Re: [mythtv-users] OS X frontend/Knoppmyth backend question
On Feb 21, 2005, at 5:25 PM, Jeff McCarty wrote: By default on the mac, all mounts are in the /Volumes directory. If your only other device is a Knoppmyth pc running the backend and frontend, it might be easier to create a /Volumes directory there, and move your video. If that's too much work, you have two options on the Mac. (snip) IMHO, the best way to set up persistent NFS mounts is through NetInfo. There's a slew of tutorials for this, one of the clearest and simplest I've found is this: http://naeblis.cx/rtomayko/2004/08/09/NFSAutomountOSX - Jeremiah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: [OS X] Updated compile instructions for using Fink
On Feb 21, 2005, at 3:57 AM, Andreas Weder wrote: BTW, are you the lead in porting mythtv (the frontend) to OS X? Nigel Pearson and I are basically the co-leads. Nigel did a lot of the initial work getting Myth to compile (building on Gregorio Gervasio's work, I think), wrote the initial video output routines for OS X, and tackled the processor-endianness issues. I contributed the audio code and the current QuickTime-based video routines. We've collaborated on most of the other Mac-friendly functions, like the initial GUI for MySQL settings (instead of having to edit a text file) and changing the directory assumptions to allow self-contained Mac binaries. Nowadays I work on cleaning up the code and making it faster on Macs; I have a 450 MHz Cube that is occasionally fast enough to be a frontend, depending on the state of CVS. - Jer ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [OS X] Updated compile instructions for using Fink
On Feb 20, 2005, at 9:09 AM, Andreas Weder wrote: I've just updated your HowTo on mythtv.info with instructions on how to build mythtv 0.17 using Fink. Terrific, it looks great! Merging the manual steps under the Fink directions makes it much easier to follow now. I wasn't too sure about the format, though. Your instructions are for building myth from CVS, mine are targetting mythtv 0.17. I hope the result is not too confusing. Maybe we should go for a main page and two subpages, one for CVS, one for 0.17. What do you think? That's a good idea, so that the instructions for 0.17 are still around if CVS requires installation changes. Separate pages for "building 0.17 with Fink", "building 0.17 manually", "building CVS with Fink", etc. might be the best way to go -- there's so much info to process, that keeping each alternative on a different page would likely be the least confusing. The main reason I wrote the HowTo was to give folks a standard baseline for getting started with Myth. Now that I am providing binaries and build scripts for that purpose, I won't be updating the wiki instructions much, so feel free to reorganize them as you see fit. I'll certainly answer questions and provide info when I can, but I'd appreciate it if you or someone else takes the lead on maintaining the OS X section. - Jer ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [OS X] mythdvd: linux/cdrom.h
On Feb 20, 2005, at 2:02 PM, Andreas Weder wrote: I'm trying to compile mythdvd (vcd and transcoding enabled). How did you get this to compile? Disable vcd and transcoding, that's how. - Jer ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Another Mac Question
On Feb 18, 2005, at 11:42 PM, MacNean Tyrrell wrote: I do have a question tho, I have a DVD burner that i believe is compatible with the mac mini, from the frontend can i edit the mpeg2 stream from the pvr-250 with iDVD i believe it's called, and burn it to the dvd without copying the file over to the mac? Or do i have to copy the entire files over and do it on the mac? I don't have iDVD, but from what I've read, it won't allow you to work with MPEG-2 files (even though it ultimately encodes as MPEG-2). You can use DVD Studio Pro, I think. Anyway, you should be able to mount your backend's video directory on the Mini using NFS or Samba. That will let you work on the files without moving them to the Mac. - Jer ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [OS X] 0.17 compilation problem
On Feb 18, 2005, at 4:08 AM, Andreas Weder wrote: During compilation, I get the following error: Fink installs the X11 version of Qt, not the native Mac version. You'll have to install Qt yourself, or see if Fink has a Qt/Mac install available now. (I don't use Fink, so I can't help you more than that.) - Jer ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mac OS X binary for 0.17
