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I was keeping track of where I was at with Myth on my home wiki, but then figured I might as well share it here! | I was keeping track of where I was at with Myth on my home wiki, but then figured I might as well share it here! | ||
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= My Setup = | = My Setup = | ||
− | MythBuntu | + | MythBuntu 12.04 with separated front-end/backend |
* Live TV/TV recording Free to air HD/SD (from Sydney, Australia) | * Live TV/TV recording Free to air HD/SD (from Sydney, Australia) | ||
* Multi-rec | * Multi-rec | ||
* DTS/AC3 passthrough including 5,1 surround digital out | * DTS/AC3 passthrough including 5,1 surround digital out | ||
+ | * VDPAU | ||
* [[MythMusic]] | * [[MythMusic]] | ||
* [[MythGallery]] | * [[MythGallery]] | ||
− | + | * [[MythVideo]] | |
− | + | * Frontend Suspend to RAM + Wake On USB | |
+ | * Backend Suspend to RAM | ||
== Backend == | == Backend == | ||
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=== Hardware === | === Hardware === | ||
− | * | + | * HDDs totalling 1.2Tb |
* Intel S775 Core 2 Q6600 Quad-Core CPU | * Intel S775 Core 2 Q6600 Quad-Core CPU | ||
* Gigabyte S775 GA-G33M-S2 Motherboard | * Gigabyte S775 GA-G33M-S2 Motherboard | ||
* 4GB RAM | * 4GB RAM | ||
− | |||
* PCI Hauppauge Nova-T-500 MCE(OEM) Dual DVBT tuner | * PCI Hauppauge Nova-T-500 MCE(OEM) Dual DVBT tuner | ||
+ | * PCI Hauppauge Nova-TD 400 Dual DVBT tuner | ||
=== Software === | === Software === | ||
− | * | + | * MythBuntu 12.04 |
− | * [[MythWeb | + | * [[MythWeb]] |
* [http://svn.whuffy.com/index.fcgi/wiki Shepherd XMLTV grabber] | * [http://svn.whuffy.com/index.fcgi/wiki Shepherd XMLTV grabber] | ||
− | |||
=== Configuration === | === Configuration === | ||
− | * | + | * Channel 9, Gem, GO will not tune. The dtv_multiplex.network_id is null - set to 4114 seems to fix things. |
+ | |||
+ | ==== Shepherd grabber ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Standard install except cron job is disabled and allow mythtv to run mythfilldatabase. This is to allow mythtv to also be in control of suspend. | ||
+ | Mythtv is configured to run mythfilldatabase daily at 5 minutes after the router wakes the server up for daily processing | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Suspend to RAM on idle ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Why Suspend to RAM and not just a full shutdown that would "just work"? Partly due to boot speed and partly just because. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Overview''': | ||
+ | |||
+ | * mythbackend controls idle detection, supported by a custom script to check other reasons to stay up, and sudo rules to allow passwordless root activity | ||
+ | * suspend needs to unload dvb/usb modules which requires stopping mythbackend which means triggering suspend via upstart | ||
+ | * wake up for recordings triggered by /sys/class/rtc as per [[ACPI_Wakeup]], hwlock-save update disabled via upstart override | ||
+ | * wake up for daily processing (anacron) triggered by cron running on my (always on) DD-WRT enabled router issuing a WOL | ||
+ | * wake up for serving adhoc web requests (mythweb et al) triggered by [[http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Useful_Scripts#Web_Server_Wake-up|a custom router script]] | ||
− | == Frontend / | + | Settings (set via mythweb as server is basically headless) |
+ | |||
+ | {| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 | ||
+ | | '''Name''' | ||
+ | | '''Setting''' | ||
+ | | '''Value''' | ||
+ | | '''Why''' | ||
+ | |-| | ||
+ | | Pre ShutdownWakeUp Check Command | ||
+ | | preSDWUCheckCommand | ||
+ | | /home/mythtv/bin/check-idle.sh | ||
+ | | check if i'm logged in, or machine is in use for some other reason | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Block ShutdownWakeUp without client | ||
+ | | blockSDWUwithoutClient | ||
+ | | 0 | ||
+ | | because this is a backend only machine | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Set Wakeup time command | ||
+ | | SetWakeuptimeCommand | ||
+ | | sudo /usr/local/sbin/set-wakeup.sh $time | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Server Halt command | ||
+ | | ServerHaltCommand | ||
+ | | sudo /usr/local/sbin/emit-suspend.sh | ||
+ | | can't suspend directly because we need to shutdown mythbackend during suspend | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Wakeup time format | ||
+ | | WakeupTimeFormat | ||
+ | | time_t | ||
+ | | as per [[ACPI_Wakeup|ACPI wakeup]] page to use /sys/class/rtc | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | ===== /home/mythtv/bin/check_idle.sh ===== | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | #!/bin/bash | ||
+ | |||
+ | ACCESS_LOG="/var/log/apache2/access.log" | ||
+ | LOG_AGE="5 minutes ago" | ||
+ | |||
+ | check_frontend() { | ||
+ | # Not this doesn't care about what the FE is doing, just that it is up | ||
+ | expect - $1 <<'END_EXPECT' | ||
+ | #exp_internal 1 | ||
+ | set timeout 2 | ||
+ | log_user 0 | ||
+ | set prompt "# " | ||
+ | set cmd "query location\r" | ||
+ | set frontend [lindex $argv 0] | ||
+ | spawn netcat $frontend 6546 | ||
+ | expect { | ||
+ | timeout { send_user "\nNo prompt\n"; exit 1 } | ||
+ | eof { send_user "\nNo output\n"; exit 1 } | ||
+ | $prompt | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | send $cmd | ||
+ | expect { | ||
+ | timeout { send_user "\nNo response\n"; exit 1 } | ||
+ | eof { send_user "\nPremature EOF\n"; exit 1 } | ||
+ | -re "query location\r\n(.*)\r\r\n# " | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | set location $expect_out(1,string) | ||
+ | send "exit\r" | ||
+ | expect eof | ||
+ | send_user "MythTVLocation:$location\n" | ||
+ | END_EXPECT | ||
+ | |||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | log() { | ||
+ | logger -s -t "mythtv-checkidle" | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | # Regardless of WOL settings and going into standbymode the 0.25 front-end | ||
