[mythtv-users] Centos 7 and mythtv

[Jim Abernathy]

On 08/20/2016 05:14 AM, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 20/08/16 03:46, James Abernathy wrote:
>> Since I’m not getting anything figured out on Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS as 
>> far as a stable display on my monitor/TV, I’m testing other long-term 
>> solutions for my Mythtv system.
>>
>> I installed Centos 7 today and got mythtv 0.27.4(v0.27-e4f65c8) 
>> working and the system and TV display are very stable.  This solution 
>> is good until 2020 for full updates and 2024 for limited updates.
>>
>> So my question is what about 0.28?  Is that going to be supported on 
>> Centos 7?
>>
>> I installed using the mythtv instructions for RHEL/Centos and then 
>> used the Mythtv Fedora instructions for configuration. It’s a little 
>> more work than Mythbuntu, but I figured it out. There was no mention 
>> of 0.28 in any of that information.
>>
>> Jim A
>
> I've been running 0.28-fixes under SL7 for some time, currently from a 
> 'mock' rebuild under f23 of the rpmfusion srpm.  I don't use a lot of 
> the mythtv features on offer.  The only changes I have noted are:
>
> - for el7: replace python2-mysql by mysql-connector-python
> - remove frontend requirement for mesa-vdpau-drivers
>
> and I imagine that the second wouldn't suit everyone.
>
> I also have builds of 0.29-pre.  The one for f23 runs well, but I 
> haven't yet felt the need to install its equivalent on the SL7 box.
>
> I have no idea what might eventually be available as packages for el7, 
> but my build uses stuff from nux-dextop, which doesn't seem to be a 
> particularly active repo.
>
> John P
>
Thanks for your comments.

It looks like there is no perfect solution for me.  I spend a lot of 
time getting my Mythtv system right then leaving it alone and just using 
it without a care for years. I'm in that time of rebuilding so I want to 
get it right.

Overall Ubuntu/mythbuntu 14.04 is the most stable for me right now and 
it's current enough to support the latest hardware I have and the 
oldest.  Mythtv 0.27 with the features I use is the most stable.

I can't use Ubuntu 16.04 because it won't work on my TV/AV Receiver 
combo. (I think it's Xorg 1.18.3 related)
I can't use Mythtv 0.28 because of the bug in mythtranscode that I 
reported a while back.

I can't rebuild for a year once the fall TV season starts.  Right now 
there's nothing to record, so I can rebuild the system daily, at least 
until happy hour starts :-)

Jim A

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