[mythtv-users] frontend runs mythfilldatabase?

[David Brieck Jr.]

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:19:15 -0600, Brian LeFevre <blefevre at ida.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Matt White wrote:
> > Chris Petersen wrote:
> >
> >> I don't use mythfrontend very often.  When I do, it's from my
> >> workstation so that I can edit out commercials.  After finding out that
> >> I could set up mythfilldatabase to automatically be run my mythtv, I
> >> assumed that this meant the BACKEND.  I opened up mythfrontend on my box
> >> (no backend), configured it to run mythfilldatabase and figured that all
> >> was well.
> >>
> >> Well, on a whim, I popped open the "backend status" in mythweb, and it
> >> told me that it had been almost 2 weeks since mythfilldatabase had been
> >> run.  Odd, I thought.  I checked the config, and it is still set to
> >> run.  However, when I checked the mythfrontend on the backend box, it
> >> was NOT set to run.
> >>
> >> Is there any way to let people know which settings are "universal" and
> >> which are set for a specific frontend box?  I had just assumed that
> >> "mythfilldatabase" would be attributed to the backend, since there's
> >> little need to have every frontend box set up to run it automatically.
> >
> >
> > It does actually run on the backend.  I think I know what I did - I used
> > a local setting (host-specific) instead of a global one.  The settings
> > that the backend look for are the same hostname as the backend.
> >
> > I'll fix it up and send in a patch...
> >
> > In the meantime, set it to run on the mythfrontend on the backend box,
> > and you should be good.
> 
> 
> Shouldn't the backend setup program include that option then.  It would
> make more sense in that setup.
> 
> I too have set it up.  It is on the same machine that the frontend is
> but I haven't seen it run.  I turn off mythfrontend when I am not
> watchig it so I can use the computer for other stuff.
> 
> On the note of setup options.  I changed tv setup to be in the tv
> section of my menu.  that way I don't have to go two levels up and three
> down to "tweak" the recording sections.  Does it make sense to add them
> there?  (I also keep the general setup where it is so I can set
> everything up at once.)  If not is there a way to make the "make
> install" not wipe out all the changes I make everytime I upgrade? (I
> have the menus backed up but it is annoying to copy them back every time
> I refresh from CVS)
> 
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I'll second that. I tried getting myth to automatically run
mythfilldatabase using the frontend on the same machine as the
backend. It never worked and I'm back to using cron.