![]() ![]() Grab and install MySQL 5.1 for Mac OS X from the Mysql site. The MythTV backend relies on having a MySQL database available for storing information about upcoming and past recordings, channel setup, and the like. Setting initial MySQL database and permissions.The main additional complexities of installing the backend on OSX are Inexperienced users who run into trouble may wish to gain experience with MythTV on Linux as training for setting it up on OSX. Setting up the backend is somewhat more complicated than when using prebuilt Linux distributions such as MythBuntu. The MythTV backend and its MySQL database run smoothly on OSX. To watch streamed video on MythWeb servers from OSX, you may have to alter the treatment of streaming files. See the User Manual for more information on configuring the frontend. For v0.25 the frontend must be configured to use OpenGL. The first time you run MythFrontend, it will enter a setup mode where you must configure the details of its access to the backend, and its display options. Additionally the frontend and backend generally need to be the same major version to work together. Note: in order for the MythTV Frontend to do anything useful you must first have a MythTV backend installed and configured. ![]() Older versions are compatible with versions of OSX from 10.3.x (Panther) through 10.6.x (Snow Leopard). Version 0.25 through 0.26 are compatible with 10.5 to 10.7. Version 0.27 is officially supported on 10.8 and 10.9. MythFrontend is a normal OSX app that has no special dependencies to run. Want to contribute builds? Read more at the Mac OSX Release Build Contributors Page.
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