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Revision as of 19:47, 6 February 2006
Contents
- 1 Frontend
- 1.1 Watch TV
- 1.2 Media Library
- 1.3 Watch Recordings
- 1.4 Manage Recordings
- 1.5 Information Center
- 1.6 General
- 1.6.1 Database Page 1
- 1.6.2 Database Page 2
- 1.6.3 Audio
- 1.6.3.1 Audio output device
- 1.6.3.2 Enable AC3 to SPDIF passthrough
- 1.6.3.3 Agressive soundcard buffering
- 1.6.3.4 Use Internal Volume Controls
- 1.6.3.5 Select mixer device Master | PCM (selects device that myth volume controls affect)
- 1.6.3.6 Mixer Controls
- 1.6.3.7 Master mixer volume 0-100 (selects volume level)
- 1.6.3.8 PCM mixer volume 0-100 (selects volume level)
- 1.6.3.9 Independent muting of left and right audio channels
- 1.6.4 General Page 3
- 1.6.5 General Page 4
- 1.7 Appearance
- 1.8 TV settings
- 1.8.1 General
- 1.8.2 Program Guide
- 1.8.3 Playback
- 1.8.4 Recording Profiles
- 1.8.5 Recording Priorities
- 1.9 Media settings
- 1.10 Info center settings
- 1.11 Phone settings
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
Watch TV
Media Library
Watch Recordings
Manage Recordings
Schedule Recordings
Program Guide
Program Finder
Search Words
Titles
Keywords
People
Advanced
Search Lists
New titles
Movies
Categories
Channels
Time
Custom Record
Manual Schedule
Set Priorities
Upcoming Recordings
Delete Recordings
Previously Recorded
Information Center
System Status
Listings Status
Tuner Status
Log Entries
Job Queue
Machine Status
AutoExpire List
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 running a single combined backend and frontend, then leave this at its default value of 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 | mythconverg |
On Page Description | The name of the database. This information is required |
Detailed Description and Comments | This is the name of the database the MythTV backend uses to store information. Normally you should not need to change this. However, you may choose to have different databases for different reasons, for example, a test database so you can check out configurations, and then put this back to mythconverg later, or a different database depending on user, so each user can have their own look and feel. |
User
Default Setting | mythtv |
On Page Description | The user name to use while connecting to the database. This information 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 to suit your system |
Database type
Default Setting | MySql |
On Page Description | The database implementation used for your server |
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 | Unchecked |
On Page Description | If thisfrontend's hostname changes often, check this box and provide a network-unique name to indetify it. If unchecked, the frontend machine's local hostname will be used to save preferences in the database |
Detailed Description and Comments | This is the meat of the subject |
Use Wake-on-LAN to Wake Database
Setting Type | Toggle |
Default Setting | Unchecked |
On Page Descripti | If checked, the frontend will use Wake-On Lan parameters to reconnect to the database server (Mythbackend) |
Detailed Description and Comments | Wake-On lan is an ACPI option that allows yur machine to powerup based on activity on the network. You need to makes sure that your machine supports ACPI correctly for this to work. You can use this remotely activate your machine for instance when you are at work. |
Audio
Audio output device
Default Setting | /dev/dsp |
On Page Description | Blank |
Detailed Description and Comments | This is the sound card that you want to use.
To specify an ALSA device, use the format ALSA:device (where device is a valid ALSA device such as spdif; iec958; default; hw::0,0; plughw:0,0; etc.). For example, ALSA:spdif.
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Enable AC3 to SPDIF passthrough
Default Setting | Unchecked |
On Page Description | Enable sending AC3 audio directly to your sound card's SPDIF output. on sources which contain AC3 soundtracks (usually digital tv). Requires that the sudio output device be set to something suitable |
Detailed Description and Comments | AC3 is Dolby Digital surround. You will need to connect your Myth box to your surround receiver via a Optical or coaxial connector. Raw AC3 Stream is passed through to your receiver which will decode the surround. This is the preferred method for best audio quality, and also takes the audio processing load from your machine.
For more information on setting up digital audio, see the Configuring Digital Sound page. |
Agressive soundcard buffering
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 Internal Volume Controls
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 |
Mixer Controls
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 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 |
Independent muting of left and right audio channels
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 and 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
General playback
Deinterlace playback
Custom Filters:
Default Setting | PUT IN THE DEFUALT HERE |
On Page Description | Copy the description on the page Here |
Detailed Description and Comments | Full Guide to using Filters Filter_Instructions |