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

[James Abernathy]

> On Feb 23, 2016, at 1:11 AM, scram69 <scram69 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm running 0.27.4 on my mini from www.avenard.org/files/mythtv/mac/ <http://www.avenard.org/files/mythtv/mac/>.  It seems to work well with my Mythbuntu 0.27.6 backend.
> 

I just downloaded it and it works just as good as the .27.3.  No changes I could see.  Thanks,

Jim A

> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 6:27 PM, James Abernathy <jfabernathy at outlook.com <mailto:jfabernathy at outlook.com>> wrote:
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> > On Feb 22, 2016, at 9:02 PM, Craig Treleaven <ctreleaven at cogeco.ca <mailto:ctreleaven at cogeco.ca>> wrote:
> >
> >> On Feb 22, 2016, at 7:49 PM, James Abernathy <jfabernathy at outlook.com <mailto:jfabernathy at outlook.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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.
> 
> Well, i just don’t want the backend and the database running.  I kept searching since I posted this and I found a frontend only. The file was on sourceforge.  It’s called: MythFrontend-0.27-intel-10.7-0.27.2-Universal.dmg.
> 
> It installed and runs okay.  At least good enough for editing.  I can edit and start the transcoding jobs on the backend.  So I think it works, but it may not be the latest.
> 
> Jim A
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