Hello All!
Anyone using Mythtv with Mageia v8 etc ?
I have been using it with ubuntu for many years but with the latest LTS of 22.04.1 it will not see video (Intel 200 on mobo) as a HDMI connector only
a digital link which the system does not use.
I would like to move it over to Mga but the only issue is - will it work ?
Although the another is that there is no long time support facility with
MGA and I just hate the problems related to upgrading to the next version every year or so (and it get worse for every year I age - brain not working so well now that I am over 75).
One extra question is any one also running mcp (mythbuntu-control-panel
with mga and if so what did you change ?
On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:28:02 +0000, Vincent Coen wrote:
Hello All!
Anyone using Mythtv with Mageia v8 etc ?
I have been using it with ubuntu for many years but with the latest
LTS of 22.04.1 it will not see video (Intel 200 on mobo) as a HDMI
connector only a digital link which the system does not use.
I would like to move it over to Mga but the only issue is - will it
work ?
Been using MYTHTV for years on Mageia. Running mythbackend on my
server. Usually watching it my Plasma TV via hdmi connection. I also
have it setup for mythfrongend connections from any of my LAN nodes.
Your fist problem will be seen here. https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28289
It is easy enough to use a myth database utility to save all your
database settings and re-load them on a clean install.
I run several SiliconDust network Over-The-Air tuners and pay
Schedules Direct ~$25 a year for about 15 days of tv schedules.
Although the another is that there is no long time support facility
with MGA and I just hate the problems related to upgrading to the
next version every year or so (and it get worse for every year I age
- brain not working so well now that I am over 75).
I hear that. 74 myself.
I always do clean installs, so I resorted to writing install/change
scripts to make the numerous changes. I figured it was easier to learn
how to make the computer work for me instead of the computer working
me.
One extra question is any one also running mcp
(mythbuntu-control-panel with mga and if so what did you change ?
Never heard of the app or what it does.
I use mythtv-setup for database entry of tuners, storage locations,
channel selection, and whatnot.
Wrote a script to get channels from my tuner, and write sql code to
set desired channels visible or not and change underscore to period in
the display.
Hello Bit!
Wednesday February 22 2023 21:15, Bit Twister wrote to All:
On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:28:02 +0000, Vincent Coen wrote:
Hello All!
Anyone using Mythtv with Mageia v8 etc ?
I have been using it with ubuntu for many years but with the latest
LTS of 22.04.1 it will not see video (Intel 200 on mobo) as a HDMI
connector only a digital link which the system does not use.
I would like to move it over to Mga but the only issue is - will it
work ?
Been using MYTHTV for years on Mageia. Running mythbackend on my
server. Usually watching it on my Plasma TV via hdmi connection. I also have it setup for mythfrongend connections from any of my LAN nodes.
Your fist problem will be seen here. https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28289
It is easy enough to use a myth database utility to save all your
database settings and re-load them on a clean install.
I run several SiliconDust network Over-The-Air tuners and pay
Schedules Direct ~$25 a year for about 15 days of tv schedules.
Although the another is that there is no long time support facility
with MGA and I just hate the problems related to upgrading to the
next version every year or so (and it get worse for every year I age
- brain not working so well now that I am over 75).
I hear that. 74 myself.
I always do clean installs, so I resorted to writing install/change
scripts to make the numerous changes. I figured it was easier to learn
how to make the computer work for me instead of the computer working
me.
One extra question is any one also running mcp
(mythbuntu-control-panel with mga and if so what did you change ?
Never heard of the app or what it does.
mcp was the tool used with mythbuntu and when it was discontinued it was supported in it's own right - By running it - sets up the extra sources for mythtv etc for ubuntu to do auto s/w updates whe it does the system.
Also sets up various params and allow you to call myth configuration for
the first time as well as the backend and frontend.
Would need change in the sources to support Redhat types in place of apt
(and .deb) to use rpt etc.
I use mythtv-setup for database entry of tuners, storage locations,
channel selection, and whatnot.
Wrote a script to get channels from my tuner, and write sql code to
set desired channels visible or not and change underscore to period in
the display.
Now that is useful it does get annoying to go through the entire new list
of channels marking out the visible's for the rubbish and porn stuff and setting all BBC channels as non-advertising etc. [ Yes only the BBC is non advertising ]
Thanks for your thoughts, I will look at installing MGA v8 as a secondary partition having backed up the current system even if the hardware sound selection is crap as should not effect new install - he says.
Are you using v9 (cooker) for this or v8 ?
If v9, is it stable enough ?
I always do clean installs, so I resorted to writinginstall/change scripts to make the numerous changes. I figured it was
easier to learn how to make the computer work for me instead of the
computer working me.
Ok, mythtv-setup and frontend ask for day one questions for DB access id/pw. mythtv-setup asks/set where schedule is pulled from.
My pull_install script shuts down/starts backend and mysqld if rpms
are to be updated. Hindsight is wonderful since a mysql update
clobbered a running install.
Would need change in the sources to support Redhat types in place of
apt (and .deb) to use rpt etc.
I use mythtv-setup for database entry of tuners, storagelocations, channel selection, and whatnot.
Wrote a script to get channels from my tuner, and write sql codeto
set desired channels visible or not and change underscore toperiod in the display.
