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| Newer page: | version 48 | Last edited on Sunday, April 30, 2006 8:46:46 pm | by KyleCarter | Revert |
| Older page: | version 47 | Last edited on Sunday, April 30, 2006 8:26:16 am | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
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If you want a nice simple guide to follow, and you don't mind downloading lots, follow the [Fedora Myth(TV)ology|http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/] guide. I see little point in replicating this content, so instead I'd recommend more or less following this guide if you want to use [FedoraCore]. Beware that you will be using the ATrpms source, which provides updates for functionality for many packages, not just security updates, so you will probably be doing 100Mb of "destabilising" update traffic a month.
I'm using [Ubuntu] now. If you prefer the Debian system, it's worth changing.
+
+Here is a recent Ubuntu howto with how to get mythtv running in an ubutu system, looks very good and thorough
+http://s91928265.onlinehome.us/hfamily/mythtv/myth_ubuntu.html
!! Live TV hangs when playing on a TV
This is probably an ivtv DMA issue - see IvTvNotes for a description of a fix
@@ -99,36 +102,46 @@
| 2 | 3 | 02
| 3 | 9 | 03
?>
-Using the
TV listings from OnTV - see below.
+!!
TV Listings
+!!Getting guide information
-!! New Zealand TV listings
+Tell mythtv-setup to use the DVB grabber, and don't load anything in.
-# Get the [OnTV listings|http://nz.ontv.uni.cc/listings.xml] (you probably want to cron this weekly). If the link is broken, try an [alternate Source|http://ontv.orcon.net.nz/listings.xml]
-# Rename your channel IDs "One", "2", "3", "C4" and "Prime" using mythtvsetup
-# Run mythfilldatabase to import: =mythfilldatabase --file 1 7 listings.xml= %%%The parameters for --file are sourceid (usually 1, check the database for this if 1 doesn't work); number of days; filename.
+<pre>
+sudo su - mythtv
+mkdir bin
+cd bin
+</pre>
-!Alternative Method - Neater, but requires recompilation of MythTV
+Edit listings.sh:
-# Get [tv_grab_nz_ontv|http://zaf.geek.nz/projects/mythtv/tv_grab_nz_ontv], and save it as /usr/local
/bin/tv_grab_nz_ontv. Make it executable by running =chmod +x /usr/local/bin/tv_grab_nz_ontv=
-# get [mythtv-.19-ontv.patch|http://stereocassettedeck.port5.com/other/mythtv-.19-ontv.patch]. From the MythTV source directory, patch it by running =patch -p1 < /path/to/mythtv-.19-ontv.patch=
-# Compile MythTV as usual.
-# Run mythtv-setup and select "New Zealand" as the XMLTV listings grabber.
+<pre>
+
#!
/bin/bash
-!Alternative source
:
+cd /tmp
+rm -f latest.xml.gz latest.xml
+wget http
://hairy.geek.nz/epg/latest.xml.gz
+gunzip latest.xml.gz
+mythfilldatabase --file 1 7 latest.xml
+<pre>
-* Get [Mr Geek's listings|http://mr.geek.nz/epg/]. I normally use OnTV
, so to get mrgeek's listings into my channels, I run this script over them first:
+Then
,
<pre>
-sed -i 's/TV1
.mr.geek.nz/One/g' getlist.html
-sed
-i 's/TV2.mr.geek.nz/2/g' getlist.html
-sed -i 's/TV3.mr.geek.nz/3/g' getlist.html
-sed -i 's/C4.mr.geek.nz/C4/g' getlist.html
-sed -i 's/Prime.mr.geek.nz/Prime/g' getlist.html
+chmod a+x listings
.sh
+crontab
-e
</pre>
-If you're still confused
, [Go here|http
://www.knoppmythwiki.org
/index.php?page=NZMythConfig]
.
+Edit the file to look something like this
, perhaps changing the date so that we don't all hammer it at 5am Sunday and Wednesday
:
+
+<pre>
+# 5am Sunday and Wednesday
+0 5 * * ,3
/home
/mythtv
/bin/listings
.sh
+</pre>
+
+You will now get guide information!
* Alternatively, if you have access to a Microsoft Windows based web server, try [xmlTVNZ|http://www.reven.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=4&Itemid=46]. Create a scheduled task that drops an XML file into the web server directory, and follow the instructions for OnTV, replacing the OnTV url with the URL of the file on your server. xmlTVNZ provides excellent listings, making use of genre colours in MythTV's EPG. Unfortunately, this program is not free (open source) software, however there it is freeware.
Note: This has been tested and works under [Mono|http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page], no need for the windows web server. The xmlTVNZ app is written in c#, so just get mono on your system xmltvnz.exe will work. (or mono xmltvnz.exe). Nice one mono ! (on debian apt-get mono mono-utils)
@@ -163,46 +176,8 @@
Make sure that you have permission for the 'mythtv' user to write to the directory you have told it to store its video files in.
You might also need to have one in /home/mythtv/.mythtv/, or else the backend will automatically try and create one. It will guess 'mythtv' as the username and password for the database, so if you set it to that, it will work without having to do this. It's very broken at the moment.
-
-!!Getting guide information
-
-Tell mythtv-setup to use the DVB grabber, and don't load anything in.
-
-<pre>
-sudo su - mythtv
-mkdir bin
-cd bin
-</pre>
-
-Edit listings.sh:
-
-<pre>
-#!/bin/bash
-
-cd /tmp
-rm -f latest.xml.gz latest.xml
-wget http://hairy.geek.nz/epg/latest.xml.gz
-gunzip latest.xml.gz
-mythfilldatabase --file 1 7 latest.xml
-<pre>
-
-Then,
-
-<pre>
-chmod a+x listings.sh
-crontab -e
-</pre>
-
-Edit the file to look something like this, perhaps changing the date so that we don't all hammer it at 5am Sunday and Wednesday:
-
-<pre>
-# 5am Sunday and Wednesday
-0 5 * * 0,3 /home/mythtv/bin/listings.sh
-</pre>
-
-You will now get guide information!
!Mythweb
You need to install mod_rewrite:
