MythTV PVR/BuildFromSource

• The addon is part of KODI's official addon repository: https://github.com/kodi-pvr/pvr.mythtv
• The addon's development repository is https://github.com/janbar/pvr.mythtv. You will also find the addon's issue tracker here.

Branches

KODI PVR addons like the MythTV addon are not compatible with all versions of KODI (due to the PVR API version dependency). The addon repositories have different branches for the different KODI versions.

• Branch master: Compatible with KODI alpha/beta development builds
• Branch gotham: Compatible with XBMC Gotham (v13)
• Branch helix: Compatible with KODI Helix (v14)
• etc ...

Use git checkout <BRANCH> after cloning the repository to switch to the according branch before starting the build.

Build MythTV addon on Ubuntu

• Install build utilities/libraries

sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install build-essential automake autoconf checkinstall
sudo apt-get install bison flex libtool intltool zip cmake

Build instructions are included in file README.md from source.

Build MythTV addon on OSX

• Install git. Go to http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer
• Install Xcode for your Mac. Go to http://connect.apple.com/
• Install Command line tools: Go to http://connect.apple.com/ or type "xcode-select --install" in terminal
• Install cmake.

Build instructions are included in file README.md from source.

Build MythTV addon on Windows

• Install Visual C++ 2013 windows desktop
• Download pvr.mythtv sources from git repository

cd src
git clone -b helix git://github.com/janbar/pvr.mythtv.git

• Run cmake GUI and create the VC project in a dedicated folder
• Open pvr.mythtv.sln in Visual C++ 2013
• Build it
• To install the addon, copy the generated DLL pvr.mythtv.dll into sub folder pvr.mythtv from the sources. ZIP the sub folder with its content as pvr.mythtv-win32.zip.
• Start KODI, add the addon using the zip file, then finally enable Live TV using the MythTV addon above.

Build MythTV git into OpenELEC

• Follow normal OpenELEC build instructions (http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title=Compile_from_source) for desired PROJECT+ARCH. This stage has to be done for all needed PROJECT+ARCH. It will install required toolchain to build addon.

cd OpenELEC.tv
PROJECT=RPi ARCH=arm make release

• From OpenELEC sources folder clone sources of compatible branch: gotham, helix or doityourself (last development)

git clone -b helix https://github.com/janbar/pvr.mythtv.git

• Create a cleaned build folder and go

mkdir -p build
rm -rf build/*
cd build

• Select PROJECT and ARCH to build

PROJECT=RPi
ARCH=arm

• Configure the build by running script below

for FILE in \
  ../build.OpenELEC-${PROJECT}.${ARCH}-*/toolchain/etc/cmake-*-openelec-*.conf ; do
  if [ -f "$FILE" ]; then
	cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$FILE \
          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
          ../pvr.mythtv/
    break
  fi
done

• Build the addon

make

• Create the package ZIP

cp -r ../pvr.mythtv/pvr.mythtv ./
cp pvr.mythtv.so pvr.mythtv/
zip -r pvr.mythtv-${PROJECT}-${ARCH}.zip ./pvr.mythtv