[mythtv-users] frontend runs mythfilldatabase?

[Matt White]

Chris Petersen wrote:
> I don't use mythfrontend very often.  When I do, it's from my
> workstation so that I can edit out commercials.  After finding out that
> I could set up mythfilldatabase to automatically be run my mythtv, I
> assumed that this meant the BACKEND.  I opened up mythfrontend on my box
> (no backend), configured it to run mythfilldatabase and figured that all
> was well.
> 
> Well, on a whim, I popped open the "backend status" in mythweb, and it
> told me that it had been almost 2 weeks since mythfilldatabase had been
> run.  Odd, I thought.  I checked the config, and it is still set to
> run.  However, when I checked the mythfrontend on the backend box, it
> was NOT set to run.
> 
> Is there any way to let people know which settings are "universal" and
> which are set for a specific frontend box?  I had just assumed that
> "mythfilldatabase" would be attributed to the backend, since there's
> little need to have every frontend box set up to run it automatically.

It does actually run on the backend.  I think I know what I did - I used
a local setting (host-specific) instead of a global one.  The settings
that the backend look for are the same hostname as the backend.

I'll fix it up and send in a patch...

In the meantime, set it to run on the mythfrontend on the backend box,
and you should be good.

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Matt White                          whitem at arts.usask.ca
Arts and Science Computer Labs      University of Saskatchewan