MythTV is an open source home media center
Announced the release of the new version of MythTV 34.0, in which introduces a new web application interface and completes version 2 of the Services API, in addition to including a series of changes and corrections that improve the stability and overall functionality of the application.
The architecture of MythTV relies on backend separation to store or capture video (IPTV, DVB cards, etc.) and the front-end to display and form the interface. The front end can work simultaneously with multiple backends, which can run both on the local system and on external computers.
Functionality is implemented through plugins. Currently, there are two sets of plugins available: official and unofficial. The range of capabilities covered by plugins is wide enough - from integration with various online services and the implementation of a web interface for managing the system over the network, to tools for working with a webcam and organizing communications from video between PC.
Main novelties of MythTV 34.0
In this new version that is presented of MythTV 34.0, the new web application interfaceb which provides access to all MyTV settings. The new web application interface, accessible through from port 6544 (http://yourBackend:6544).
Another new feature of this launch is that the working on second version of service API, a page for editing IPTV parameters has been added to the channel editor and support/prerequisite libraries have been added and removed, version 34 will only support direct upgrades from version 0.22 or higher. If users are running an older version, they will need to first upgrade to 0.22, 0.23, or 0.24, and then upgrade to version 33.
In addition to this, we can find a new command line parameter to activate only the web interface, as well as, a new visual effect, SpectrumDetail, to the spectrogram display interface, the implementation of Airplay has added support for decrypting data streams and decrypting session keys Using new versions of OpenSSL and HDHomeRun video capture cards support IPTV, DVB-T/T2 configuration, channel import and MPTS recording.
Of the Other changes that stand out:
- The code was translated to use the C++17 standard.
- Added RecPriority to channel APIs
Provided the ability to decode external subtitles using FFmpeg instead of xine. - Added IPTV editing page to Channel Editor
- Braces were added for readability around the multi-line if clause.
- Added a feature to sync external subtitles with the video stream.
- Added a directory component by including the mitobaseexp.h file.
- The topic has been changed to all of MythCenter.
- Added more details to channel APIs
- Added “Smooth Transitions” setting to the menu.
If you want to know more about the news of this release, you can check the details in the following link
How to install MythTV on Ubuntu and derivatives?
Si do you want to install this application on your system, you can do it in a fairly simple way, since MythTV is available in the official repositories of the latest versions of Ubuntu and also has a PPA from which you can get the latest versions much earlier than in the Ubuntu repositories.
In this case, in order to obtain the new version that was released a few hours ago, we are going to rely on the PPA.
To add it to our system, we just have to open a terminal (you can use the key combination Ctrl + Alt + T) and in it you will type the following command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mythbuntu/34 -y
And to carry out the installation we are just going to type:
sudo apt-get install mythtv
And ready with it, they will already have this application installed on their systems.
How to uninstall MythTV on Ubuntu and derivatives?
If you want to remove this application from your system, just go back to the Ubuntu Software Center and search for the application and the button to remove it from the system will appear.
In the same way, from the terminal you can uninstall it with the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mythtv --auto-remove
And with this the application will be eliminated.