Versions
If you have a working MythTV setup, and you want to try a newer version, both the software, and the database, need upgrading.
Usually, a newer version of the software will handle this automatically – even creating a database backup beforehand.
If you haven't upgraded in a long time, however, there might be problems. e.g. the program might say:
Your database version is too old to upgrade with this version of MythTV. You will need to use mythtv-setup from MythTV 0.22, 0.23, or 0.24 to upgrade your database before upgrading to this version of MythTV.
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Finding your current version
Most mythtv programs give some useful information if you use the -version argument:
$ mythbackend --version Please include all output in bug reports. MythTV Version : 17686M MythTV Branch : branches/release-0-21-fixes Library API : 0.21.20080304-1 Network Protocol : 40 Options compiled in: linux release using_oss using_alsa using_arts using_jack using_backend using_dbox2 using_directfb using_dvb ...
or
% ./MythFrontend --version Please attach all output as a file in bug reports. MythTV Version : Unknown MythTV Branch : branches/release-0-23-fixes Network Protocol : 23056 Library API : 0.23.1.201000710-1 QT Version : 4.6.0 Options compiled in: release darwin_da using_corevideo using_backend using_darwin using_firewire ...
but that doesn't help you to understand the database, or plugins.
MythTV schemas and protocols
Branch | Version(s) | DBSchemaVer (TV schema) |
Myth_Protocol | Notes | MythMusic schema |
MythVideo schema |
MythDVD schema |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.14 | 1027 | 1 | 1001 | 1002 | 1000 | ||
0.15 | 1048 | 8 | 1003 | 1001 | |||
0.16 | 1055 | 13 | 1004 | ||||
0.17 | 1071 | 14 | 1005 | 1005 | |||
0.18-fixes | 0.18, 0.18.1 | 1083 | 15 | ||||
0.19 | 1123 | 26 | 1007 | ||||
0.20-fixes | 0.20 | 1158 | 30 | 1006 | 1010 | 1002 | |
0.20.1, 0.20.2 | 1160 | 31 | |||||
0.21 | 1214 | 40 | Combined MythDVD into MythVideo | 1013 | 1016 | ||
0.22 | 1244 | 50 | Oldest version that current software can upgrade | 1017 | 1028 | ||
0.23-fixes | 0.23 | 1254 | 56 | 1032 | |||
0.23.1 | 23056 | ||||||
0.24-fixes | 0.24 0.24.1—0.24.3 |
1264 | 63 | 1038 | |||
0.25-fixes | 0.25 0.25.1—0.24.4 |
1299 | 72 | Combined MythVideo into core MythTV | 1019 | ||
0.26-fixes | 0.26.0—0.26.2 | 1307 | 75 | 1020 | |||
0.27-fixes | 0.27 0.27.1—0.27.6 |
1317 | 77 | ||||
0.28 | 1344 | 88 | 1024 | ||||
master | 29-pre | 1348 | 91 | current as at Jun 17, 2017 | 1024 |
If your current setup is older than 0.22, you will have to do a staged upgrade — first to 0.22, then to 0.28, or the lastest (master, or someone's experimental branch).
Note that the database schemas for the plugins usually don't change as often.
KnoppMyth
KnoppMyth was a minimal Linux distribution for just creating a MythTV computer. This author (Nigel) would never have done any MythTV development if not for a fast and easy way to build a machine. It was replaced by a different distribution — LinHES — back in 2009.
This table lists many beta and final versions of KnoppMyth. Of limited use now, but just in case:
Release | Kernel | Source revision |
Library API |
Myth_Protocol |
---|---|---|---|---|
R5A17 | 2.6.15-chw-2 | 0.19.20050712-1 | 27 | |
R5A35 | 9146M | 0.19.20060121-2 | ||
R5A39 | 9146M | ,, | ||
R5B4 | 9146M | ,, | ||
R5B10 | 9656M | 29 | ||
R5C7 | ,, | 9871M | ,, | |
R5C45 | 2.6.17-chw-8 | |||
R5E50 | 2.6.18-chw-13 | 12306M | 31 | |
R5E74 | ,, | 12964M | 0.20.20060828-3 | |
R5E76 | ,, | 13173 | ,, | |
R5F1 | ,, | 13420 | 0.20.20060828-4 | |
R5F27 | ,, | 14463M | 0.20.20070821-1 | |
R5GF8 | 2.6.22-chw-5 | 14561M | 0.21.20070910-2 | 36 |
R5GF21 | 2.6.22-chw-5 | 15413M | 0.21.20071211-1 | |
R5GF32 | 2.6.23-chw-1 | 15742? | ||
R5GF40 | ||||
R5.5_RC5 | 2.6.23-chw-4 | 16614M | 0.21.20080304-1 | 40 |
LinHES 6.00.05 |
19622M? | 0.21.20080304-1 |
Towards the end, a nice graphical setup tool — MythVantage — was produced. This lives on, in LinHES:
LinHES
Information about LinHES releases (and KnoppMyth naming) is here.
Mythbuntu
For a while, a team was also producing customised Ubuntu releases that installed a stripped down Linux with MythTV. They also had a graphical management tool — Mythbuntu-Control-Centre.
Sadly, Mythbuntu has stopped being upgraded and supported. Read this.