MythTV Dan
My setup is currently a work in progress. Note that the setup is currently incomplete and has a number of issues documented below.
Summary
Master backend
Hardware
- Antec ISK300 case
- Intel D410PT mainboard
- Kingonston 1GB RAM
- Lexar 4GB Compact Flash
- Compact Flash to SATA converter
Software
- Debian 6
- mythtv-backend (0.24 from debian multimedia ppa)
- mythweb
Slave backend / frontend
Hardware
- Antec Fusion Remote Veris Black MATX Media Center Case
- Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-US2H Motherboard
- AMD Phenom II X4 840 CPU
- Corsair 4GB RAM
- Western Digital WD20EARS 2TB Hard Drive
- Asus GT 430 1GB Graphics Card
- LiteOn iHOS104 4x BD-ROM SATA Blu-Ray Drive
- Xenta Wireless Keyboard
Software
- Ubuntu 11.04
- mythtv-backend (0.24 from mythbuntu ppa)
- mythtv-frontend
- mythvideo
- mythgame
Frontend
Hardware
- Dell mini 9 (16 GB SSD, 2 GB RAM)
Software
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Netbook Remix
- mythtv-frontend (0.24 from mythbuntu ppa)
MythTV Issues
- Remote frontend does not wake the slave backend when starting "Watch TV"
- Mythweb cannot stream videos from the slave backend
- Recordings fail to start if a recording is scheduled whilst the program is currently airing
Installation Notes
(Note that I had previously configured my server to use sudo and I had previously installed apache)
Master backend
The master backend system runs the MythTV database, handles scheduling and runs the MythWeb web interface. These installation notes are for Debian 6.
Add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list
# mythtv http://www.debian-multimedia.org deb http://debian-multimedia.fx-services.com/ stable main deb-src http://debian-multimedia.fx-services.com/ stable main
Install the public key for the repository
wget http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/main/d/debian-multimedia-keyring/debian-multimedia-keyring_2010.12.26_all.deb sudo dpkg -i debian-multimedia-keyring_2010.12.26_all.deb sudo apt-get update
Install mythtv-backend, but make sure to install pwgen first to avoid some errors during installation. We also install wakeonlan as it is needed for waking the slave backend.
sudo apt-get install pwgen sudo apt-get install mythtv-backend sudo apt-get install wakeonlan
SSH to the master backend with X tunnelling (using ssh -Y) run mythtv-setup
Configure the master backend using the GUI interface, sorry I didn't write down what I configured in the GUI, I guess that's an obvious disadvantage of not using plain old config files.
Myth Web
Install the mythweb package
sudo apt-get install mythweb
copy /usr/share/mythtv/mythweb/mythweb.conf.apache to /etc/apache/sites-available/mythweb
Create symbolic link in sites-enabled
Example required here
At this stage if you access mythweb from a URL the page will appear blank. This is due to a missing file, which can be fixed by creating a symbolic link (see http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/commits/461200)
sudo ln -s /usr/share/mythtv/mythweb/modules/ /usr/share/mythtv/mythweb/modules_path
Add authentication to mythweb:-
sudo htdigest -c /var/www/htdigest MythTV <username>
Edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/mythweb
Add the following:-
AuthType Digest AuthName "MythTV" AuthUserFile /var/www/htdigest Require valid-user BrowserMatch "MSIE" AuthDigestEnableQueryStringHack=On Order allow,deny Satisfy any
Restart apache
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
