Also, if this is a secondary backend, dont install mythtvdatabase or mysqlserver. This package will configure your database to an existing server. Its important to familiarise yourself with these concepts, since mythtv will want you to run its own tablemakers. Seemed to instal fine, rebooted my machine only to find i was faced with a screen asking for.
After mythbuntu had been installed the mythtv setup program begins in which it. Running mythtv on windows it is preferable, initially, to start mythtv programs from a command prompt which allows viewing log output. Before a mythtv backend can support remote frontends, it must be configured to enable frontend access. I want to connect to my mysql db with a java program. During the loading it is listing mythtv as the user. This is what i get when im trying to do anything with qsqldatabase. There you choose a grabber, which is the mythtv equivalent of the epg source. Connect to your database using the mysql command line tool and the login data from etc mythtv mysql. Youll also need to check that the networking feature of mysql is turned on. Gui setup screen for mythtv, but that did not match the default values given.
Mythtv requires time zone tables are required to be in mysql, add them. I really need some expert guidance, help or a big hammer. Running mythtv on windows it is preferable, initially, to start mythtv programs from a. Itll provide a practical test on if its running or not. Again you will need to run mythtvsetup and go though the steps, make sure you use the actual machine ip though and not the loopback address. A crash course in mythtv backend setup ive had a mythtv box running for quite a few years now, but theres always new things to learn, right. Sorry by knowledge of sql is not up to changing the queries but the change to mythtv. Failure to access the correct database will cause unexpected behavior such as empty watch recordings lists and a failure to locate the video sources defined on the master backend. Open mysql and apply point 2 privileges on the router and mythtv mysql. The mythtv system is split into a backend and a frontend. Mythtv frontend unable to connect to backend after mythbuntu to. That will determine what interface mysql is listening on.
Abrir yast add mysql and mythbackend groups to access mythtv options. No i dont think it has anything todo with the real problem. Mythtv could not connect to the database ask ubuntu. If all is working correctly we should see the same output as above because we are selecting. Im running an application called mythtv which uses mysql as its database. If you will not be running the database from this machine you dont need mysql server installed and you can skip any steps below pertaining to mysql server only. Systemd starts many things at once when booting, which can lead to race conditions under some circumstances typically network and tuner cards may not be fully setup before mythbackend starts, this is particularly noticeable on systems where the. Mythtv runs and is officially supported on windows but an official exe is not distributed, here is how to build a windows binary for yourself. Specifically it means your backend is newer than your frontend.
An api allowing java applications to connect to mythtv as a client. Mythtv backend doesnt depend on mysql server since the mysql server can be located elsewhere on your network. Systemd mythbackend configuration mythtv official wiki. To get mythbackend to connect to mysql on ubuntu lts 14. Solved mysql update breaks mythtv testing repo forum. If i have helped you or increased your knowledge, click the thumbs up button to give thanks.
How do i connect a mythtv frontend to a mythtv backend on. I am assuming that you have a combined mythtv frontend backend setup. In a terminal window establish a connection to the mysql database. Qmysql driver not loaded post by karog wed oct 14, 2015 8. Hi all, im setting up a new mythbuntu backend on top of xubuntu 15. Why after running the command you suggested qsqldatabasedrivers it reported that i did have mysql, and yet it did not work out of the box and i had to manually copy the. Jmythapi uses the myth protocol to communicate with the mythtv backend and the mysql jdbc driver to query the mythtv database. May 23, 2009 mythtv associates the channels it has found or imported from a nf with the wrong transponder basically the frequency the channel is transmitted on. Configuring mythtv backend for remote frontends linux crumbs. Now i can successfully connect to mysql on the mythtv master backend server from the client, so the database connection is ok. However i am not 100% certain which addressed the issue as there was mythtv apt update along a with a kernel update which forced me to reboot. Connect to your database using the mysql command line tool and the login data from etcmythtvmysql. For the backend, it is also good to have lamp working properly so that anybody can use. This will create the mysql database named mythtest and setup a user named mythtv with the password mythtv to have access from any machine with network access to this host.