+ | # simply cannot cope with the backend dropping out unexpectedly so we | ||
+ | # keep the BE up until the FE suspends itself | ||
+ | check_frontend mythion && { | ||
+ | echo "Frontend is still up" | log | ||
+ | exit 1 | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | # anacron is running daily, weekly or monthly jobs | ||
+ | pgrep 'anacron' && { | ||
+ | echo "Anacron job is running" | log | ||
+ | exit 1 | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | # apache request in last 5 minutes | ||
+ | if [ -f $ACCESS_LOG -a `stat -c %Y $ACCESS_LOG` -gt `date --date "$LOG_AGE" "+%s"` ] ; then | ||
+ | echo "Web server in use" | log | ||
+ | exit 1 | ||
+ | fi | ||
+ | |||
+ | # users are logged in | ||
+ | if [ `who | wc -l` -gt 0 ] ; then | ||
+ | echo "Users logged in" | log | ||
+ | who | log | ||
+ | exit 1 | ||
+ | fi | ||
+ | |||
+ | /usr/bin/mythshutdown -v --check | log | ||
+ | |||
+ | exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]} | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== /etc/sudoers.d/mythtv ===== | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | #Enable mythtv to set the real time clock and emit the suspending event without a password prompt | ||
+ | |||
+ | %mythtv ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/local/sbin/emit-suspend.sh, /usr/local/sbin/set-wakeup.sh | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== /usr/local/sbin/set-wakeup.sh ===== | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | #!/bin/sh | ||
+ | #$1 is the first argument to the script. It is the time in seconds since 1970 | ||
+ | #this is defined in mythtv-setup with the time_t argument | ||
+ | |||
+ | # Save the hwclock | ||
+ | . /etc/default/rcS | ||
+ | [ "$UTC" = "yes" ] && tz="--utc" || tz="--localtime" | ||
+ | [ "$BADYEAR" = "yes" ] && badyear="--badyear" | ||
+ | hwclock --rtc=/dev/rtc0 --systohc $tz --noadjfile $badyear | ||
+ | |||
+ | echo 0 > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm #this clears your alarm. | ||
+ | echo $1 > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm #this writes your alarm | ||
+ | |||
+ | echo "Set Alarm to Wakeup at $1 : $(date -d "@$1")" | logger -t "set-wakeup" | ||
+ | cat /proc/driver/rtc | logger -t "set-wakeup" | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== /usr/local/sbin/emit-suspend.sh ===== | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | #!/bin/sh | ||
+ | # Suspend via upstart | ||
+ | initctl emit suspending | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== /etc/init/suspending.conf ===== | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | start on (suspending) | ||
+ | |||
+ | script | ||
+ | logger -t "suspending" "Suspending via upstart" | ||
+ | pm-suspend | ||
+ | end script | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== /etc/pm/sleep.d/50_mythtv ===== | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | #!/bin/sh | ||
+ | # The dvb modules need to be unloaded to allow suspend/resume to work | ||
+ | # To unload the modules mythbackend needs to be stopped | ||
+ | # | ||
+ | # NOTE: Suspend cannot be executed in a child process of mythbackend itself (eg via server halt command) | ||
+ | # since it will simply abort at the point we stop mythbackend below. If this is required use upstart or some | ||
+ | # other means to decouple pm-suspend from the mythbackend process. | ||
+ | #!/bin/bash | ||
+ | |||
+ | LOG=/var/log/mythtv/mythsuspend.log | ||
+ | MODULE="dvb_usb_dib0700" | ||
+ | |||
+ | echo "Will now $1 mythtv" | tee -a $LOG | ||
+ | |||
+ | case $1 in | ||
+ | suspend|hibernate) | ||
+ | |||
+ | stop mythtv-backend 2>&1 | tee -a $LOG | ||
+ | |||
+ | while [ `lsmod | grep "^${MODULE}" | wc -l` -gt 0 ] | ||
+ | do | ||
+ | sleep 1 | ||
+ | modprobe -r $MODULE 2>&1 | tee -a $LOG | ||
+ | done | ||
+ | ;; | ||
+ | resume|thaw) | ||
+ | |||
+ | modprobe $MODULE | ||
+ | start mythtv-backend | tee -a $LOG | ||
+ | ;; | ||
+ | esac | ||
+ | |||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Frontend == | ||
=== Hardware === | === Hardware === | ||
− | * | + | * ZOTAC ionitx-d-e board, 2G memory |
− | * | + | * Szrealan E-2011 case (tiny!) |
− | * | + | * External DVD player |
− | * | + | * 1Tb external e-Sata drive |
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
* BenQ PE8700 DLP Projector | * BenQ PE8700 DLP Projector | ||
− | * | + | * Sony Bravia TV over HDMI |
* CambridgeAudio AV receiver | * CambridgeAudio AV receiver | ||
+ | |||
=== Software === | === Software === | ||
− | * MythBuntu | + | * MythBuntu 12.04 64bit |
− | * | + | * [http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ Synergy] to allow laptop to be the keyboard/mouse. |
=== Configuration === | === Configuration === | ||
+ | ==== Enable Wake on USB ==== | ||
+ | We need to enable USB0 in /proc/acpi/wakeup | ||
− | * | + | Note if USB2 is also enabled, then the board immediately wakes up regardless, unsure if this is due to another USB device |
− | * | + | |
+ | Seems to be enabled by default for Mythbuntu 12.04 but | ||
+ | Current cheap as Chinese remote does not send the wakeup signal from the power button unfortunately | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Auto-start X ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * disabled lightdm in via upstart override (echo 'manual' > /etc/init/lightdm.override) | ||
+ | * [[Frontend Auto Login|Simple mingetty startup]] with a tty definition and a startx script in the console | ||
* user .xsession linked to /usr/share/mythbuntu/session.sh so we get the same xfce startup. | * user .xsession linked to /usr/share/mythbuntu/session.sh so we get the same xfce startup. | ||
− | |||
− | ==== /etc/ | + | ===== /etc/init/tty7.conf ===== |
− | |||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
− | # | + | # tty7 - mythtv |
− | + | # | |
− | + | start on runlevel [23] | |
− | + | stop on runlevel [!23] | |
− | + | ||
− | + | respawn | |
− | + | exec /sbin/mingetty --autologin=mythtv tty7 | |
</pre> | </pre> | ||
+ | ===== ~mythtv/.profile ===== | ||
