MYTHTV-SETUP.REAL(1)

💖 MYTHTV-SETUP.REAL 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for mythtv-setup.real — she lives in section 1 of the user commands, and she is the real one (hence the .real, iykyk). grab a snack, we're going in 🍓

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✨ NAME ✨

mythtv-setup.real — MythTV Setup (real) 👑

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so first things first, the version tea: mythtv-setup is on version fixes/36, and the exact build string is [v36.0+fixes.20260401.1385cbfc60-0ubuntu3]. the home base is www.mythtv.org — that's the site, go say hi 💜

k so what does she even do? mythtv-setup is the setup application for the backend server. that's the whole job. you use her to:

• configure the backend 🖥️
• manage tuner cards 📺
• manage storage 💾

⚠️ lowkey important: most settings will require a restart of the backend before they take effect. no cap. change it, restart it, then it's real. don't come crying to me when nothing happened because you didn't bounce the backend 💀

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🎀 Misc. Options: 🎀

• -O, --override-setting — override a single setting, and you define it as a key=value pair. one setting, one pair, slay.
• --override-settings-file — point her at a file full of key=value pairs and she'll load them all up as setting overrides. bulk mode bestie ✨
• -h, --help, --usage — show this help printout, or if you want the deep dive, give detailed info on a selected option. she's happy to explain herself 🫶
• --version — display version information. the classic.

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🦋 Qt Options: 🦋

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

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🌈 Logging Options: 🌈

• --loglevel — set the logging level. all log messages at lower levels will be discarded. in descending order: emerg, alert, crit, err, warning, notice, info, debug, trace — and it defaults to info. so if you're not seeing something, hello, it got discarded 👀
• --loglong — use the long log format for the console, i.e. show file, line number, etc. in the console log. receipts included 💅
• --logpath — writes logging messages to a file inside the directory logpath, with filenames in the format: applicationName.date.pid.log. this is typically used in combination with --daemon, and if you use it in combination with --pidfile, it can be used with log rotators — using the HUP call to inform MythTV to reload the file. iconic behavior 🔥
• -q, --quiet — don't log to the console (-q). don't log anywhere (-q -q). two q's and she goes fully silent, main character mystery energy 🙈
• --syslog — set the syslog logging facility. set it to "none" to disable it, and note it defaults to none.
• --systemd-journal — use systemd-journal instead of syslog. modern girl move ✨
• -v, --verbose — specify log filtering. use -v help for level info. (yes literally type that, she'll tell you the levels.)

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🌟 User Interface Options: 🌟

• -geometry, --geometry — specify window size and position, in the form WxH[+X+Y]. very specific, very demure.
• --mouse-cursor — force visibility of the mouse cursor. she's here, she's visible, deal with it.
• --no-mouse-cursor — force the mouse cursor to be hidden. poof, gone, she said bye 💨
• -nw, --no-windowed — prevent the application from running in a window. full send, no box.
• -w, --windowed — force the application to run in a window. cozy contained vibe 🎀

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okay that's the whole page, no skips, no cuts, we ate and left no crumbs 👑

and for the cute sign-off: this beauty is mythtv-setup.real at version 36.0+fixes.2..., dated August 2026, and yes she's the section 1 girlie, MYTHTV-SETUP.REAL(1), always and forever 💖🦋🌸 periodt.