MYTHSCREENWIZARD(1)

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version 36.0+fixes.20260401.1385cbfc60 · 5 versions
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💖 MYTHSCREENWIZARD 💖

okay bestie, so you've found mythscreenwizard and you're like "what is this and why is it looking at me" — let me put you on 💅

✨ NAME ✨

mythscreenwizard — the MythTV Screen Wizard, no cap 🌈

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

So the vibe here is: this is mythscreenwizard, version fixes/36 , specifically — and I'm quoting the girlies here — [v36.0+fixes.20260401.1385cbfc60-0ubuntu3] www.mythtv.org ✨

MythScreenWizard is an external application that implements the Screen Setup Wizard (literally what it says on the tin, iconic 💅).

🚨 okay listen: you should typically not run this manually. fr fr. It's meant to be called through the frontend. So hands off the command line on this one unless you know what you're doing 👑

🎀 Misc. Options 🎀

  • -O, --override-setting — override exactly one setting, and you define it as a key=value pair. one (1) setting. singular 💅
  • --override-settings-file — point at a file full of key=value pairs and it'll load those up for setting overrides 📝
  • -h, --help, --usage — shows you this help printout, or if you pick a specific option it'll give you the detailed 411 on it 🫶
  • --version — spits out version info, the classic ✨

🦋 Qt Options 🦋

  • -display, --display — the Qt (QPA) X11 connection name, used when you're rocking the xcb (X11) platform plugin 🖥️
  • -platform, --platform — the Qt (QPA) platform argument 🌸

🍓 Logging Options 🍓

  • --loglevel — sets the logging level. anything at a lower level gets yeeted into the void 🗑️. from most to least dramatic: emerg, alert, crit, err, warning, notice, info, debug, trace — and it defaults to info 💜
  • --loglong — uses the long log format for the console, meaning it shows you the file, the line number, etc. in the console log. the whole story, not just the headline 📖
  • --logpath — writes logging messages to a file inside the directory logpath, with filenames shaped like: applicationName.date.pid.log. it's typically used together with --daemon, and if you pair it with --pidfile you can use it with log rotators and use the HUP call to tell MythTV to reload the file 🔄
  • -q, --quiet — don't log to the console (-q). and for the truly silent treatment, -q -q means don't log anywhere 🤫
  • --syslog — sets the syslog logging facility. set it to "none" to disable it, and just so you know, it defaults to none 🙈
  • --systemd-journal — uses systemd-journal instead of syslog, for the systemd girlies ✨
  • -v, --verbose — specifies log filtering. use -v help if you want the level info 👀

🌸 User Interface Options 🌸

  • --mouse-cursor — forces the mouse cursor to be visible 🖱️
  • --no-mouse-cursor — forces the mouse cursor to be hidden 🫥

and that's the whole page, bestie! 🎀 this was mythscreenwizard version 36.0+fixes.20..., dated August 2026 — slay, periodt, go call it from the frontend like a good main character 👑💖

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