How to install mythtv-light v33 on RPI OS 64 bit Bookworm

[keef256]

Now if i can just get XMLTV to work properly........

I'm getting
FAILED: XMLTV grabber returned error code 1.

Sorted all working now

[keef256]

Trying to install again
got as far as:-

We will be installing 'mythtv-light' so the software is packaged as a .deb file that can be easily installed and upgraded.

You can find the version of v33 that you want from the link https://dl.orangedox.com/pCBmBm page for mythtv-light and you can use that.

get page not found

[fratermus]

get page not found

It went offline maybe a month ago.

[flyingfox]

I have noticed that the repo for mythtv-lite .debs seems have disappeared. https://dl.orangedox.com/pCBmBm returns "Page not found."

I appreciate the work to keep these maintained and availble for us, but I was wondering if the .debs were available for download elsewhere (Im interested rpios)? Any assistanmve or guidance appreciated. Else I guess I will resort to building on my aging pi4.

(Whoops I just saw the previous posts pointing this out. Apologies for the redundant post.

[gedakc]

The debs and pre-built packages for other OSes can be found in the Maintainers Google Drive Folder.

One way to find this folder is to look through the Android - MythTV Official Wiki.

[rpi-backend]

Thanks for providing this thread. Any updates to any of these instructions now that MythTV is on V34? Or do they all still apply without change?

For example, any additional edits to pi-utils since the git version is 4 years old (I see some edits are needed as described in the initial post to this thread). I see that v34 changelog indicates changes in the web interface. I don't know if these are reflected in the pi-utils.

[jfabernathy]

If you search this forum category for v34 you will find a number of post put there by me with instructions to do this but it's dated. You'll also find some for v34 for Ubuntu and Endeavour OS for the RPI4.

HOWEVER, I have not tested them in forever and a lot has changed. The biggest is I finally came to the realization that the RPI 4 would never be able to be a good enough frontend to satisfy me. When I thought about the RPI 5 and compared the cost ($125) to a NUC box built with the Intel N100 https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/9055 ... 50A2F3D4AF that comes with 8GB of memory and an SSD, I quit messing with the RPI 4 except for small embedded projects. I took the Windows SSD out of the NucBoxG3 and put in a cheap 1TB nvme m.2 and had myself a great mythtv combo FE and BE using the standard x86_64 version of v34. I've tested the *buntu ppa version and the DMO Debian bookworm-backports version. Never a question about quality or performance.

If you still want to try with the RPI4 do the v34 search and read and play.

[rpi-backend]

OK thanks. I did browse but will look closer.

My intention for the RPi is for backend only (hence the user name I selected). Front end will be a separate standalone Kodi.

Agree with your assessment of RPI vs. a NUC box. However, I am thinking that the RPI will draw less electricity over time which is why I decided to do it that way. However, I didn't actually check what the current draw is. May be a wash once you add the draw of the external hard drive (I already had, however, the actual 1 TB drive - sunk cost - from my old MythTV set up, which was a full-size old desktop which definitely used more electricity).

[jfabernathy]

A backend only make a lot more sense for an RPI4 if you already have one. When I looked at the comparison of the RPI5 to the NUC N100 I came up with this:

RPI5 8G
$75
Power supply, case, heat sink, and NMVE m.2 hat $40
So RPI5 is $115 and Nucbox G3 $125. To keep it on x86_64 I picked the NUC. Both assume you have a NVME SSD laying around.

I would start here viewtopic.php?f=46&t=5530&p=26740&hilit=v34#p26740

Keep in mind that when that was written you had to use Master to get v34. Now v34 is an official branch in git so make adjustments.

[rpi-backend]

Thanks. I saw that post but was hoping to avoid doing the build. I don't think your instructions in the first post of this thread included building, but I only glanced at the contents of the scripts in the pi-utils suite of tools. Perhaps the pi_utils were also doing a full build as well.

Yes, I already bought the RPI5, but am second guessing myself now. Maybe I can find another use for it (is overkill for a pi-hole, but was thinking of setting that up sometime). Or maybe replace my aging home file server which is running on an ancient 32-bit eeebox! It could probably do double duty as a server and pi-hole.

[jfabernathy]

There is a mythtv-light for the RPI4 that is a little old but should work for testing.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... bVG77UdN2X

[rpi-backend]

Yeah, had already downloaded that and was ready to go with your instructions in your post at the top of the thread. According to that post, that only provides the front end, and all the rest of the instructions are for getting the back end. Since it is the backend I was interested in, well, here I am.

That all said, Cyber Monday is still a thing for some reason, and I just ordered one of the little NUC boxes you linked to for about the same price as the RPI5. That really is the right suggestion. Still going to run the front end on Kodi, but the nice thing about the NUC boxes is they should run web video better. Some stuff I want to watch (well, actually more than 50% - this is some music and sports stuff) are only streamed on website and apps, and the RPI5 was having trouble keeping up with rendering at higher resolutions.

The RPI5 I got will be repurposed as a new home file server.

[jfabernathy]

In case there is any interest in building mythtv-light so it can be use on an RPI4 as a backend at least. I've update the build instructions
viewtopic.php?f=46&t=5530