[mythtv-users] mythbackend in a docker container

[Paul Gardiner]

On 06/11/2023 02:38, jam wrote:
> Beware! I got bitten thus
> 
> I built drivers, needing the kernel stuff, time passed but I had to go back to update a driver that worked with kernel n-2 but not n (v4l API is all over the place)
> Eventually I licked wounds, defeated!
> Tumbleweed goes not provide previous releases.
> 
> Could that relate to mythtv. Like so ..
> On tumbleweed n- mythweb worked
> On version n it stopped working (python)
> Go back to version n-. Yay I’ve got the iso. Unfortuantely zypper won’t play.
> No mythweb !!
> 
> If you need/want a rolling distro arch looks better (but I’ve not played enough yet)
> manjaro or endeverOS may give you a gentler install experience.
> 
> The mythtv devs seem to like ubuntu, which I dislike, if you use SuSE then say no more.
> But ubuntu experience is works-well, specially if you build packages.

Yes, I think I'm probably best avoiding tumbleweed from the sounds of 
it, although I've run into v4l driver problems even on Leap. btrfd 
snapshots saved me in that case, temporarily reverting part of an update 
until a new one appeared.

Paul.