[mythtv-users] possible to watch recordings from remote frontend?

[Dana Hata]

Ok, simply uncommenting the LocalHostName property (and setting it to
something valid, of course) in /usr/local/share/mythtv of the REMOTE
machine fixed it.  Thanks for your advice!  I didn't even know that
mysql.txt file existed.

Dana

On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 17:40, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Dana Hata
> > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 4:48 PM
> > To: Mythtv-Users
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] possible to watch recordings from remote
> > frontend?
> >
> >
> > I have a typical setup with a master backend server on one machine, and
> > the remote frontend on another machine, and I can watch TV alright from
> > the remote frontend (albeit with skipping), but I cannot watch any
> > recordings that are sitting on the Master backend's store directory.  In
> > the mythfrontend's output, it always says it can't find the file on
> > /mnt/store, so it is evidently looking for it locally.  Is that normal?
> > I thought it would stream it from the master backend server?
> 
> 
> Just curious, do your frontend and backend have the same hostname?  What
> your seeing is what would happen if the backend thought it was talking to a
> local frontend.  It determines this by comparing its local hostname with the
> hostname supplied by the frontend. (Hint: look in the backend log for the
> line with " adding <hostname> as a player"
> 
> Also, in addition to check the 'real' hostname of each machine, check the
> 'Myth' hostname in mysql.txt (either in ~/.mythtv/ or
> /usr/local/share/mythtv).  One problem could be if your
> /usr/local/share/mythtv directory is shared between the two machines,  and
> the LocalHostName line is uncommented.  Either comment the line out, or
> better yet, copy the file to ~/.mythtv/ on each machine (for the myth user)
> and get rid of the copy in /usr/local/share/mythtv.
> 
> -JAC
> 
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