Version 0.25 of MythTV has been released! The Mythbuntu team would like to thank the MythTV team (and you should too) for their hard work in getting this release out the door.
Key New Features
- MythTV Services API - services available for both MythFrontend and MythBackend
- Capable MythNetvision sources can now be controlled via remote(lirc)
- HTTP Live Streaming Capabilities - ability to expose recordings and videos via the services API
- VAAPI support
- DirectX Video Acceleration 2 (DXVA2) on Windows (alpha support)
- CEC Capabilities - 2-way communication/control capabilities between MythTV and capable devices such as TVs, receivers, STBs, etc.
- 3D support - for Side-by-Side and Top-and-Bottom 3D
- IPv6 support - for mythbackend and mythfrontend (see Enable IPv6)
- HTTP control and query capabilities for MythFrontend (Currently a Proof of Concept)
- AirTunes/AirPlay support for streaming audio and video from iOS devices to MythFrontend
- E-AC3, TrueHD, and DTS-HD digital pass-through support
- Hardware Profiler - helps developers understand the user's hardware landscape and statistics (opt-in)
- Initial animation support for MythUI
- New, robust Microsoft Windows and OS X (including 10.7 "lion") build scripts / packager
Major Changes
- MythVideo is now part of core MythTV and no longer a seperate plugin
- MythMusic has been significantly revamped and updated to MythUI
- Significantly enhanced and integrated metadata lookup capabilities for videos and recordings
- Integrate and leverage internal player in MythNetvision when possible
- Better Video Decode Acceleration (VDA) support on Mac OS X
- "mythutil --message" replaces the previously removed mythtvosd for sending messages for display on the frontend
- Removed XvMC Support (Disadvantages now outweigh the advantages)
- Removed libmpeg2 support for video playback (libav is more stable)
- Deprecation/Replacement of MythXML (in favor of new Services API)
- Re-write of logging system (see Logging)
- Removed jamu - superseded by MythMetadataLookup
The Mythbuntu team provides MythTV 0.25 builds for Mythbuntu 12.04, 11.10, 11.04, and 10.04 via the Mythbuntu repositories. You can view the full MythTV 0.25 release notes here.
Known Issues
- When upgrading to 0.25, you will need to use "apt-get dist-upgrade" as the following packages will need to be removed: libmyth-0.24-0, mythtv-theme-childish, mythtv-theme-metallurgy, mythtv-themes, mythvideo