+ | Appended to detect if we are on tty7, in which case we start-up X with an optional layout specified in ~/.mythrc | ||
+ | |||
+ | Note that when X is stopped we automatically logout and respawn | ||
+ | |||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | start-frontend() { | ||
+ | MYTHRC="$HOME/.mythrc" | ||
+ | if [ -r $MYTHRC ] ; then | ||
+ | . $MYTHRC | ||
+ | fi | ||
+ | |||
+ | LAYOUT_SPEC= | ||
+ | [ ! -z "$LAYOUT" ] && LAYOUT_SPEC="-layout $LAYOUT" | ||
+ | |||
+ | startx -- $LAYOUT_SPEC -logverbose 5 | ||
+ | logout | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | tty | grep tty7 && start-frontend | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
− | ==== xorg.conf | + | ===== xorg.conf ===== |
+ | For PE8700 Samsung LCD. See also the tips for the [[NVidiaProprietaryDriver]] | ||
− | The FX5200 cards were the cause of my DVI problems on my projector. Apparently they | + | The FX5200 cards were the cause of my DVI problems on my projector. Apparently they freak out a PCB component causing the EDID data to become corrupt. |
− | ( | + | (a Gigabyte card lasted from Aug 2006 to Dec 2007. Fortunately the new nvidia driver allow you to use a CustomEDID to load the data from a file. |
− | Option ExactModeTimingsDVI is important for the projector. | + | Option ExactModeTimingsDVI is also important for the projector. |
Option "UseEDIDDpi" "false" or some equivalent control of DPI is important for the Samsung television otherwise you get really small fonts (fixed in 0.21) | Option "UseEDIDDpi" "false" or some equivalent control of DPI is important for the Samsung television otherwise you get really small fonts (fixed in 0.21) | ||
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There are two layouts, the default uses outputs via VGA to a Samsung LCD television, the second uses DVI to the PE8700 projector. | There are two layouts, the default uses outputs via VGA to a Samsung LCD television, the second uses DVI to the PE8700 projector. | ||
− | <pre>Section "ServerLayout" | + | <pre> |
− | Identifier "Main" # | + | Section "ServerLayout" |
− | Screen 0 "LCD[ | + | Identifier "Main" # Output to Samsung LCD television |
+ | #LCD[0] VGA, LCD[1] HDMI | ||
+ | Screen 0 "LCD[1]" 0 0 | ||
Option "Xinerama" "off" | Option "Xinerama" "off" | ||
EndSection | EndSection | ||
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Section "Device" | Section "Device" | ||
− | Identifier " | + | Identifier "ION-GPU[0]" |
Driver "nvidia" | Driver "nvidia" | ||
− | BusID "PCI: | + | BusID "PCI:3:0:0" |
Screen 0 | Screen 0 | ||
− | Option " | + | #This prevents the cursor being displayed on resume from suspend |
+ | Option "HWCursor" "off" | ||
+ | EndSection | ||
+ | |||
+ | Section "Screen" | ||
+ | Identifier "LCD[1]" | ||
+ | Device "ION-GPU[0]" | ||
+ | Monitor "AnyMonitor" | ||
+ | DefaultDepth 24 | ||
+ | Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP-1" # HDMI | ||
+ | Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-1" | ||
EndSection | EndSection | ||
Section "Screen" | Section "Screen" | ||
Identifier "LCD[0]" | Identifier "LCD[0]" | ||
− | Device " | + | Device "ION-GPU[0]" |
Monitor "AnyMonitor" | Monitor "AnyMonitor" | ||
DefaultDepth 24 | DefaultDepth 24 | ||
+ | Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-1" | ||
Option "UseEDIDDpi" "FALSE" #Computed DPI values not so good for TV display | Option "UseEDIDDpi" "FALSE" #Computed DPI values not so good for TV display | ||
− | Option "UseDisplayDevice" "CRT" # VGA out | + | Option "UseDisplayDevice" "CRT-1" # VGA out |
SubSection "Display" | SubSection "Display" | ||
Depth 24 | Depth 24 | ||
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Section "Screen" | Section "Screen" | ||
Identifier "Projector[0]" | Identifier "Projector[0]" | ||
− | Device " | + | Device "ION-GPU[0]" |
Monitor "AnyMonitor" | Monitor "AnyMonitor" | ||
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP" | Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP" | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
− | . | + | ===== ~mythtv/.mythtv/session ===== |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
− | + | #!/bin/sh | |
− | + | LAPTOP= | |
− | + | ||
− | + | export | egrep "DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS|DISPLAY" > ~/.xsession-export | |
− | + | #unclutter -root -idle 2 -display $DISPLAY & | |
− | + | ||
− | + | # Start a synergy client | |
− | + | synergyc $LAPTOP | |
+ | |||
+ | # Start an idle detection loop | ||
+ | idle_mythtv.sh & | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
− | / | + | ===== ~mythtv/bin/idle_mythtv.sh ===== |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
− | + | #!/bin/bash | |
− | + | ||
+ | WAIT_STARTUP=300 | ||
+ | WAIT_CHECK=60 | ||
+ | |||
+ | # Don't idle immediately! | ||
+ | sleep $WAIT_STARTUP | ||
+ | while true | ||
+ | do | ||
+ | if check_idle.sh ; then | ||
+ | suspend_mythtv.sh | ||
+ | # we only do this because although irexec responds fine, mythtv's | ||
+ | # lirc connection can't reset itself on resume from suspend | ||
+ | kill_mythtv.sh | ||
− | . | + | # if kill_mythtv above works then we'll be dead here |
+ | sleep $WAIT_STARTUP | ||
+ | else | ||
+ | sleep $WAIT_CHECK | ||
+ | fi | ||
+ | done | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | ===== ~mythtv/bin/check_idle.sh ===== | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
− | + | #!/bin/bash | |
− | + | check_frontend() { | |
− | |||
− | |||
− | + | expect - $1 <<'END_EXPECT' | |
− | + | #exp_internal 1 | |
− | + | set timeout 2 | |
− | + | log_user 0 | |
+ | set prompt "# " | ||
+ | set cmd "query location\r" | ||
+ | set frontend [lindex $argv 0] | ||
+ | spawn netcat $frontend 6546 | ||
+ | expect { | ||
+ | timeout { send_user "\nNo prompt\n"; exit 1 } | ||
+ | eof { send_user "\nNo output\n"; exit 1 } | ||
+ | $prompt | ||
+ | } | ||
− | + | send $cmd | |
− | + | expect { | |
+ | timeout { send_user "\nNo response\n"; exit 1 } | ||
+ | eof { send_user "\nPremature EOF\n"; exit 1 } | ||
