Frequently Asked Questions

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Q: How do I import recordings from other sources into Myth?

In the contrib folder of the MythTV sources, there is a script named myth.rebuilddatabase.pl which takes an "--ext" command-line option followed by a file extension. This will prompt the script to search for those files that match the extension and prompt you for information about them to import them into the database along-side your existing recordings.

Q: Are there any Debian packages for MythTV?

Yes! Add this to your /etc/apt/sources.conf

  1. Mythtv for Sarge

deb http://www.ecliptik.com/debian stable mythtv

  1. Mplayer and Lame from Marillat (required dependencies)

deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main deb-src ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat sarge main

Then run (as root) apt-get update and then apt-get install mythtv