This change adds a new section about MythTV to the multimedia chapter

of the handbook. The section is based on notes from a page in the
FreeBSD wiki.

Converting the wiki page into a handbook chapter was done as part of
the Google Code-In 2011 contest.

GCIN student (initial author):  Isabell Long (isabell121 gmail com)
GCIN task mentors:  decke, wkoszek
Passive voice and other corrections by: Niclas Zeising (zeising daemonic se)
Smaller style fixes by: me
Prodding me to commit this by:  decke

1 files changed, 87 insertions, 0 deletions

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@@ -1494,6 +1494,93 @@ bktr0: Pinnacle/Miro TV, Philips SECAM tuner.</programlisting>
     </sect2>
   </sect1>
 
+  <sect1 id="mythtv">
+    <title>MythTV</title>
+
+    <para>MythTV is an open source <acronym
+      role="Personal Video Recorder">PVR</acronym> software
+      project.</para>
+
+    <para>It is well-known in the &linux; world as a complex
+      application with many dependencies, and therefore difficult to
+      install.  The &os; ports system simplifies much of the process, but
+      some components must be set up manually.  This section is intended
+      to help and guide in setting up MythTV.</para>
+
+    <sect2>
+      <title>Hardware</title>
+
+      <para>MythTV is designed to utilise <acronym
+        role="Video for Linux">V4L</acronym> to access video input devices
+        such as encoders and tuners.  At this time, MythTV works best with
+        <acronym role="Universal Serial Bus">USB</acronym> DVB-S/C/T cards
+        supported by <filename
+        role="package">multimedia/webcamd</filename> because
+        <application>webcamd</application> provides a <acronym
+        role="Video for Linux">V4L</acronym> userland application.  Any
+        <acronym role="Digital Video Broadcasting">DVB</acronym> card
+        supported by <application>webcamd</application> should work with
+        MythTV, but a list of known working cards can be found <ulink
+        url="http://wiki.freebsd.org/WebcamCompat">here</ulink>.  There
+        are also drivers available for Hauppauge cards in the following
+        packages: <filename role="package">multimedia/pvr250</filename>
+        and <filename role="package">multimedia/pvrxxx</filename>, but
+        they provide a non-standard driver interface that does not work
+        with versions of MythTV greater than 0.23.</para>
+
+      <para><ulink url="http://wiki.freebsd.org/HTPC">HTPC</ulink>
+        contains a list of all available <acronym
+        role="Digital Video Broadcasting">DVB</acronym> drivers.</para>
+    </sect2>
+    
+    <sect2>
+      <title>Dependencies</title>
+
+      <para>Being flexible and modular, MythTV allows the user to have the
+        frontend and backend on different machines.</para>
+
+      <para>For the frontend, <filename
+        role="package">multimedia/mythtv-frontend</filename> is required,
+        as well as an X server, which can be found in <filename
+        role="package">x11/xorg</filename>.  Ideally, the frontend
+        computer also has a video card that supports <acronym
+        role="X-Video Motion Compensation">XvMC</acronym> and,
+        optionally, a <acronym
+        role="Linux Infrared Remote Control">LIRC</acronym>-compatible
+        remote.</para>
+
+      <para>For the backend, <filename
+        role="package">multimedia/mythtv</filename> is required, as well
+        as a &mysql; database, and optionally a tuner and storage for
+        recordings.  The &mysql; package should be automatically installed
+        as a dependency when installing <filename
+        role="package">multimedia/mythtv</filename>.</para>
+    </sect2>
+
+    <sect2>
+      <title>Setting up MythTV</title>
+
+      <para>To install MythTV, use the following steps. First, install
+        MythTV from the &os; Ports collection:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/multimedia/mythtv</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>Set up the MythTV database:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mysql -uroot -p < /usr/local/share/mythtv/database/mc.sql</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>Configure the backend:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mythtv-setup</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>Start the backend:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>echo 'mythbackend_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mythbackend start</userinput></screen>
+    </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+
   <sect1 id="scanners">
     <sect1info>
       <authorgroup>