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'''Things that work''' | '''Things that work''' | ||
− | *Most everything, Playback, remote, setup screens, | + | *Most everything, Playback, remote, setup screens, etc. |
*Remote works, Hold play for pause, Hold menu for menus. | *Remote works, Hold play for pause, Hold menu for menus. | ||
'''Things that don't''' (Some might not be configured properly) | '''Things that don't''' (Some might not be configured properly) | ||
+ | * Take 2 support: since this page has not been updated since Take 2 was released, MythTV will probably not work under Take 2. Anybody know? [[User:Hugh|Hugh]] 09:24, 3 March 2008 (CET) | ||
*Requires osx fonts, As I am not sure of the font's it needs, this has added ~500MB to the drive. (I just copied them all untill I can figure out what ones are needed.) | *Requires osx fonts, As I am not sure of the font's it needs, this has added ~500MB to the drive. (I just copied them all untill I can figure out what ones are needed.) | ||
**I have identified the following font's as needed at runtime. I will do further testing but these are three that I know are needed. [[User:DrOmega|Dr Omega]] 03:37, 31 May 2007 (CEST) | **I have identified the following font's as needed at runtime. I will do further testing but these are three that I know are needed. [[User:DrOmega|Dr Omega]] 03:37, 31 May 2007 (CEST) |
Revision as of 00:24, 3 March 2008
Install Instructions
Requirement
- SSH access to your AppleTV
- App Launcher Plugin
- MythFrontend Intel Binary (See below)
Installation
- Copy MythFontend.app to your AppleTV's Application folder. We will use ~/Applications here.
- Enable read/write access to the root drive
sudo mount -o remount,rw /dev/disk0s3 /
- Copy over the following fonts to their perspective places on the Apple TV.
- /System/Library/Fonts/Geneva.dfont
- ~/Library/Fonts/Arial
- ~/Library/Fonts/Trebuchet MS
Note: You will have to save the fonts to your home directory on the Apple TV and then move them to the proper places in SSH. Note: There may be more fonts required, if worst comes to worst just copy them all but that is about 500MB worth of files when only a few are used.
- Edit the ~/AppList.txt File
- Add the following line to the list. (You can remove the sample lines)
MythTV,/Users/frontrow/Applications/MythFrontend.app/Contents/MacOS/mythfrontend
- or if you have the newer AppLoader, add this to ~/Documents/Applist.plist
- Add the following lines to the XML:
<key>Applications</key> <dict> <key>0</key> <dict> <key>args</key> <string></string> <key>menu</key> <string>MythTV</string> <key>path</key> <string>/Users/frontrow/Applications/MythFrontend.app/Contents/MacOS/mythfrontend</string> </dict> </dict>
Note: You can do this remotely and upload it or copy something like /usr/bin/pico over to the Apple TV. If you copy pico over it will be easier to update things in the future.
- Reboot the Apple TV. This is critical as a full reboot is required for the OS to see the new fonts.
Notes
Video Of MythTV Running on AppleTV
- Confirmed, This is working for me exactly as described. Content streams jsut fine, and the remote work's perfectly. Dr Omega 05:57, 25 May 2007 (CEST)
A question: What hardware tuner do you use? Is it plugged to Apple-TV USB?
- Only Mythfrontend works in OSX you need a Mythbackend and tv tuner in a linux box. It does stream the content over the wireless just fine though, and looks good too. I just have a Leadteck card (bout $50) in my file server. Dr Omega 21:49, 25 May 2007 (CEST)
Another question: Another question:Can you please provide the version of MythTV front end you are using, a linked to a precompiled binary would be better?
One more question: I do not have a Mac available, which fonts are opened by MythTV, so I can make fake fonts with the same name and install in the aTV?
Yet another question: Has anybody tried playing recorded (or live) HD content? How well does ATV handle it while running Myth?
- Not well, as expected. I experimented with HD this evening and had limited success. SD MPEG2 from my Hauppauge PVR-250 is fine, but HD QAM content recorded from my HDHomeRun did not stream well. It never dropped a frame, and so it would play two seconds, and then pause for two seconds. I was using 1080i and have not played with any settings yet. When I tried to exit the video mythtv hung. --Elwood 05:43, 19 June 2007 (CEST)
- I am replacing Roku units which are failing left and right, so I need to get HD from my mythbackendgoing. I may experiment by transcoding the content to HD MPEG4, making an RSS feed, and then playing it back as a podcast with hardware acceleration. --Elwood 05:43, 19 June 2007 (CEST)
Status
Things that work
- Most everything, Playback, remote, setup screens, etc.
- Remote works, Hold play for pause, Hold menu for menus.
Things that don't (Some might not be configured properly)
- Take 2 support: since this page has not been updated since Take 2 was released, MythTV will probably not work under Take 2. Anybody know? Hugh 09:24, 3 March 2008 (CET)
- Requires osx fonts, As I am not sure of the font's it needs, this has added ~500MB to the drive. (I just copied them all untill I can figure out what ones are needed.)
- I have identified the following font's as needed at runtime. I will do further testing but these are three that I know are needed. Dr Omega 03:37, 31 May 2007 (CEST)
- /System/Library/Fonts/Geneva.dfont
- ~/Library/Fonts/Arial
- ~/Library/Fonts/Trebuchet MS
- I have identified the following font's as needed at runtime. I will do further testing but these are three that I know are needed. Dr Omega 03:37, 31 May 2007 (CEST)
- 30-45 second hang when pre-scaling the theme's. (Every launch)
- Fails rendering the preview clips of recordings.
- HD Playback (only tested with pre-recorded content). Significant stuttering makes the playback unwatchable. Perhaps some settings can improve. --Elwood 05:45, 19 June 2007 (CEST)