<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi,<div class="">Thanks for the info. I’m not a sophisticated user and would like to go with the simpler solution presently. What advantage does the server option offer. Will the frontend allow me to use it as a dvr/stb? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanx Seán<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 5, 2015, at 11:13 AM, Andréas Kühne <<a href="mailto:andreas@kuhne.se" class="">andreas@kuhne.se</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Do you want to use the Mac Mini as a server for mythtv or as a frontend? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you want to use it as a server, you should install mythbuntu on it. Instructions for installing ubuntu can be found here : <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Macmini5-1/Precise" class="">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Macmini5-1/Precise</a>. If you install mythbuntu instead of ubuntu, then the installation is round about the same. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you want to use it as a frontend, I _think_ you can just install a mac os x version of the frontend. Found here : <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MacPorts" class="">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MacPorts</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Regards,<br class=""><br class="">Andréas</div></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">2015-03-05 17:01 GMT+01:00 Sean Keogh <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:sean.keogh@verizon.net" target="_blank" class="">sean.keogh@verizon.net</a>></span>:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Where can I get step by step info on setting up a Mac Mini server for use with MythTV? My ISP is verizon fios.<br class="">
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