+ | -re "query location\r\n(.*)\r\r\n# " | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | set location $expect_out(1,string) | ||
+ | send "exit\r" | ||
+ | expect eof | ||
+ | send_user "MythTVLocation:$location\n" | ||
+ | END_EXPECT | ||
− | |||
} | } | ||
− | + | # Is frontend in standbymode? | |
+ | check_frontend localhost | grep "standbymode" | ||
+ | if [ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} -eq 0 -a ${PIPESTATUS[1]} -ne 0 ]; then | ||
+ | echo "Frontend is up and not in standbymode" | ||
+ | exit 1 | ||
+ | fi | ||
+ | OTHER_USERS=$(who | grep -v "mythtv" | wc -l) | ||
+ | if [ ${OTHER_USERS} -gt 0 ] ; then | ||
+ | who | grep -v "mythtv" | ||
+ | exit 1 | ||
+ | fi | ||
+ | # Backups in progress | ||
+ | if [ -f /var/local/backups/mythion_daily.inprogress ] ; then | ||
+ | echo "Jenix/Mythion backups in progress" | ||
+ | exit 1 | ||
+ | fi | ||
+ | |||
+ | # anacron is running daily, weekly or monthly jobs | ||
+ | pgrep 'anacron' && { | ||
+ | echo "Anacron job is running" | ||
+ | exit 1 | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | exit 0 | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
− | + | ===== ~mythtv/bin/suspend_mythtv.sh ===== | |
− | . | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
− | # | + | #!/bin/sh |
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | + | # We use dbus-send because it seems to block until resume which is what we want | |
− | + | echo "Suspending" | |
− | |||
− | |||
− | + | dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.Hal /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer \ | |
− | + | org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.Suspend int32:2 | |
− | |||
− | |||
+ | echo "Resumed" | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
− | . | + | ===== ~mythtv/bin/kill_mythtv.sh ===== |
+ | Clean restart of the front end | ||
+ | |||
+ | Kill mythtv and logout of xfce (respawn of tty causes immediate restart) | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
− | # | + | #!/bin/sh |
− | + | ||
− | # | + | [ -f $HOME/.xsession-export ] && . $HOME/.xsession-export |
− | + | echo "killing mythfrontend" | |
+ | pkill mythfrontend | ||
+ | #pkill unclutter | ||
+ | echo "xfce logout $DISPLAY" | ||
+ | xfce4-session-logout --logout --fast | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
− | + | ==== LIRC Remote Control ==== | |
+ | |||
+ | Standard mythbuntu setup for MCE remote. | ||
+ | |||
+ | power button is mapped vie irexec to kill_mythtv.sh | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Sound ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Onboard sound | ||
+ | |||
+ | Settings for using the receiver. When connected to TV just use HDMI audio, requires "SPDIF1" to be unmuted | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====~/.asoundrc===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Could probably do better 48/44kHz switching on the analog output between music and video but if that is important we just go digital passthrough and let the receiver do the work. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In myth config, you can see that default sound device is ALSA:myth-video, the passthrough device is ALSA:myth-passthru, and mythmusic uses ALSA:myth-music. the AC3PassThru and DTSPassThru | ||
+ | settings are managed by the ruby program | ||
+ | |||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
− | # | + | #First line comment |
− | + | pcm.myth-music { | |
− | + | type copy | |
+ | slave.pcm "default" | ||
} | } | ||
− | + | ctl.myth-music { | |
− | + | type hw | |
− | + | card 0 | |
− | + | } | |
− | + | pcm.myth-video { | |
− | + | type copy | |
− | + | slave.pcm "default" | |
− | + | } | |
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | + | ctl.myth-video { | |
− | + | type hw | |
− | + | card 0 | |
− | |||
} | } | ||
+ | pcm.myth-passthru { | ||
+ | type copy | ||
+ | slave.pcm = "spdif" | ||
+ | } | ||
− | + | ctl.myth-passthru { | |
+ | type hw | ||
+ | card 0 | ||
+ | } | ||
− | + | </pre> | |
− | |||
− | |||
− | + | === minimyth.conf === | |
+ | TODO - Works nicely through the WRT310N router etc, but we have a hard drive have decided to stick with Mythbuntu for now. | ||
− | + | == Upgrades == | |
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | + | === Mythbuntu 12.04 === | |
− | + | Reconfigured from scratch for no particular reason | |
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | + | === Mythbuntu 10.10 === | |
− | + | 100% clean on server | |
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
+ | front end was missing non-versioned symlink for vdpau nvidia library | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | ln -s /etc/alternatives/libvdpau_nvidia.so /usr/lib/libvdpau_nvidia.so | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
− | + | === Mythbuntu 9.10 === | |
− | + | ||
− | + | 100% clean on server | |
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | + | front end needed /etc/events.d/tty7 moved to /etc/init/tty7.conf | |
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | + | === Mythbuntu 8.10 === | |
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
=== 0.21-fixes === | === 0.21-fixes === | ||
upgrade smooth | upgrade smooth | ||
− | === | + | [[Category:User_Systems]] |
+ | |||
+ | = Docker/Containers = | ||
+ | |||
+ | Thinking about how to run MythTV in containers for portability, helping with testing and upgrades, alternate configurations. | ||
+ | None of this exists yet. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Images == | ||
+ | |||
+ | Based on ubuntu because that's the reference build environment | ||
+ | |||
+ | * mythtv-common - includes mythbuntu PPA, and installs mythtv-common. | ||
+ | * mythtv-backend - phusion/baseimage + install backend from PPA (results in 1G image), init, sshd, mysql, cron (for mythfilldb and backups), mythbackend, | ||
+ | * mythtv-frontend - simple install from PPA | ||
+ | * mythweb - install from PPA | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Containers == | ||
+ | |||
