Talk:Installing MythTV SVN on Fedora

libdvdread

I suggest to add libdvdread and libdvdread-devel to the list of packages to install for mythplugins. Without those you cannot enable transcoding in MythDVD.

Fedora 9

The command

$ rpm -Uvh http://www.fedorafaq.org/f9/yum http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-9.rpm

in the Repositories section of the wiki page fails, apparently because http://www.fedorafaq.org/f9/ can't be found. (5/24/08)

I'd hoped fedorafaq would be more timely with their release of they yum configuration rpm, but I guess they haven't. I've made a note of it in the section. --Dillwead 04:53, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm using Fedora 8 (I like to stay one step back from the bleeding edge) and I found that replacing "9" with "8" worked as expected. --Wormholio 11:16, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Fedora 12

Here's what I did to install under Fedora 12:

Packages needed:

From the CD install root menu:

Office and Productivity
Software Development
Web Server

Customize the software selection:

Sound and Video section
- Unselect
  - alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.21-2.fc12.i686
  - pulseaudio-0.9.19-2.fc12.i686
  - pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-0.9.19-2.fc12.i686
  - pulseaudio-utils-0.9.19-2.fc12.i686
- Select
  - ardour-2.8.2-3.fc12.i686
  - aumix-2.8-21.fc12.i686
  - dvdauthor-0.6.14-10.fc12.i686
  - dvdisater-0.72.1-1.fc12.i686
Servers
- Select
  - MySQL Database
  - Windows File Server

Create Mythtv user

Initial Setup

Add Mythtv user to sudo list
- usermod –aG wheel mythic
- visudo
  - Find the line:# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
  - Change to: %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
Disable screen saver
- System>Preferences> Screensaver
  - Uncheck:
    - Activate screensaver when computer is idle
    - Lock screen when screensaver is active
  - Click on “Power Management”
    - Put computer to sleep when inactive for: Never
    - Spin down hard disks when possible: uncheck
    - Put display to sleep when inactive for: Never
Disable SELinux
- System>Administration>SELinux Management
  - Set to Permissive
    - System Default Enforcing Mode
    - Current Enforcing Mode
Adjust Firewall permissions
- System>Administration>Firewall
- For access to an HDHomerun, disable the firewall for now:
  - Click on the Disable button
Enable Network Time Protocol (NTP)
- System>Administration>Date & Time
- Verify that “Synchronize date and time over the network” is checked
- Verify that there are NTP Servers
Configure Sound
- Guides used:
- System>Preferences>Sound
- Hardware tab:
  - Profile: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output
- Test Sound:
  - http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Using_ALSA%27s_speaker-test_utility
  - speaker-test –c 6 –t wav
- Remove pulseaudio
  - sudo yum remove pulseaudio
- Install alsa modules
  - sudo yum install alsa alsa-lib alsa-tools alsa-firmware alsa-tools alsa-utils alsamixergui python-alsa python-alsaudio wine-alsa
- restart system
- switch alsa to using the hdmi output:
  - run alsamixer
  - hit <F6>
  - choose the correct sound card (in my case “HDA Intel”)
  - I also increased the Master output to unity gain (100%)
- Copy the .asoundrc to ~/
  - From http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Configuring_Digital_Sound#Setting_up_ALSA.27s_.asoundrc.2C_Properly
  - Edit the .asoundrc
    - Run “aplay –l” to see the hardware devices on your system
    - In a separate terminal window, run vi ~/.asoundrc
      - In the section starting with: ##### Configuration File #####
        Uncomment:# slave.pcm "dmix-digital" to slave.pcm "dmix-digital"
        
        Comment:slave.pcm "dmix-analog" to # slave.pcm "dmix-analog"
      - Scroll down to the section starting with: # Alias for analog output on the card
        Update the device # as appropriate, comment out and uncomment as appropriate
        
        Correct values determined by the aplay –l results
      - Scroll down to the section starting with: # Alias for digital (S/PDIF) output on the card
        Update the device # as appropriate, comment out and uncomment as appropriate
        
        Correct values determined by the aplay –l results
      - Save and close ~/.asoundrc
    - Backup your alsa configuration: /sbin/alsactl -f ~/asound.backup store 0
Enable auto login for mythtv user
- If you are using the default Fedora login manager, the edit is not difficult:Just add the following lines to the [daemon] section of /etc/gdm/custom.conf:

