	toggle the guide listing between all channels and filtered "favorites"

Right	increases priority value
Left	decreases priority value
1	sorts by title
2	sorts by priority
Home/End	toggle sort priority
I	edit recording options
ESC	commits changes and exits

1	show all recordings
2	show only important recordings
Home/End	toggle show showing all/important
I	edit recording options
Space/Enter	resolve conflict or override

Home	change to the previous view if applicable
End	change to the next view if applicable
M	select another view if applicable. In the title and description search popup, press M again to edit or delete the selected view.

D	on a custom profile group displays a popup to delete the group

M	change the view or to set a group password
I	move a program from one Recording Group to another

1 or F1	Meaning of the icons
/	Tags a recording. Tagged recordings can be played either in order or shuffled and deleted as a group. You can also change the recording group for several recordings at once by tagging them and using the Menu (m) button, selecting "Playlist options", then "Change Recording Group".
?	Clear the tagged list.

REMOTE CONTROL	LIRC KEYSTROKE	FUNCTION
0 - 9	0 - 9	channel selection, EPG navigation, ff/rew speed setting (with stickykeys)
Left Arrow	Left	scroll left, rewind
Right Arrow	Right	scroll right, fast forward
Up Arrow	Up	scroll up, channel change up
Down Arrow	Down	scroll down, channel change down
Select / OK / Play	Space	Select item, play (with stickykeys) set bookmark
Cancel	Escape	Cancel, quit playback
Menu	m	EPG (from watching TV) edit (from playback).
Pause	p	Pause
Other key 1	i	Information
Other key 2	c	Change tuner card input

Installing and using MythTV

Robert Kulagowski, mailto:rkulagow@rocketmail.com

CPU Type and Speed

Memory

Hard Disk(s)

Filesystems

Video Capture Device

Frame Grabbers.

Hardware MPEG-2 encoders.

DVB capture cards.

HDTV.

Firewire.

DBoxII or other devices running Neutrino

USB Capture Devices.

IP Recorder (RTSP, RTS, UDP)

Hardware known NOT to work and other issues

Sound card

Video Display Card

Cards with TV-out

ATI

NVIDIA

Hauppauge PVR-350

Other Options

External Adapters

Pre-compiled packages

Red Hat Linux / Fedora Core

Mandriva

Debian

Manual installation

Command-line installation

Mandriva

Gentoo.

Debian.

General requirements

Modifying /etc/ld.so.conf

General requirements

QT libraries and binaries

Distribution-Specific Notes

Mandriva

Device Permissions

Red Hat Linux and Fedora Core:

Mandriva

Manual installation

Enabling real-time scheduling of the display thread.

rlimits

realtime module

run as root option (not safe)

Frontend-only configuration

Mandriva

Red Hat Linux and Fedora Core

Gentoo

Mandriva and Red Hat Linux/Fedora Core

Debian 3.0

Gentoo

Modifying access to the MySQL database for multiple systems

Mandriva and Red Hat Linux/Fedora Core

Using ALSA.

General

Capture Cards

Video Sources

Input Connections

Channel Editor

Storage Groups

Introduction.

How to use Storage Groups.

Migrating to Storage Groups.

Advanced: Algorithm used by the Storage Group

Periodically running mythfilldatabase

Video Filters

Applying filters

Currently Available Filters

Usage Considerations

mythfrontend