+ | The SQL database contains the ip addresses and ports, both for connecting *and for listening*, if there are any remote frontends or backends then these ports must be exposed consistently. Hostnames are important for frontends to find their own settings - but these can be locally defined. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Each set of containers for master backend, slave backends + frontends gets it own container network via tunnels. | ||
+ | |||
+ | When the backend container starts it could rewrite the MasterServerIP(6) and BackendServerIP(6) as a straightforward sql update? | ||
+ | When the frontend containers start, (from a launch command on the master backend) they should rewrite config.xml with the IP address of the relevant master backend. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | === Master Backend === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Acts as the master LXD daemon from which the containers are launched, and the network gateway for the container networks. | ||
+ | |||
+ | UPnP would require multicast into the container (looks possible http://bartsimons.me/lxc-lxd-port-forwarding-containers-using-upnp/) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Multiple backends can run simultaneously, but dvb/usb tuners can only be accessed by one backend at a time, by choosing which tuners are exposed to each backend | ||
+ | |||
+ | Apps - Mysql, Mythbackend, Shepherd all in same lxd container | ||
+ | |||
+ | Filesystem - base LXD filesystem covers the main directory. Still use other LVM volumes for the recordings directory. Or perhaps just use ZFS for all of it. Need to ensure the test network doesn't consume the whole disk? | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ? Multicast support for upnp | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Frontend === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Since the frontend is attached to a physical display there can really only be one frontend running at any one time on a given host. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Video: Run X display on host, just run the app in the container forwarding X over a Unix socket. OpenGL & VDPAU/VAAPI should be fine in this arrangement. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ALSA: Pass /dev/snd, enabled devices in cgroups - lxc config (libcontainer?) | ||
+ | |||
+ | PulseAudio: run PA on host and enable networking over unix socket? | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.flockport.com/run-gui-apps-in-lxc-containers/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | LIRC: run daemon in frontend container, passing devices, exposing unix socket | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Proposed Upgrade approach using containers === | ||
+ | |||
+ | The whole point of using is to enable rollback after an upgrade attempt. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Restoring a CONFIG backup ==== | ||
− | + | ## Database restored from latest backup in mythtv filesystem | |
− | + | ## Schema upgraded by mythtv-setup | |
− | + | ## Take a new UPGRADED backup | |
− | + | ## Restoring from CONFIG backup | |
+ | ## running a SQL script to empty partial restore tables (change to mythconverge_restore.pl?) | ||
+ | ## running mythconverg_restore.pl to perform a partial restore, with plugin-data, from UPGRADED | ||
− | + | ||
+ | ==== Create container network for new version ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | # Create and mount LVM snapshot of mythtv storage filesystem. | ||
+ | # Clone the existing container to create "new_master" backend container, with volumes linked to snapshot | ||
+ | # Update MasterServerIP / BackendServerIP | ||
+ | # Restore the database from latest backup (also from CONFIG backup if necessary) | ||
+ | # Create "new_frontend"(s) attached to "new_master", ports etc automatically mapped to 99xx | ||
+ | # Configure/Test, recordings, guide data, front end playback, remote controls, music, images, dvds etc. | ||
+ | # --- time passes, family keeps using PROD, I keep testing until all is working (or we run out of space in the snapshot) | ||
+ | # Copy backups from this environment to somewhere outside of the snapshot to be used as CONFIG for subsequent iterations. | ||
+ | # Drop the snapshot, and containers | ||
+ | # Repeat as necessary to refresh data from PROD | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Cutover ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | # Stop master backend, take a FINAL backup, stop all prod container(s) | ||
+ | # Create an LVM snapshot of mythtv filesystem (readonly for rollback) | ||
+ | # Create "new_prod" backend, with volumes linked to prod mythtv filesystem, and last good CONFIG backup from above. | ||
+ | # Start backend,front-ends - and away we go. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Rollback ==== | ||
+ | # Stop and discard the new prod containers. | ||
+ | # Restore the LVM snapshot. | ||
+ | # Restart the old prod containers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Cleanup ==== | ||
+ | # Remove the LVM snapshot | ||
+ | # Discard old prod containers |
Latest revision as of 09:03, 14 January 2017
I was keeping track of where I was at with Myth on my home wiki, but then figured I might as well share it here!
Contents
My Setup
MythBuntu 12.04 with separated front-end/backend
- Live TV/TV recording Free to air HD/SD (from Sydney, Australia)
- Multi-rec
- DTS/AC3 passthrough including 5,1 surround digital out
- VDPAU
- MythMusic
- MythGallery
- MythVideo
- Frontend Suspend to RAM + Wake On USB
- Backend Suspend to RAM
Backend
Hardware
- HDDs totalling 1.2Tb
- Intel S775 Core 2 Q6600 Quad-Core CPU
- Gigabyte S775 GA-G33M-S2 Motherboard
- 4GB RAM
- PCI Hauppauge Nova-T-500 MCE(OEM) Dual DVBT tuner
- PCI Hauppauge Nova-TD 400 Dual DVBT tuner
Software
- MythBuntu 12.04
- MythWeb
- Shepherd XMLTV grabber
Configuration
- Channel 9, Gem, GO will not tune. The dtv_multiplex.network_id is null - set to 4114 seems to fix things.