On Feb 11, 2005, at 9:55 PM, Jesse Perkins wrote: Which plugins are included in your binary with plugins? mythdvd (but no ripping or transcoding) mythgallery mythgame mythnews mythvideo mythweather The remaining plugins -- mythphone, mythbrowser, and mythmusic -- currently won't compile on OS X. Mythphone is tied to videodev and OSS; mythbrowser is tied to KDE; and mythmusic has CD playing and ripping functions that need to be made optional or ported to OS X. - Jer ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Mac OS X binary for 0.17
For the Mac folks out there, I've got a standalone binary package of the 0.17 Myth frontend on my website: http://whpress.com/mythtv/ Let me know via this list if you have any problems with it. Remember, you still need a separate backend (or at least a MySQL server, if you just want to use the plugins). - Jeremiah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OS X
On Jan 29, 2005, at 6:47 PM, Robert E. Karaffa, II wrote: It won't allow me past the initial setup screen because there is no backend. best approach? If you're talking about the MySQL settings screen, you do still need a database server. The "backend" offers two parts: an actual "mythbackend" process, and the MySQL database that is used by mythfrontend and mythbackend. The "mythbackend" program offers TV-watching functionality, the database is used by everything to store preferences and various other data. You still need the database half of the equation. The database server can run on your OS X box and be completely separate from your KnoppMyth box, though, so you don't get corruption again. I'd recommend this setup for you; I don't have any instructions on setting up a MySQL server, though I'm sure you can Google for some. If I've got this all wrong and you're stuck somewhere else, please post more details about what's going wrong. 2) do I need to go through the installation instructions on MythOnMacOSX, and then use the CVS w/plugins version? No, you don't need to do the MythOnMacOsx instructions if you use the binary; it has all of the dependencies included in its bundle. forgive me for appearing dense! (tis troo, nonetheless!) It took me months to figure out how all of the pieces talked to each other and when, and I was spending 10 hours a week programming on it. Don't feel bad for taking some time to get up to speed. =) - Jer ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OS X
On Jan 29, 2005, at 12:06 PM, Robert Karaffa wrote: in the setup screens for MythVideo, I can get MPlayer to start using: "open /Applications/MPlayer.app (and the rest of the commands like -fs --no-splash -zoom %s") I'm pretty sure you don't want to use the "open" command for this. This basically just sends a command to the Finder to launch the app, which isn't what you want. Try calling the app directly, by using "/Applications/MPlayer.app/Contents/MacOS/MPlayer ..." instead. (Double-check that that's the right path in the Terminal.) I don't actually use mythvideo, though, so I'm probably not the best person to answer this question. ;) 2) i don't have a TV tuner card of any kind right now. not interested in it at the moment. how does that impact the fact that my backend is 0.16 and my MacMyth frontend is not? The 0.16 backend and CVS frontend will refuse to talk to each other, but since you're not using the TV functionality, that should not matter. In fact, you don't need a backend running at all if you're only using the video and music functions. You need the database up and running, but the backend is superfluous. The CVS frontend will upgrade the database schema, which could cause the 0.16 backend to fail or corrupt your data if you try to actually use it, so it's probably best to shut down the backend entirely. If you don't use the TV functions, you won't miss it. - Jeremiah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mac OS X Compile from CVS Problem
On 18 Jan 2005, at 11:33 AM, Nate Thompson wrote: This is somewhat offtopic, but I was wondering if you can use a CVS frontend with a .16 backend. No, you can't, the protocol between the frontend and backend has changed since 0.16 and they'll refuse to talk to each other. - Jeremiah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mac OS X Compile from CVS Problem
On 17 Jan 2005, at 6:16 PM, Colin Bell wrote:
I did have problem with it not finding qmake so I made a symlink of
$QTDIR/bin/qmake to /usr/bin.
You shouldn't do that, fix the PATH problem instead (see below). Making
symlinks like that will really trip you up if you upgrade to a new
version of Qt.
(tcsh: Bad : modifier in $ (/).)
This is the problem -- you're using tcsh instead of bash as your shell.
