[mythtv-users] mythTV settings from the command line?

[Jake]

> (Note - I DID set up a vnc server, and it worked when I was home
> recently, but I can't get in now for some reason, so that isn't an
> option.) Does anyone else do this kind of thing? I can't find any
> information online about how mythtv is set up behind the scenes.

can you ssh into the machine?  if you can you could just enable X11
forwarding through ssh.  it will be slow but it should be usable i
would think.  i've forwarded just the frontend menus and stuff over
the internet.

> 
> I had assumed that settings would be stored in some config files....
> but I can't find any. ARE there config files or not? I have come to
> the conclusion that all of the settings must be stored in a mySQL
> database. Is that correct? I checked out the mythconverg database
> using phpmyadmin last night, but don't yet have a good handle on it.

all the settings for the frontend that i can think of are definitely
stored in the database.  i guess you could edit the database directly
but that is probably NOT recommended, especially for the novice myth
user.

> 
> Specifically, I am trying to figure out how to change settings
> concerned with commercial detection and deletion, automatic
> transcoding after recording and perhaps video card settings. (I have a
> Hauppauge PVR-150 and thought I read somewhere it could record
> directly to MPEG4 rather than MPEG2.) Also, my aspect ration seems to

pvr-150 most surely CAN NOT record directly to mpeg4, only mpeg2.  you
were probably reading about someone transcoding recordings to mpeg4
after the fact.