Shepherd grabber
Standard install except cron job is disabled and allow mythtv to run mythfilldatabase. This is to allow mythtv to also be in control of suspend. Mythtv is configured to run mythfilldatabase daily at 5 minutes after the router wakes the server up for daily processing
Suspend to RAM on idle
Why Suspend to RAM and not just a full shutdown that would "just work"? Partly due to boot speed and partly just because.
Overview:
- mythbackend controls idle detection, supported by a custom script to check other reasons to stay up, and sudo rules to allow passwordless root activity
- suspend needs to unload dvb/usb modules which requires stopping mythbackend which means triggering suspend via upstart
- wake up for recordings triggered by /sys/class/rtc as per ACPI_Wakeup, hwlock-save update disabled via upstart override
- wake up for daily processing (anacron) triggered by cron running on my (always on) DD-WRT enabled router issuing a WOL
- wake up for serving adhoc web requests (mythweb et al) triggered by [custom router script]
Settings (set via mythweb as server is basically headless)
Name | Setting | Value | Why |
Pre ShutdownWakeUp Check Command | preSDWUCheckCommand | /home/mythtv/bin/check-idle.sh | check if i'm logged in, or machine is in use for some other reason |
Block ShutdownWakeUp without client | blockSDWUwithoutClient | 0 | because this is a backend only machine |
Set Wakeup time command | SetWakeuptimeCommand | sudo /usr/local/sbin/set-wakeup.sh $time | |
Server Halt command | ServerHaltCommand | sudo /usr/local/sbin/emit-suspend.sh | can't suspend directly because we need to shutdown mythbackend during suspend |
Wakeup time format | WakeupTimeFormat | time_t | as per ACPI wakeup page to use /sys/class/rtc |
/home/mythtv/bin/check_idle.sh
#!/bin/bash ACCESS_LOG="/var/log/apache2/access.log" LOG_AGE="5 minutes ago" check_frontend() { # Not this doesn't care about what the FE is doing, just that it is up expect - $1 <<'END_EXPECT' #exp_internal 1 set timeout 2 log_user 0 set prompt "# " set cmd "query location\r" set frontend [lindex $argv 0] spawn netcat $frontend 6546 expect { timeout { send_user "\nNo prompt\n"; exit 1 } eof { send_user "\nNo output\n"; exit 1 } $prompt } send $cmd expect { timeout { send_user "\nNo response\n"; exit 1 } eof { send_user "\nPremature EOF\n"; exit 1 } -re "query location\r\n(.*)\r\r\n# " } set location $expect_out(1,string) send "exit\r" expect eof send_user "MythTVLocation:$location\n" END_EXPECT } log() { logger -s -t "mythtv-checkidle" } # Regardless of WOL settings and going into standbymode the 0.25 front-end # simply cannot cope with the backend dropping out unexpectedly so we # keep the BE up until the FE suspends itself check_frontend mythion && { echo "Frontend is still up" | log exit 1 } # anacron is running daily, weekly or monthly jobs pgrep 'anacron' && { echo "Anacron job is running" | log exit 1 } # apache request in last 5 minutes if [ -f $ACCESS_LOG -a `stat -c %Y $ACCESS_LOG` -gt `date --date "$LOG_AGE" "+%s"` ] ; then echo "Web server in use" | log exit 1 fi # users are logged in if [ `who | wc -l` -gt 0 ] ; then echo "Users logged in" | log who | log exit 1 fi /usr/bin/mythshutdown -v --check | log exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]}
/etc/sudoers.d/mythtv
#Enable mythtv to set the real time clock and emit the suspending event without a password prompt %mythtv ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/local/sbin/emit-suspend.sh, /usr/local/sbin/set-wakeup.sh
/usr/local/sbin/set-wakeup.sh
#!/bin/sh #$1 is the first argument to the script. It is the time in seconds since 1970 #this is defined in mythtv-setup with the time_t argument # Save the hwclock . /etc/default/rcS [ "$UTC" = "yes" ] && tz="--utc" || tz="--localtime" [ "$BADYEAR" = "yes" ] && badyear="--badyear" hwclock --rtc=/dev/rtc0 --systohc $tz --noadjfile $badyear echo 0 > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm #this clears your alarm. echo $1 > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm #this writes your alarm echo "Set Alarm to Wakeup at $1 : $(date -d "@$1")" | logger -t "set-wakeup" cat /proc/driver/rtc | logger -t "set-wakeup"
/usr/local/sbin/emit-suspend.sh
#!/bin/sh # Suspend via upstart initctl emit suspending
/etc/init/suspending.conf
start on (suspending) script logger -t "suspending" "Suspending via upstart" pm-suspend end script
/etc/pm/sleep.d/50_mythtv
#!/bin/sh # The dvb modules need to be unloaded to allow suspend/resume to work # To unload the modules mythbackend needs to be stopped # # NOTE: Suspend cannot be executed in a child process of mythbackend itself (eg via server halt command) # since it will simply abort at the point we stop mythbackend below. If this is required use upstart or some # other means to decouple pm-suspend from the mythbackend process. #!/bin/bash LOG=/var/log/mythtv/mythsuspend.log MODULE="dvb_usb_dib0700" echo "Will now $1 mythtv" | tee -a $LOG case $1 in suspend|hibernate) stop mythtv-backend 2>&1 | tee -a $LOG while [ `lsmod | grep "^${MODULE}" | wc -l` -gt 0 ] do sleep 1 modprobe -r $MODULE 2>&1 | tee -a $LOG done ;; resume|thaw) modprobe $MODULE start mythtv-backend | tee -a $LOG ;; esac
Frontend
Hardware
- ZOTAC ionitx-d-e board, 2G memory
- Szrealan E-2011 case (tiny!)
