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Revision as of 20:39, 2 February 2006

Contents

Frontend

Here are the pages that give detailed descriptions of all the Frontend Configuration Options, technical descriptions and examples of best practice.--Mikec 16:46, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Here is a description of the MythTV Frontend Process MythFrontend

General

Database Page 1

Hostname
Default Setting 127.0.0.1
On Page Description The hostname or IP address of the machine hosting the database. This information is required
Detailed Description and Comments If you are runing a single combined backend and frontend , then leave this at its default value 127.0.0.1. This is often referred to as the local loopback IP address. If you have multiple frontends connecting to this backend then you will need to set this address to the same address as the its real IP address eg 192.168.2.11 as it appears on your network. If you have a DNS Server running on your network you can just put the hostname eg "MythBackend". Your DNS Server will translate this to its real IP address.
Database
Default Setting mythconverge
On Page Description The name of the database. This information is required
Detailed Description and Comments This is the name of the MySQL Database the the MythTV backend holds all of its information in. Normally you should not need to change this. You might howerver choose to have different databases for different reasons, ie a test database so you can check out configurations, and then put this back to mythconverge later, or how about different database depending on user, so each user can have their own look and fee.
User
Default Setting mythtv
On Page Description The user name to use while connecting to the database. This infromation is required
Detailed Description and Comments you should not have to change this from its default.
Password
Default Setting mythtv
On Page Description The password to use while connecting to the database. This information is required
Detailed Description and Comments Change this do suite your system
Database type
Default Setting MySql
On Page Description The database implementation used for your srever
Detailed Description and Comments MySql is an Opensource database used by MythTV to hold all of its internal information.

Database Page 2

Use Custom Identifier for Frontend Preference
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject
Use Wake-on-LAN to Wake Database
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject
Audio
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject
Audio output device
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject


Select mixer device Master | PCM (selects device that myth volume controls affect)
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject
Master mixer volume 0-100 (selects volume level)
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject


PCM volume 0-100 (selects volume level)
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject


General Page 3

System Exit Key
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject


Confirm Exit (Checkbox)
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject


Halt Command
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject


Keypress Command
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject
Use Arrow Key Accelerators
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject


General Page 4

Require setup PIN
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject


Setup PIN Code
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject


Monitor CD/DVD
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject
Enable X-box Hardware
Default Setting Disabled
On Page Description This enables support for Xbox Specific hardware. Requires a frontend restart for changes to take effect.
Detailed Description and Comments Enabling this option will add another button to the settings menu allowing configuration of your Xbox LED. You will need the Blink program from the xbox-linux project, which is installed as /bin/led on GentooX and /usr/bin/blink on Xebian. (Type which blink to see if the program is available.) If you do not have blink, you may obtain it from the Xbox-Linux project site at http://xbox-linux.sf.net/.

Once you have installed blink you will need to set permissions. blink needs write permission to the i2c device to function properly. There are three methods to accomplish this. First, you could run mythfrontend as root, which is the simplest method, but could potentially be a security risk. Next, you may make the blink binary setuid root, which allows non-privileged users to run a program with root capability. This is done by typing the command:

   $ su
   # chmod u+s /path/to/blink

If you select GentooX as the distribution led will be used as the blink binary name, otherwise, blink is used. Colors should be self explanatory. The update interval determines how often the frontend should poll the backend to determine if the status has changed.

Myth database logging
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject
Mythfilldatabase
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject

Appearance

Theme

Theme
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject
Qt style
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject
Font size
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject
Use random theme (Checkbox)
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject
Menu theme
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject

Screen settings

GUI width (width in pixels of window that myth uses)
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject
GUI height (height in pixels of window that myth uses
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject
X offset (offset in pixels from top edge of screen of window)
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject
Y offset (horizontal offset in pixels from left edge of screen)
Default Setting PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE
On Page Description Copy the description on the page Here
Detailed Description and Comments This is the meat of the subject

Video Mode Settings

Separate video modes for GUI adn TV playback

Localization

English
Date formate
Short Date format
Time format

QT

Small font
Medium font
Big font
Use Transparent Boxes
Popup Background Shading Method

LCD device display

Enable LCD device

TV settings

General

Program Guide

   * Playback
         o General playback
               + Deinterlace playback
               + Custom Filters:
               + Use libmpeg2 for decoding
               + Enable realtiem priority threads
               + Use video as timebase
               + Extra audio buffering
               + Aspect override
               + PIP video location
         o General playback (part 2)
               + ?
         o View recordings
         o View recordings (Recording Groups)
         o Hardware decoding settings
               + Use the PVR-350's TV out/MPEG decoder
               + Video device for the PVR-350 MPEG decoder
               + Program Guide Alpha:
               + Enable OpenGL vertical sync for timing
               + Use hardware XvMC MPEG Decoding
               + Use HW XVMC VLD Decoding (Via only)


         o Seeking
         o Commercial Skip
         o Overscan
               + Vertical over/underscan
               + Horizontal over/underscan
               + Scan displacement (X)
               + Scan displacement (Y)
         o On-screen display
   * Recording Profiles
   * Recording Priorities

Media settings

Info center settings

Phone settings