MythTV

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  • Open VMware remote console from url

    If like me you run a lot of stuff in ESX, then you will know that you can open up the console in the remote This is very handy and opens up VMware Player connected to your VM in ESX. This gives a much better experience than using it through a browser: As handy as… read more…

    Open VMware remote console from url
  • Display Year In MythTV Recordings

    If using the “MythCenter 1.4” theme for Myth Frontend then when looking at PVR recordings it only displays the “Short Date”. The short date is just the day and month, it does not include the year. Thus it looks like: So in the above case for “Asterix and Obelix – Mansion of the Gods” the… read more…

    Display Year In MythTV Recordings
  • Display MythTV filename in Kodi

    I use MythTV as my media center and PVR and Kodi on Windows as my frontend. In an effort to organize my recordings and utilize subtitles, I needed to update the MythTV recordings metadata. For my situation the only practical and “supported” way to update metadata is via the MythTV frontend. My plan of attack… read more…

    Display MythTV filename in Kodi
  • MythTV add-on for Kodi hangs at 0%

    Around about the 26/3/2021 the Windows 10 MythTV add-on for Kodi stopped working. I had seen similar problem before, Kodi MythTV addon fails to load except this time it didn’t load at all whereas previously it was stuck loading at around 40%. This time around it didn’t seem to connect to the MythTV server at… read more…

    MythTV add-on for Kodi hangs at 0%
  • Port-based VLAN on managed switch to ESXi

    This exercise is driven by a need to connect my MythTV’s 3 HDHomeRun network tuners to my MythTV server. This is filled with various challenges:My MythTV runs in a VM on a VMware ESXi 6.0 server The ESXi server only has one network adaptor, NIC. Experience has shown that the HDHomeRuns are more reliable on… read more…

    Port-based VLAN on managed switch to ESXi
  • Clear cache for add-ons in Kodi

    I have been doing some work with MythTV and the Kodi MythTV addon. This has been around upgrading my MythTV from 0.25 to 0.29 which is quite a steps and I have had to go back and forth between versions. One of the biggest challenges is that I am using Kodi on Windows 10 as… read more…

    Clear cache for add-ons in Kodi
  • MythTV on CentOS 7

    MythTV is the best Open Source media recording application MythTV Wiki This article follows the path I traveled when setting up a new MythTV server running on CentOS 7. The setup I followed in setting up the host is detailed firstly in CentOS 7 base VM for WordPress and MythTV then in CentOS 7 VM for WordPress… read more…

    MythTV on CentOS 7
  • Two MythTV systems on the same LAN

    I have an aging MythTV frontend and separate backend that I need to upgrade. The plan of attack is to create a new system, get it running smoothly and work out a migration strategy. Then once the new system is working correctly switch over from old servers to new. All well and good except I… read more…

    Two MythTV systems on the same LAN