[mythtv-users] New OS X Installer

[Sam Jacobs]

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 2:35 AM, Craig Treleaven <ctreleaven at cogeco.ca> wrote:
> MacPorts makes it even easier to install a complete OS X-based MythTV
> 0.27-fixes system!
>
> Now, there is a pre-built installer available for OS X, 10.6 and higher, at:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/macportsmythtvinstaller/
>
> It provides everything for a self-contained Mac-based system:
> -backend and MySQL
> -frontend
> -Perl, Python and PHP bindings
> -MythWeb, for accessing and controlling your Myth system via a web browser
> -all the support programs and packages to make everything 'just work'!

Very cool. For those whom an HDHomeRun is a reasonable choice*, this
should make getting up and running with MythTV considerably easier.


> By the way, typically you shouldn't 'mix and match' the pre-built installer
> with MacPorts software you've built yourself.  They will each want to write
> to some system locations and don't know to avoid each other.

This excludes me, unfortunately, but I'm not the sort of person this
is aimed at, I expect! :P The more people using MythTV the better.

Thanks,
Sam

* this excludes, for example, anyone in the UK (and other DVB-T2/S2
countries) who wishes to record in HD. I've given up waiting for
SiliconDust to release anything I want—their T2/S2 tuners have been
coming *real soon now* for ages.

P.S. This might be a thorny issue, but shouldn't we be *a lot* more
upfront about the fact that OS X doesn't support USB tuners? As much
as it'd be great for more people to use MythTV, given that the amount
of work involved in getting set up is still more than, say, installing
Elgato's EyeTV, I don't like that there's not something in big, bold
text saying that you're not gonna be able to use your EyeTV stick with
MythTV. Sam


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Sam Jacobs on MythTV 0.27, UK Freeview SD & Freesat HD, EIT-only EPG
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Acer Aspire L310, SBE: Debian testing, Elgato EyeTV for DTT Stick
(Hauppauge Nova-T USB Stick in disguise!) & DVBSky S960 DVB-S2 USB