[mythtv-users] OS X mythtv-frontend only installation

[Craig Treleaven]

> On Feb 22, 2016, at 7:49 PM, James Abernathy <jfabernathy at outlook.com> wrote:
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> I’ve been looking around and the pre-built binaries I’m finding are packaged with backend and frontend for my Macbook Pro.  I only want to run mythtv frontend so I can edit videos.  I have a mythbuntu backend and a number of Kodi pvr-mythtv small PCs for media viewing.
> 
> What would be the easiest way to just install the mythtv frontend on a Mac OS X??

jya used to make available a bundled Mac app that contained the frontend only.  I don’t think he’s been updating it recently, however.

You can attempt building it yourself but you’ll need to download and install XCode which is far bigger than Myth.

What is the motivation, anyway?  mythfrontend and mythbackend link to almost exactly the same set of libraries (Qt, ffmpeg, mysql, myth*, …) so the disk savings of a ‘frontend-only’ install isn’t nearly as big as you might think.  

Craig