

It is common to dedicate one or more external disks-and usually not the startup disk-to hold your recordings, videos, music, etc. Myth needs to be told where to store all your media. And much more for the video you'll be recording.

You need about 1.2 GB of free space for all the software that is installed. Fire up the installer, follow the instructions and let it work away for a few minutes.
#MACPORTS BUILDING TIME MAC OS X#
The installer is "all-in-one"-everything needed to run MythTV on Mac OS X is included. Using one and then the other almost always results in chaos.
#MACPORTS BUILDING TIME INSTALL#
Ask for help if you have trouble with your chosen install method. If you built your own, change every instance of '/opt/dvr' to '/opt/local' in the following.ĭON'T MIX THE TWO INSTALL METHODS! The two install methods are not compatible. The following instructions assume you're using the pre-built installer. For example, the frontend program is at '/opt/dvr/bin/mythfrontend' from the pre-built installer while the version you build yourself will be at '/opt/local/bin/mythfrontend'. The pre-built installer loads everything under "/opt/dvr" while building your own puts everything under "/opt/local". The main difference between installing from the pre-built installer and building your own is the path to all the files. all the support packages to make everything 'just work'!.MythWeb, for accessing and controlling your Myth system via a web browser.frontend, the interface to setting recording rules and enjoying TV, videos, etc.backend and MySQL, the background processes that are the heart of Myth's recording system.It will give you a complete install of MythTV for OS X, including: Seriously, most users will want to download the pre-built installer.
#MACPORTS BUILDING TIME FOR MAC#
See Building Myth for Mac with MacPorts for details on that process. You like watching the compiler churn away building millions of lines of code! ).You think you might want to install MacPorts to use some of the thousands of other software packages available.You already have MacPorts installed for other software.However, don't use the downloaded installer if any of the following are true: Most users will want to download the pre-built installer:

Successfully tested on OS X 10.9 through 10.12. Now requires OS X version 10.9 or later.lots of pesky little things (like fonts) are fixed.WebFrontend - check out the initial version of planned replacement for MythWeb.install process simplified-no more Terminal commands required to get the database up and running!!.If you do, please share the results by updating these pages! It may be possible to run the machine as a Myth media server this configurations hasn't been tested. Using the MacPorts install it is also possible to run the machine as a slave backend or job queue server.

The documentation on this page will focus on running the Myth master backend (version 0.28.1), including the MySQL database server, on an OS X machine. The all-in-one installer is the quickest and easiest way to get a complete Myth system up and running. So you want a personal video recording system and you are a Mac user.
