MythTV Light

This page is up-to-date as of MythTV version 0.28, the current release is 34.0

Overview

MythTV Light is a prebuilt package for certain Debian based systems. It installs the programs and menu shortcuts, and all dependencies. It does not install the database or any services for starting the backend. It does not install any automated backup operations. Since it is installed using apt-get, uninstalling and upgrading are easy to do.

MythTV Light includes both frontend and backend components. It can be installed as a remote frontend with little effort. It can also be used for a backend, but you will have to set up the database yourself and set up a service to start up the backend. The package relieves you of the necessity to configure and compile the software.

Raspberry Pi

The raspberry Pi models 2 and 3 are supported as remote frontends. Building MythTV yourself on a raspberry Pi is a time-consuming task. MythTV Light packages solve the problem. MythTV Light is available for Raspbian jessie.

There are some people running a backend on a Raspberry Pi. This is possible but the capabilities will be limited.

i386 and amd64

There are MythTV Light packages for desktop computers running Ubuntu. These are an alternative to the packages from MythBuntu, for those who would like to do their own database and service setup. There are also pre-release packages available for the next version.

Instructions

Repository Setup

Add the following line to the file /etc/apt/sources.list:

Operating System	Line to Add
Raspbian jessie for Raspberry Pi	deb http://dl.bintray.com/bennettpeter/deb jessie myth28
Ubuntu xenial for Raspberry Pi	deb http://dl.bintray.com/bennettpeter/deb xenial myth28
Ubuntu xenial for desktop computer	deb http://dl.bintray.com/bennettpeter/deb xenial myth28

This will get mythtv version 0.28. To get pre-release packages for version 29, substitute myth29 in the above line. Not all packages are available for myth29 at this time.

There is also a package for Raspberry Pi for MythTV 0.27. Substitute myth27 in the jessie line. This is not a supported version, as Raspberry Pi support was only official with 0.28.

Run this command once to get keys for the bintray repository:

wget -O - https://bintray.com/user/downloadSubjectPublicKey?username=bintray | sudo apt-key add -

Install Package

To install or upgrade the latest package for the version requested:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mythtv-light

Note that if you already have installed the mythtv packages from Ubuntu or Mythbuntu, this will cause them to be uninstalled before installing MythTV Light.

xenial package

Note that the version numbering is now based on the MythTV repository. If you had previously installed a MythTV Light package for xenial from github, this one may be seen by apt as a downgrade. To ensure that you get the latest installed you may have to first uninstall the prior version.

Install Plugins

To install or upgrade the frontend plugins:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mythplugins-light

xenial package

Currently there is no plugins package for xenial in ths repository.

After Installation

For a backend installation, continue with installing mythweb, the database, mythtv user, etc. Instructions start at Install MythWeb.

For a remote frontend, all that needs to be done is setup the $HOME/.mythtv/config.xml file.

For Raspberry Pi specific instructions see Raspberry Pi.