[linuxhtpc]

Hello,

I'd like to use pvr.mythtv on Fedora but there doesn't seem to be any packaged version from any reputable repo.

I had no problem cloning xbmc and pvr.mythv from github and was then able to compile pvr.mythtv. The problem is that the compiled addon causes X to crash after Kodi is restarted.
(For reference I've got my system configured by mostly using these instructions and I have a separate mythtv backend.)


Because I'm not compiling xbmc/Kodi, but instead am using the currently available version from the Fedora rpmfusion repo, I expect the crash is caused by me compiling pvr.mythv against a newer release of Kodi, but then trying to use it on an older version.

Should I spend more time investigating cryptic Xorg logs or kodi logs or is this probably the cause?

What would I need to do to compile pvr.mythtv against an older version of Kodi? (How could I check out the old branch, for example)


I'm hoping that in the long-term I'll be able to come up with an automated way to checkout the correct branch, recompile pvr.mythtv and replace the old copy every time the kodi binary is updated.
I imagine I could check out an old branch in an automated fashion in a shell script, but it's a bit annoying that the kodi branch names are not based on numbers but instead on the release name.


Thank you in advance!

[wsnipex]

You need to compile the correct branch of your addon. For kodi 16 use the jarvis branch

[linuxhtpc]

Thanks for the fast reply wsnipex!

While I can run this manually for now I wish to automate it in future.

Since the Kodi packages are numbered, I need to determine the branch name in order to script it. As far as you know, is the header in the /usr/share/doc/kodi/README.md file which mentions the branch by name in Travis reference, always going to exist?


Thanks again!

[linuxhtpc]

I'm having a world of pain trying to get this to compile with the correct branch!

"
No platform specific file /home/mock/source/xbmc/project/cmake/addons/depends/linux/CMakeLists.txt found
"

I don't claim to understand the conversation (at least in the quick time I've read it) but I gather you were involved in a conversation on Github around this kind of issue. There was some Windows-specific compression library causing issues for people doing exactly like I am - working on only on one branch (Jarvis).

Could anybody please help?

[wsnipex]

This is just a warning and definitely not an issue. Provide a complete build log.

[linuxhtpc]

Thanks!

Immediately after that warning it ends with

Code:

-- Processing linux
-- No platform specific file /home/builder/source/xbmc/project/cmake/addons/depends/linux/linux/CMakeLists.txt found
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:394 (message):
  pvr.mythtv: invalid or missing addon source directory at
  /home/builder/source/xbmc/project/pvr.mythtv

full dump here http://pastebin.com/vEfh1zpn
and the log mentioned in it is dumped here http://pastebin.com/89FdSmMG

It's right that /home/builder/source/xbmc/project/pvr.mythtv doesn't exist - I thought that was created by this cmake process?

For reference, I'm running

Code:

cmake -DADDONS_TO_BUILD=pvr.mythtv -DADDON_SRC_PREFIX=../.. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../../xbmc/addons -DPACKAGE_ZIP=1 ../../xbmc/project/cmake/addons

which is straight from the readme on this branch

[linuxhtpc]

I've just removed my whole source directory and repeated the steps in the readme (except that I'm cloning only the "Jarvis" branch) however I keep having the same problem.

[linuxhtpc]

I've done it one more time as I thought I'd made errors.
I also avoided using the --single-branch argument with 'git clone' just in case.

This paste includes the full history of me actually cloning both repos, setting up and running cmake.

http://pastebin.com/dvqNeQww

It ends in the same error at 100%(!) sadly.


Here's the paste of the log from it:

http://pastebin.com/LDSx2PPj


Thanks in advance!

[linuxhtpc]

I'd really appreciate help please it still fails in cmake.


Is anybody using this on a recent Fedora release?

It would be really sad to have to stick with mythtv frontend as my primary interface.

Thanks!

[e134]

Thanks!

Immediately after that warning it ends with

Code:

-- Processing linux
-- No platform specific file /home/builder/source/xbmc/project/cmake/addons/depends/linux/linux/CMakeLists.txt found
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:394 (message):
  pvr.mythtv: invalid or missing addon source directory at
  /home/builder/source/xbmc/project/pvr.mythtv

Hi, there seems to be error in the instructions, you have to clone the pvr.mythtv into that xbmc/project directory. Here is complete instructions based on how I compiled the add-on on Fedora 24:

Code:

1. git clone -b Jarvis https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.git
2. cd xbmc/project/
3. git clone -b Jarvis https://github.com/kodi-pvr/pvr.mythtv.git
4. cd pvr.mythtv && mkdir build && cd build
5. cmake -DADDONS_TO_BUILD=pvr.mythtv -DADDON_SRC_PREFIX=../.. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../../../addons -DPACKAGE_ZIP=1 ../../../project/cmake/addons
6. make

After that you can create the zip package like this:

Code:

1. cp pvr.mythtv-prefix/src/pvr.mythtv-build/pvr.mythtv.so ../pvr.mythtv/
2. cd ..
3. zip -r pvr.mythtv.zip pvr.mythtv

[linuxhtpc]

Awesome, thanks so much for creating an account just to reply!

I'll give that a try very soon.

Note that after I wrote these posts I realised that I was compiling the addon against xbmc source and not the patched xbmc source used in Fedora. So I began investigating creating a pvr.mythv rpm using the Kodi 16 SRPM for Fedora as a base.
I've not had much chance to look at it since.