TimedLoginEnable=true 
TimedLogin=<mythtv> 
TimedLoginDelay=0

FMI: http://digitizor.com/2009/01/29/how-to-enable-automatic-login-in-fedora-10/

Restart computer to test auto login
Install packages necessary:
- In this process occasionally you’ll get warnings about importing GPG keys, allow them
- Add repositories:
  - sudo rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
  - sudo rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
  - sudo rpm -Uvh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release.rpm
- MythTV packages
  - sudo yum install gcc-c++ freetype-devel lame-devel qt-devel mysql-server mysql-devel lirc lirc-devel
  - sudo yum install subversion mesa-libGLU-devel libXv-devel libXxf86vm-devel libdca-devel make
  - sudo yum install libXmu-devel qt-MySQL libXvMC-devel kdelibs-devel arts-devel perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker
  - sudo yum install qt qt-devel qt-MySQL qt4 qt4-devel qt4-mysql qt4-x11
- MythTV Plugin packages
  - sudo yum install fftw2 fftw2-devel libid3tag libid3tag-devel libmad-devel flac-devel libdvdcss-devel
  - sudo yum install libtiff-devel libcdaudio-devel SDL-devel cdparanoia-devel libexif-devel fftw3 fftw3-devel
  - sudo yum install libvorbis-devel faac faac-devel faad2 faad2-devel taglib taglib-devel libvisual-devel lame taglib taglib-devel taglib-doc
- MythWeb packages
  - sudo yum install httpd php php-mysql
- firewire packages
  - sudo yum install libavc1394 libavc1394-devel libiec61883 libiec61883-devel libraw1394 libraw1394-devel
- configure LIRC
  - Reference link:http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/LIRC
  - Check if LIRC is already installed: sudo find / -name lircd | grep lirc
  - Check if LIRC is running:
    - ps –ef | grep lirc
    - if not running only grep lirc will show up
  - Check if it’s already turned on:
    - chkconfig --list | grep lirc
    - Should return a result like:lirc 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
      - The # is which runlevel
      - Turn it on if not on:
      - sudo chkconfig --level 2345 lirc on
  - Reboot system
  - Check if LIRC is running: ps –ef | grep lirc
    - You should now see a line like: root 1250 1 0 14:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/lircd –device=/dev/lirc0
  - Check that LIRC is receiving signal from the remote:
    - sudo mode2
    - each time you press a key on the remote, you should see lines like:

space 1950
pulse 50
...

- - - hit <ctl>-c to back out
  - create a lircd.conf
    - sudo irrecord –d <device> <file name>
      - http://doc.trolltech.com/4.4/qt.html#Key-enum
      - Asks to do a couple of tasks, follow the instructions on the screen, hitting keys on the remote
      - For mapping the keys, use the above link as the key for the key names, keep track of which are used, will be needed for creating the lircrc file
    - edit the <file name> to enter model # of remote and any other vital information: sudo vi <file name>
    - sudo cp <file name> /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
    - restart the lirc process: sudo service lirc restart
    - test that the mapping of the keys works:
      - run command: irw
      - you should see the keys defined in the irrecord
      - hit <ctl>-c to back out
  - You still need to create the lircrc to link to mythtv, but you need to install mythtv first…
- Install HDHomerun drivers
  - Download from http://www.silicondust.com/downloads/linux
    - Feel free to download both the libhdhomerun and HDHomeRun_Config
    - But you only need the libhdhomerun to get Myth working
  - cd <where you downloaded it to>
  - tar –xvf libhdhomerun_<datestring>.tgz
  - cd libhdhomerun
  - make
  - sudo cp hdhomerun_config /usr/local/bin
  - detect the HDHomerun
    - hdhomerun_config discover
    - if successful you should see the following line: hdhomerun device <DeviceID> found at <IP Address>
  - To install hdhomerun_config_gui
    - tar –xvf hdhomerun_config_gui_<datestring>.tgz
    - cd hdhomerun_config_gui
    - ./configure
    - make
    - sudo make install
  - Install VLC to to ease testing
    - Sudo yum install vlc
  - Test HDHomerun
    - Guide used: http://www.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1924
    - Check that you can scan on the tuners:
      - Tuner 0: hdhomerun_config <DeviceID> scan /tuner0 scan0.txt
      - Tuner 1: hdhomerun_config <DeviceID> scan /tuner1 scan1.txt
      - Outputs to scan0.txt, scan1.txt what channels were scanned and detected
      - The guide has steps to test with VLC
    - If you have the GUI interface installed
      - To launch the GUI:hdhomerun_config_gui
Install MythTV
- Grant mythtv user permission to access the /usr/local directory: sudo chown <mythtv user id>.<mythtv user group> /usr/local
- Change directory to /usr/local: cd /usr/local
- Check out source code:
  - svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/branches/release-0-22-fixes mythtv
- Install MythTV Source
  - Goto the mythtv directory: cd /usr/local/mythtv/mythtv
  - Configure the make files: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
  - Make the application: make
  - Install the application: sudo make install
- Install MythPlugins Source
  - Goto the mythtv directory: cd /usr/local/mythtv/ mythplugins
  - Configure the make files: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
  - Make the application: make
  - Install the application: sudo make install

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