How to install and use mythtv on Ubuntu

MythTV is specially designed for those who need entertainment with a single click. It is an open-source and free home entertainment application that provides excellent options and features. According to the official website of Mythtv, it has a simplified “10-foot user interface”.

MythTV offers many home entertainment options, including digital multimedia, computers, streaming digital video recorders, and home theaters, using the right hardware. It primarily runs on Linux, Unix, FreeBSD, macOS. That’s why we are writing this tutorial to give you a brief about the ways to install and use MythTV on Ubuntu.

Features of MythTV

MythTV has support for the DataDirect Guide service that has been removed from Schedule Direct, and XMLTV now uses one of the grabbers for Schedule Direct.
It has an excellent and better channel scanning option.
Python3 is now supported with MythTV that means python2 is now deprecated in the newer versions.
MythTV has made some significant changes in playback and video decoding.

Available Packages of MythTV

mythtv	It offers a complete frontend and backend system with a database.
mythtv-frontend	It has a frontend system that connects to the backend.
mythtv-backend	database.
mythtv-backend-master	It has a master Backend with a database.
mythtv-database	It only has the database option.
mythplugins	It has all of the plugins for MythTV.
mythbuntu-control-centre	It has a control center to configure MythTV as per the user requirements.

How to Install and Use MythTV On Ubuntu

It is easy to install and use MythTV on ubuntu by the following steps:

First, open the Linux terminal from the application menu or press CTRL, ALT, and T keys simultaneously. Now execute the below command line in the terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mythbuntu/31.0

Note: 31.0 is the latest version of MythTV currently. That’s why we have written 31.0 in the above command.

Now update your system as per the latest system available:

sudo apt-get update

Finally, Execute the following command to install MythTV in your system:

sudo apt-get install mythtv

Go to the application menu and open MythTV from it. Now you can use MythTV on Ubuntu to watch your favorite shows without having any interpretations (Sometimes, the system asks their user to type the password before starting MythTV, so don’t worry if you see any popup like this).

How to Uninstall MythTV on Ubuntu

Open the Linux terminal again use the below command to uninstall MythTV easily:

sudo apt remove mythtv

In a Nutshell

So this is how you can easily install and use MythTV on Ubuntu and watch your favorite tv shows. MythTV has millions of users and has a vast community. If you face any issues while using MythTV, let us know, and we will create a particular tutorial as a resolution for the issue.