- External DVD player
- 1Tb external e-Sata drive
- BenQ PE8700 DLP Projector
- Sony Bravia TV over HDMI
- CambridgeAudio AV receiver
Software
- MythBuntu 12.04 64bit
- Synergy to allow laptop to be the keyboard/mouse.
Configuration
Enable Wake on USB
We need to enable USB0 in /proc/acpi/wakeup
Note if USB2 is also enabled, then the board immediately wakes up regardless, unsure if this is due to another USB device
Seems to be enabled by default for Mythbuntu 12.04 but Current cheap as Chinese remote does not send the wakeup signal from the power button unfortunately
Auto-start X
- disabled lightdm in via upstart override (echo 'manual' > /etc/init/lightdm.override)
- Simple mingetty startup with a tty definition and a startx script in the console
- user .xsession linked to /usr/share/mythbuntu/session.sh so we get the same xfce startup.
/etc/init/tty7.conf
# tty7 - mythtv # start on runlevel [23] stop on runlevel [!23] respawn exec /sbin/mingetty --autologin=mythtv tty7
~mythtv/.profile
Appended to detect if we are on tty7, in which case we start-up X with an optional layout specified in ~/.mythrc
Note that when X is stopped we automatically logout and respawn
start-frontend() { MYTHRC="$HOME/.mythrc" if [ -r $MYTHRC ] ; then . $MYTHRC fi LAYOUT_SPEC= [ ! -z "$LAYOUT" ] && LAYOUT_SPEC="-layout $LAYOUT" startx -- $LAYOUT_SPEC -logverbose 5 logout } tty | grep tty7 && start-frontend
xorg.conf
For PE8700 Samsung LCD. See also the tips for the NVidiaProprietaryDriver
The FX5200 cards were the cause of my DVI problems on my projector. Apparently they freak out a PCB component causing the EDID data to become corrupt. (a Gigabyte card lasted from Aug 2006 to Dec 2007. Fortunately the new nvidia driver allow you to use a CustomEDID to load the data from a file.
Option ExactModeTimingsDVI is also important for the projector.
Option "UseEDIDDpi" "false" or some equivalent control of DPI is important for the Samsung television otherwise you get really small fonts (fixed in 0.21)
There are two layouts, the default uses outputs via VGA to a Samsung LCD television, the second uses DVI to the PE8700 projector.
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Main" # Output to Samsung LCD television #LCD[0] VGA, LCD[1] HDMI Screen 0 "LCD[1]" 0 0 Option "Xinerama" "off" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Projector" Screen 0 "Projector[0]" 0 0 Option "Xinerama" "off" EndSection Section "Module" Load "glx" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "ION-GPU[0]" Driver "nvidia" BusID "PCI:3:0:0" Screen 0 #This prevents the cursor being displayed on resume from suspend Option "HWCursor" "off" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "LCD[1]" Device "ION-GPU[0]" Monitor "AnyMonitor" DefaultDepth 24 Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP-1" # HDMI Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-1" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "LCD[0]" Device "ION-GPU[0]" Monitor "AnyMonitor" DefaultDepth 24 Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-1" Option "UseEDIDDpi" "FALSE" #Computed DPI values not so good for TV display Option "UseDisplayDevice" "CRT-1" # VGA out SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1360x768" "800x600" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Projector[0]" Device "ION-GPU[0]" Monitor "AnyMonitor" Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP" Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP" # DVI out Option "CustomEDID" "DFP-0:/etc/X11/benq-c.bin" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x720" "800x600" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "AnyMonitor" Option "DPMS" Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "true" Option "RenderAccel" "true" EndSection
~mythtv/.mythtv/session
#!/bin/sh LAPTOP= export | egrep "DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS|DISPLAY" > ~/.xsession-export #unclutter -root -idle 2 -display $DISPLAY & # Start a synergy client synergyc $LAPTOP # Start an idle detection loop idle_mythtv.sh &
~mythtv/bin/idle_mythtv.sh
#!/bin/bash WAIT_STARTUP=300 WAIT_CHECK=60 # Don't idle immediately! sleep $WAIT_STARTUP while true do if check_idle.sh ; then suspend_mythtv.sh # we only do this because although irexec responds fine, mythtv's # lirc connection can't reset itself on resume from suspend kill_mythtv.sh # if kill_mythtv above works then we'll be dead here sleep $WAIT_STARTUP else sleep $WAIT_CHECK fi done
~mythtv/bin/check_idle.sh
#!/bin/bash check_frontend() { expect - $1 <<'END_EXPECT' #exp_internal 1 set timeout 2 log_user 0 set prompt "# " set cmd "query location\r" set frontend [lindex $argv 0] spawn netcat $frontend 6546 expect { timeout { send_user "\nNo prompt\n"; exit 1 } eof { send_user "\nNo output\n"; exit 1 } $prompt } send $cmd expect { timeout { send_user "\nNo response\n"; exit 1 } eof { send_user "\nPremature EOF\n"; exit 1 } -re "query location\r\n(.*)\r\r\n# " } set location $expect_out(1,string) send "exit\r" expect eof send_user "MythTVLocation:$location\n" END_EXPECT } # Is frontend in standbymode? check_frontend localhost | grep "standbymode" if [ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} -eq 0 -a ${PIPESTATUS[1]} -ne 0 ]; then echo "Frontend is up and not in standbymode" exit 1 fi OTHER_USERS=$(who | grep -v "mythtv" | wc -l) if [ ${OTHER_USERS} -gt 0 ] ; then who | grep -v "mythtv" exit 1 fi # Backups in progress if [ -f /var/local/backups/mythion_daily.inprogress ] ; then echo "Jenix/Mythion backups in progress" exit 1 fi # anacron is running daily, weekly or monthly jobs pgrep 'anacron' && { echo "Anacron job is running" exit 1 } exit 0
~mythtv/bin/suspend_mythtv.sh
#!/bin/sh # We use dbus-send because it seems to block until resume which is what we want echo "Suspending" dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.Hal /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer \ org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.Suspend int32:2 echo "Resumed"
~mythtv/bin/kill_mythtv.sh
Clean restart of the front end
Kill mythtv and logout of xfce (respawn of tty causes immediate restart)
#!/bin/sh [ -f $HOME/.xsession-export ] && . $HOME/.xsession-export echo "killing mythfrontend" pkill mythfrontend #pkill unclutter echo "xfce logout $DISPLAY" xfce4-session-logout --logout --fast
LIRC Remote Control
Standard mythbuntu setup for MCE remote.
power button is mapped vie irexec to kill_mythtv.sh
Sound
Onboard sound
Settings for using the receiver. When connected to TV just use HDMI audio, requires "SPDIF1" to be unmuted
~/.asoundrc
Could probably do better 48/44kHz switching on the analog output between music and video but if that is important we just go digital passthrough and let the receiver do the work.