Sql script is pretty straight forward even if you have to manage it by
hand. Snippet
follows:
$ head -17 channel_mtv.sql
use mythconverg ;
UPDATE channel
SET visible=0, useonairguide=0 ;
UPDATE channel
SET channum="4.1", visible=1
WHERE channum="4_1"
OR channum="4.1"
OR channum="4-1" ;
UPDATE channel
SET channum="5.4", visible=1
WHERE channum="5_4"
OR channum="5.4"
OR channum="5-4" ;
Yep, I use three 40 gig partitions and just cycle through them on each release. That gives me partitions for next, current, previous
installs, plus Cauldron. I also have a hotbu partition for backing up
the current "Production" install.
myth storage is on a separate partition. Install script adds links to storage directories.
$ ls -l /var/lib/mythtv/ total 20K
drwxr-xr-x 3 mythtv mythtv 4.0K Dec 25 03:56 .
drwxr-xr-x 65 root root 4.0K Feb 23 04:16 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv 14 Apr 9 2021 3rdParty ->
/myth/3rdParty lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv 45 Apr 9 2021
Antenna.xmltv ->
var/lib/mythtv/.xmltv/tv_grab_zz_sdjson.conf lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv
mythtv 13 Apr 9 2021 Banners -> /myth/Banners lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv 10 Apr 9 2021 bkup -> /myth/bkup lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv
mythtv 11 Apr 9 2021 cache -> /myth/cache lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv
mythtv 14 Apr 9 2021 channels -> /myth/channels -rw------- 1
mythtv mythtv 619 Dec 25 03:56 config.xml lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv
14 Apr 9 2021 Coverart -> /myth/Coverart lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv
12 Apr 9 2021 Fanart -> /myth/Fanart lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv
12 Apr 9 2021 LiveTV -> /myth/LiveTV lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv
11 Apr 9 2021 Music -> /myth/Music lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv 14
Apr 9 2021 MusicArt -> /myth/MusicArt lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv
17 Apr 9 2021 MythBrowser -> /myth/MythBrowser lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv
mythtv 17 Apr 9 2021 Photographs -> /myth/Photographs lrwxrwxrwx
1 mythtv mythtv 16 Apr 9 2021 recordings ->
/myth/recordings lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv 17 Apr 9 2021
Screenshots -> /myth/Screenshots lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv 11 Apr
9 2021 Shows -> /myth/Shows lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv 12 Apr 9
2021 themes -> /myth/themes lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv 9 Apr 9
2021 tmp -> /myth/tmp lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv 14 Apr 9 2021
Trailers -> /myth/Trailers lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv 10 Apr 10
2021 Videos -> /misc/mpeg drwxr-xr-x 2 mythtv mythtv 4.0K Jun 27
2021 .xmltv -rw-r--r-- 1 mythtv mythtv 133 Apr 9 2021
.xmltv.TMP [root@mtv ~]#
Are you using v9 (cooker) for this or v8 ?
Current DB is mga8. I am in the process of modifying all scripts to
conform to bash coding standards pointed out by shellcheck. Once
completed I will run through testing them on mga9. Primary
"Production" mode is mga9.
If v9, is it stable enough ?
Well there have been lots of updates. Running Xfce as my Desktop Environment. Now that mga9 is frozen there will not be as much rpm
churn.
Hello Bit!
Thursday February 23 2023 19:33, Bit Twister wrote to All:
I always do clean installs, so I resorted to writinginstall/change scripts to make the numerous changes. I figured it was
easier to learn how to make the computer work for me instead of the
computer working me.
Ok, mythtv-setup and frontend ask for day one questions for DB access id/pw. mythtv-setup asks/set where schedule is pulled from.
My pull_install script shuts down/starts backend and mysqld if rpms
are to be updated. Hindsight is wonderful since a mysql update
clobbered a running install.
Would need change in the sources to support Redhat types in place of
apt (and .deb) to use rpt etc.
I use mythtv-setup for database entry of tuners, storagelocations, channel selection, and whatnot.
Wrote a script to get channels from my tuner, and write sql codeto
set desired channels visible or not and change underscore toperiod in the display.
Sql script is pretty straight forward even if you have to manage it by hand. Snippet
follows:
$ head -17 channel_mtv.sql
use mythconverg ;
UPDATE channel
SET visible=0, useonairguide=0 ;
UPDATE channel
SET channum="4.1", visible=1
WHERE channum="4_1"
OR channum="4.1"
OR channum="4-1" ;
UPDATE channel
SET channum="5.4", visible=1
WHERE channum="5_4"
OR channum="5.4"
OR channum="5-4" ;
That looks like a good idea is there any chance of getting your scripts
that supports mythtv and build, updates etc ?
I notice that the packages in MGA uses mythtv v31 and I am currently
running v33 under ubuntu along with MySQL.
However, I am worried about using mariadb as I have had a number of issues with it as it differs a lot in the mysql tables compared to MySQL as well
as requirements regarding passwords etc.
Do you know of a way to swap out mariadb for MySQL that will not break
these other packages other than removing them ?
I am going to 'asssume' that the mga install will allow me to repartition
the M.2 SSD into say 60Gb
partitions so I can create three extras with one
for v8 and a reserve for v9 as and when it comes out but with a copy of v8 and one spare for testing maybe with a pre copy of v8.
I will keep fully clear of v9 for the moment as I tend not to do a system update until it has been out for 3 - 6 months to minimise the bugs.
Habit of many, many years go back to mainframe updates where all had to be fully tested before and I am now way past that sell by date :(
I will send a email to you using my primary address if you can provide the scripts etc as gmail is a bit restrictive in attachment sizes.
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