Mythbuntu is a discontinued media center operating system based on ubuntu, which integrated the mythtv media center software as its main function, and did not. People with less than 20 posts wont see the thumbs up button. Now the drivers for not only the mysql odbc driver are shown, but also several other odbc drivers that were present on my system, but not showing up on the odbc data administrator driver list. Presumably the patch can only be applied to a mysql 5. Eventually the gui came up and i tried to configure it for my backend using the ip address for the database. This option will quickly fill your var disk partition with many gigabytes of data, unless you are doing database replication and deleting these files regularly. Step 7 is also a nice example of how to use mysql at the command line. As always, if you have a comment or suggestion, please stop by the forums. If it does, either remove that line or comment it out. Next, if you do not already have a mythtv database, install the package that configures or sets up the mythtv database. In mythtv setup for iptv one can select iptv recorder as tvcard, and configure it with the m3u url. Choose whatever name you like, just dont have two its ok to have one in libsystemdsystem and one in etcsystemdsystem that overrides it.
If you do not add your main user account to the mythtv. It appears that some distributions do not contain information for the timezone that mythbackend and mythtv setup check for before starting. An introduction to installing ubuntu and mythtv missing. Mythtv associates the channels it has found or imported from a nf with the wrong transponder basically the frequency the channel is transmitted on. You will need to insure that your filesdirectoriescapture cards can be accessed by the mythtv user, or run the backend as root not recommended. However i am not sure how you could go to all the trouble of installing mythtv without knowing its core purpose recording broadcast tv. The following script snippet creates and sets the ownership and permissions for the logging folders. Unit descriptionmythtv backend service afternetwork. Configuring mythtv backend for remote frontends linux. Check that etc mysql f does not contain skipnetworking. In mythtvsetup for iptv one can select iptv recorder as tvcard, and configure it with the m3u url. I had no problem like that when i was using linux but now i need to port my application to windows and this problem occured. Note that the reason mythtv requires explicit permission to delete recording metadata when it cannot find the associated recording file is so that it does not create orphaned multigigabyte files if the filesystem that contains the recording file is not available at the time mythtv tries to delete the recording.
Client speaks protocol version 88 but we speak 91 means your backend and frontend client do not run the same version. This guide will not cover configuring the backend portion of mythtv at this time. Mythtvbackend doesnt depend on mysqlserver since the mysql server can be located elsewhere on your network. Nothing else worked, until i tried deleting this key. Once you have done that, you have to configure a video source. Again you will need to run mythtv setup and go though the steps, make sure you use the actual machine ip though and not the loopback address.
Jun 27, 2008 a backend will need to have mysql server installed as well as mythtv backend. As far as mythbackend is concerned, i am pretty sure it is in mythtvsetup which brings up a gui and the forst section, i think called general there is two spaces for ip addresses, these need to be your network lan address, not localhost ie not 127. This example has no security at all, and allows access from any host. Using mingw as the build platform, and ms direct3d as the display layer. Ive installed mythtv and mysql dozens of times without any problem. Qpluginloader did not loaded mysql driver lib file, it just said that there is a error, unknown error. A backend will need to have mysqlserver installed as well as mythtvbackend. My flatmates tv is in for repairs so we havent been using the box in the last few days, with a big nrl game on tonight it was supposed to be recording. Before a mythtv backend can support remote frontends, it must be. Note that i say try because my mythtv installation would not let me change the value. I have downloaded the backend and front end of mythtv for 14.
I had the same problem on a recent model xp sp2 machine. Remote backends may run a local mysql daemon for non mythtv purposes, however, the remote backend must access the same mysql server that the master backend does. One, gandalf, was the mythtv backend server which also runs mysql. Just configure this backend to connect to the master backend instead. Sorry by knowledge of sql is not up to changing the queries but the change to f does work. On the backend, you will also need to run the mythbuntu control centre and activate the mythtv service allowing remote machines to connect to this backend. Also, if this is a secondary backend, dont install mythtv database or mysql server. Because it requires a database to be present to install, it is only provided by default in the mythtvbackendmysql package. Mythtv, cant connect to db mageia forum view topic. I suspect it was the reboot that fixed it and not the myth update, as manually starting and stopping mysql might have not been enough to sync all my changes with the backend at once. This guide will cover the steps performed to install ubuntu, load the amdati closed souce graphics driver, get sound running, and install the mythtv frontend. When i run the mythtvsetup from the command prompt, the following is in the log. During setup i was not asked to add any user or passwords.
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