[mythtv] Loss of "This server is the Master Backend" configuration in fixes/32

Sun Feb 6 22:35:42 UTC 2022

On Sun, 6 Feb 2022 at 23:06, Paul Harrison <mythtv at mythqml.net> wrote:

> On 06/02/2022 19:04, John Pilkington wrote:
>
> > On 06/02/2022 14:32, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> >> On Sun, 6 Feb 2022 14:43:35 +0100, you wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sun, 6 Feb 2022 at 12:36, John Pilkington <johnpilk222 at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 06/02/2022 10:40, Klaas de Waal wrote:
> >>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have now on two different systems that the checkbox for "This
> >>>>> server
> >>>>> is the Master Backend" is unexpectedly unchecked. This is with
> >>>>> testing
> >>>>> the fixes/32. It could just be that I did something wrong but if
> >>>>> others
> >>>>> also experience this issue it might be a bug.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Klaas.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have mythtv-setup problems too, but thought they were caused by
> >>>> unwanted interaction between boxes intended to be independent.  At
> >>>> present I have switched off the problem box and am wondering if I
> >>>> need a
> >>>> DB restore.    I dislike the full-screen arrogance of the default
> >>>> setup,
> >>>> and that it finds several servers with no obvious way of knowing which
> >>>> is which.   Fortunately, once set up, it usually works.  And I know
> >>>> I'm
> >>>> supposed to use the 'ten foot interface' model with a single syatem...
> >>>>
> >>>> My problems did start after trying to test an updated Dutch
> >>>> translation on
> >>> my laptop.
> >>> It looks like starting mythfrontend with the -p command line option, as
> >>> recommended in the Wiki page
> >>> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Translation#Do_the_translation, is what
> >>> causes
> >>> the problems.
> >>> I did expect the "mythfrontend -p" to ask for the language; instead it
> >>> comes up with a backend selection page.
> >>> There are two backends shown with completely identical descriptions.
> >>> Selecting the first one gives a popup box with a prompt for a PIN code.
> >>> Entering 0000 fails, the box remains.
> >>> Selecting the second one works OK without a PIN code. This happens
> >>> to be
> >>> the production backend in my attic and this is not what I wanted so
> >>> I just
> >>> exited after clicking around for a while.
> >>> Now on BOTH systems, my laptop and the one in the attic, the "This
> >>> server
> >>> is the Master Backend" is unchecked.
> >>> I have been able to reproduce this once but not twice.
> >>>
> >>> Looks like there are the following issues:
> >>>
> >>> - The "mythfrontend -p" command is expected to ask for country and
> >>> language
> >>> but instead it does something completely different. It could be that
> >>> the
> >>> documentation in
> >>> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Translation#Do_the_translation
> >>> is not correct.
> >>> - The backend configuration is clobbered by "mythfrontend -p". This
> >>> should
> >>> never happen and is the most serious issue.
> >>> - I can NOT start mythfrontend when I select the backend via the
> >>> backend
> >>> selection page; it then asks for a PIN code which is not accepted.
> >>> I can
> >>> however just start mythfrontend without the "-p" option and then it
> >>> starts
> >>> OK. This is inconsistent.
> >>> - The two backends presented in the backend selection page have a 100%
> >>> identical description. This makes selecting the correct backend a
> >>> lottery.
> >>
> >> If you copy /usr/share/mythtv/devicemaster.xml to
> >> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/devicemaster.xml and edit it there, that should
> >> allow you to change the names that show up when selecting backends.
> >>
> >>> I also think that the default for mythtv-setup should be to appear in a
> >>> window and not full screen. Typical use for mythtv-setup, at least
> >>> for me,
> >>> to run it via ssh on a computer screen and not on the TV. The annoying
> >>> thing is that this can only be changed in mythfrontend.
> >>
> >> I believe that it is possible to use -O to override settings that are
> >> in the settings table if the program does not have a native way of
> >> changing them.  So something like this might work:
> >>
> >> -O RunFrontendInWindow=1
> >>
> >>> Klaas.
> >
> > Thanks, Stephen, for your suggestions.  So far I haven't seen any
> > response to my editing of devicemaster.xml, but I did notice that one
> > box is showing 32.202201... and another 33.202202...  Perhaps it needs
> > a reboot to be effective.  I had restarted the backend.
> >
> >
> You need to tell the backend where to look for the new devicemaster.xml
> file.
>
>
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/UPnP#Overriding_the_default_devicemaster.xml_file
>
>
> We live and learn! I did not know this.
But maybe we can add something that makes the default identification a bit
easier.
Currently it shows the string  "MythTV AV Media Server" plus the MythTV
version and date, now 32.202....
Which happens to be the same for my production backend and my development
laptop.
Can we tack on the hostname and/or the IP address somewhere?
E.g. "MythTV AV Media Server v32" plus "hostname:192.168.1.23" would be
perfect unless there is more than one mythbackend running per host.
I did experiment a bit but getting the MythUIButtonListItem to do what I
want proved too much on a late Sunday evening.
Also, we should agree if this is a good idea before we implement it. Maybe
a ticket.

And then there is the issue of the master backend setting being modified
when "mythfrontend --prompt" is used.
And why is it possible to start mythfrontend without the --prompt but that
it fails on a pin code validation when --prompt is used....

Klaas.
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