I'm guessing you probably upgraded from an older version of OS X,
instead of starting with a fresh Panther install. As the howto says:
"If you don't start from scratch, some of the instructions may not be
correct for your setup." You've hit one of those places. =/
The tcsh version needs to be put into .tcshrc instead of .bash_profile,
and it should look like this:
setenv SRCDIR $HOME/src
setenv QTDIR $SRCDIR/qt-mac-free-3.3.3
setenv DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib:$QTDIR/lib
setenv PATH ${PATH}:/usr/local/bin:$QTDIR/bin
Use "source ~/.tcshrc" to load that into your environment, instead of
". ~/.bash_profile". The rest of the howto should work the same.
If I'm being a pain just ignore me...
Not at all. Being a pain would be making the same mistakes over and
over, and not listening to solutions. Making mistakes, learning from
them, and going on to make new mistakes is just a normal and healthy
part of life. (If I go by the number of mistakes I make, I'm extremely
successful at life.)
- Jeremiah
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Re: [mythtv-users] Mac OS X Compile from CVS Problem
On 17 Jan 2005, at 11:16 AM, Colin Bell wrote: /usr/bin/libtool: can't locate file for: -lqt-mt It's not finding your Qt library. Check that your DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH variable is set correctly, with $QTDIR/lib in it. Also, make sure that your Qt build compiled properly, and that you built it multithreaded (with the -thread configure option). There should be a file "libqt-mt.3.dylib" on your system if Qt built correctly. - Jeremiah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] RE: Mac OS X installation guide
On 14 Jan 2005, at 10:50 AM, Michael J. Sherman wrote: http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MythOnMacOsx One note; the mysql package is now 4.1.9, and the 4.1.7 release you reference in the doc is no longer available at that URL. 4.1.8 has a bug in its configure.in, so just use the 4.1.9. Well, that's why the guide is on the Wiki, so anyone can update the doc when it goes out of date. If you find something like that in the future, please go ahead and edit the page. Anyone else excited about the possibility of a mini Mac myth frontend? I think the 59 messages in the existing Mac Mini thread indicate that others are excited. ;) I might get one myself. Perhaps a USB-based IR dongle Anyone have ideas on that? The Mini thread mentioned the Keyspan Express remote, which looked too minimal for me. I have mixed feelings about the ATI Remote Wonder II, which is what I purchased. I couldn't find an inexpensive generic IR receiver for the Mac; if you find one, let us know. - Jeremiah ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Need to Change OS X Frontend Settings
On 5 Dec 2004, at 5:43 PM, Jared McIntyre wrote: How do you get to the initial setup dialog for the mythfrontend on OS X or where are the settings stored so that I can change them? The settings file is /Users//.mythtv/mysql.txt; delete or edit that file. - Jeremiah ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OS X icon question...
On 3 Dec 2004, at 7:47 PM, Calvin Gorriaran wrote: Sorry, should have been more clear. Basically it wont launch. I am able to make the icon. This is most likely my problem. I'm glad; if it was the other, I'd have no idea how to help you. =) I should have known that that out of bash that mythfrontend would have no idea where the libraries were. I will read up on this. Don't feel bad, a lot of Unix converts make the same mistake. To help you get set up, I've updated the compilation tutorial -- see the latter part of Section 3. http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MythOnMacOsx - Jeremiah ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OS X icon question...
On 3 Dec 2004, at 4:25 PM, Calvin Gorriaran wrote: I have a stupid OS X question. I have compiled mythfrontend on my powerbook. Works perfect, though I am still trying to get mythvideo compiled. One issue I have is I can't seem to make an icon for it. Can you really not create an icon, or is it just that the frontend fails to launch? Double-clicking mythfrontend.app won't work yet without some hacking. Unless you've modified your environment.plist, mythfrontend.app won't be able to find the shared libraries it needs if you launch it from the Finder or the Dock. (Your .bash_profile is only used in the Terminal, not in the graphical environment.) You can find out more about environment variables in the GUI here: http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1067.html - Jeremiah ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
