[mythtv-users] [Q] : Why only numeric IP addresses work?

[Chris Pinkham]

> > This is by design.  The setting is called "Master Server IP Address",
> > not "Master Server Hostname."  The code expects an IP address and =20
> > does
> > not try to resolve to an IP address, so you must give an IP and not a
> > hostname.
> >
> 
> Hmm then what is the idea behing the design, why not resolving a given =20
> hostname?
> Bye
> Manu

I'm not sure, I wasn't around when that part of the code was written.
Maybe you could submit a patch to "fix" the places where Myth relies on and
uses IP addresses instead of hostnames.  That patch should also still work
correctly even I put in an IP instead of hostname.

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Chris