xbmc as myth frontend on macosx

xbmc these days can function as mythtv frontend. I found xbmc easier to setup on other OS'es other than my regular front and back ends.

For instance, my regular mythtv back and front ends are Ubuntu lucid LTS (10.04); but I also have a macbook pro (running mac osx), and a Lenovo U400 running Ubuntu precise.

Here's how I setup xbmc as my mythtv frontenv.

Assumptions:

My myth backend is 192.168.1.100

Step  1.

Install xbmc. Refer http://xbmc.org/download/ on howto, for your platform.

Step 2.

Install MythBox addon. Go to Videos -> Add-ons -> Get More.. and select and install MythBox.

Step 3.

Go into MythBox to where you can define the MySQL details.  Here's how I've configured mine:




Step 4.

Spawn xbmc. Before we do that, lets route 6543 traffic to the myth backend server.

(Note: you can use socat easier than ssh, there is an example elsewhere in this blog to use socat)

mac

$ /usr/X11/bin/xterm -title "Close_me_after_myth" -e "ssh -c blowfish -L 6543:localhost:6543 192.168.1.100 cat - " 

linux

 
$ /usr/bin/xterm  -title "Close_me_after_myth" -e "ssh -c blowfish -L 6543:localhost:6543 192.168.1.100 cat - " & 

Start MythBox, enjoy