In myth config, you can see that default sound device is ALSA:myth-video, the passthrough device is ALSA:myth-passthru, and mythmusic uses ALSA:myth-music. the AC3PassThru and DTSPassThru settings are managed by the ruby program
#First line comment pcm.myth-music { type copy slave.pcm "default" } ctl.myth-music { type hw card 0 } pcm.myth-video { type copy slave.pcm "default" } ctl.myth-video { type hw card 0 } pcm.myth-passthru { type copy slave.pcm = "spdif" } ctl.myth-passthru { type hw card 0 }
minimyth.conf
TODO - Works nicely through the WRT310N router etc, but we have a hard drive have decided to stick with Mythbuntu for now.
Upgrades
Mythbuntu 12.04
Reconfigured from scratch for no particular reason
Mythbuntu 10.10
100% clean on server
front end was missing non-versioned symlink for vdpau nvidia library
ln -s /etc/alternatives/libvdpau_nvidia.so /usr/lib/libvdpau_nvidia.so
Mythbuntu 9.10
100% clean on server
front end needed /etc/events.d/tty7 moved to /etc/init/tty7.conf
Mythbuntu 8.10
0.21-fixes
upgrade smooth
Docker/Containers
Thinking about how to run MythTV in containers for portability, helping with testing and upgrades, alternate configurations. None of this exists yet.
Images
Based on ubuntu because that's the reference build environment
- mythtv-common - includes mythbuntu PPA, and installs mythtv-common.
- mythtv-backend - phusion/baseimage + install backend from PPA (results in 1G image), init, sshd, mysql, cron (for mythfilldb and backups), mythbackend,
- mythtv-frontend - simple install from PPA
- mythweb - install from PPA
Containers
The SQL database contains the ip addresses and ports, both for connecting *and for listening*, if there are any remote frontends or backends then these ports must be exposed consistently. Hostnames are important for frontends to find their own settings - but these can be locally defined.
Each set of containers for master backend, slave backends + frontends gets it own container network via tunnels.
When the backend container starts it could rewrite the MasterServerIP(6) and BackendServerIP(6) as a straightforward sql update? When the frontend containers start, (from a launch command on the master backend) they should rewrite config.xml with the IP address of the relevant master backend.
Master Backend
Acts as the master LXD daemon from which the containers are launched, and the network gateway for the container networks.
UPnP would require multicast into the container (looks possible http://bartsimons.me/lxc-lxd-port-forwarding-containers-using-upnp/)
Multiple backends can run simultaneously, but dvb/usb tuners can only be accessed by one backend at a time, by choosing which tuners are exposed to each backend
Apps - Mysql, Mythbackend, Shepherd all in same lxd container
Filesystem - base LXD filesystem covers the main directory. Still use other LVM volumes for the recordings directory. Or perhaps just use ZFS for all of it. Need to ensure the test network doesn't consume the whole disk?
? Multicast support for upnp
Frontend
Since the frontend is attached to a physical display there can really only be one frontend running at any one time on a given host.
Video: Run X display on host, just run the app in the container forwarding X over a Unix socket. OpenGL & VDPAU/VAAPI should be fine in this arrangement.
ALSA: Pass /dev/snd, enabled devices in cgroups - lxc config (libcontainer?)
PulseAudio: run PA on host and enable networking over unix socket?
https://www.flockport.com/run-gui-apps-in-lxc-containers/
LIRC: run daemon in frontend container, passing devices, exposing unix socket
Proposed Upgrade approach using containers
The whole point of using is to enable rollback after an upgrade attempt.
Restoring a CONFIG backup
- Database restored from latest backup in mythtv filesystem
- Schema upgraded by mythtv-setup
- Take a new UPGRADED backup
- Restoring from CONFIG backup
- running a SQL script to empty partial restore tables (change to mythconverge_restore.pl?)
- running mythconverg_restore.pl to perform a partial restore, with plugin-data, from UPGRADED
Create container network for new version
- Create and mount LVM snapshot of mythtv storage filesystem.
- Clone the existing container to create "new_master" backend container, with volumes linked to snapshot
- Update MasterServerIP / BackendServerIP
- Restore the database from latest backup (also from CONFIG backup if necessary)
- Create "new_frontend"(s) attached to "new_master", ports etc automatically mapped to 99xx
- Configure/Test, recordings, guide data, front end playback, remote controls, music, images, dvds etc.
- --- time passes, family keeps using PROD, I keep testing until all is working (or we run out of space in the snapshot)
- Copy backups from this environment to somewhere outside of the snapshot to be used as CONFIG for subsequent iterations.
- Drop the snapshot, and containers
- Repeat as necessary to refresh data from PROD
Cutover
- Stop master backend, take a FINAL backup, stop all prod container(s)
- Create an LVM snapshot of mythtv filesystem (readonly for rollback)
- Create "new_prod" backend, with volumes linked to prod mythtv filesystem, and last good CONFIG backup from above.
- Start backend,front-ends - and away we go.
Rollback
- Stop and discard the new prod containers.
- Restore the LVM snapshot.
- Restart the old prod containers.
Cleanup
- Remove the LVM snapshot
- Discard old prod containers