[mythtv-users] frontend setup

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Wednesday 17 December 2003 23:55, Avery, Brian wrote:
> Hi!
> I got a PVR-250 up and running happily. I can watch live tv from the
> same box that I have the encoder card in :) using mythtv or
> mythfrontend.
>
> However when I try to watch live tv from a laptop on the network with
> no encoder card I get can't connect to server from mythtv.
>
>
> What is the standard setup for the play only (no encoder) box?
>
> does it run mythbackend to?
>
> if I run the mythbackend as a cardless slave and point it to the
> master server, I see the master server adding the laptop "as a player
> 0" and "as a player 1" but it never seems to receive a picture.
>
> I'm pretty sure I missed a configuration somewhere or I misunderstand
> how to set up the play only boxes.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian

A 'play only' (i.e., frontend-only) box should *not* run mythbackend.  
There is no such thing as a 'cardless slave'.  Only boxes with tuner 
cards should run mythbackend.  A frontend-only box is not a 'slave', 
it's just a frontend.  All you need to do is install & run mythfrontend 
on that box, and edit <install prefix>/share/mythtv/mysql.txt (or 
${HOME}/.mythtv/mysql.txt) to point to the server where your MySQL 
database resides.  Make sure in your backend setup program (run on the 
backend!) that you've properly configured your Master IP address as the 
correct IP address of your master backend (NOT 127.0.0.1).  You'll also 
need to make sure that you've granted permission to your frontend host/
user to access the mythconverg database in MySQL.

-JAC