[mythtv-users] Centos 7 and mythtv

[John Pilkington]

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.
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> 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.
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> So my question is what about 0.28?  Is that going to be supported on Centos 7?
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> 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.
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> 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