[mythtv-users] MythTV On Gentoo - Thoughts and Questions

[Richard J. Sears]

Thanks Jeff - this will get me on my way :-)

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:42:42 -0500
Jeff Simpson <llcooljeff at gmail.com> wrote:

> I use gnome, but not on the myth session. I just use a very minimal
> setup for myth:
> 
> http://jeff.jeffornot.com/start_myth.sh
> 
> for my use flags:
> 
> USE="gnome2 gtk2 gtk apache2 php perl acpi apm avi esd gnome \
> gtkhtml jpeg libwww mpeg mysql opengl perl png samba ssl \
> tiff truetype usb X gl pda berkdb sdk dvd sse 3dnow maildir pam -arts \
> offensive -qt lirc mythtv network nvidia real v4l v4l2 xvid vhosts mjpeg \
> aac threads mythdebug"
> 
> you can probably ignore most of those. mythdebug is a flag I added
> myself for use in the hacked-up cvs ebuild I have. So don't bother
> putting that one in there. Not sure how many of the other flags are
> needed for myth, but I remember recently adding mjpeg aac and threads
> to get nuvexport to work.
> 
> This should show you all the possible use flags for any given package:
> 
> [root at djali etc]$ emerge -ptv mythtv
>  
> These are the packages that I would merge, in reverse order:
>  
> Calculating dependencies ...done!
> [ebuild  N    ] media-tv/mythtv-0.16  +X +alsa -arts -cle266 -debug
> -directfb -dvb -lcd +lirc -mmx +nls +nvidia +opengl +oss +xv 13,181 kB
>  
> Total size of downloads: 13,181 kB
> 
> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:26:03 -0800, Richard J. Sears
> <rsears at americanis.net> wrote:
> > Richard -
> > 
> > Thanks to you (and others) for the great feedback. I had a few more
> > problems with Asterisk and the addon's :-)
> > 
> > Couple of quick questions. First, would you share your make.conf USE
> > flags with me so I get them right the first time and second, Did you use
> > KDE or Gnome..?
> > 
> > Thanks Again !!
> > 
> > On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:11:51 +0100
> > Rickard Olsson <richie at webhackande.se> wrote:
> > 
> > > Richard J. Sears wrote:
> > >
> > > > I guess I was wondering what you Gentoo folks thought about this. Did
> > > > you use  emerge to do the job, did you have trouble later patching and
> > > > compiling addons or other programs to make MythTV the best it could..?
> > >
> > > I used the CVS just before 0.17 came out and the ebuilds when it was
> > > released. The ebuilds were a no-brainer to setup. There are some USE
> > > flags that you need for stuff like nuvexport and ffmpeg that I haven't
> > > seen documented anywhere (aac, threads and another that I don't recall
> > > right now), but other than that, no problems.
> > >
> > > Most other sundry files are in portage - it's possible that there's
> > > something missing but I haven't found anything.
> > >
> > > There's been no real need for any config file management issues (MythTV
> > > has just one config file AFAIK and you normally edit it through
> > > mythsetup, the rest is in the database).
> > >
> > >
> > >      / Rickard Olsson,IT-Konsult/
> > >     / Telefon: +46 70 635 01 42/
> > >    / http://www.webhackande.se/
> > 
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from the tyranny of petty things . . 


"Work like you don't need the money, love like you've
never been hurt and dance like you do when nobody's
watching."