[mythtv-users] TapeWorm Beta 2 release - a parasitic Windows front end for MythTV

Tom Lichti tom at redpepperracing.com
Tue Apr 4 20:16:01 UTC 2006


Stephen Dolan wrote:
> On 4/3/06, *David Woods* <david at spurgeonwoods.com 
> <mailto:david at spurgeonwoods.com>> wrote:
>
>     Greetings.
>
>      
>
>     I have updated TapeWorm, a parasitic MythTV front end for Windows,
>     based on feedback provided by users of this list.  My thanks to
>     all who have contributed to the discussion.
>
>      
>
> Hi David,
>
> I'm trying TapeWorm Beta 2, with my MythTV 0.19 installation, but I'm 
> having no luck getting it to work. I've shared my video directory 
> using Samba and mounted it on the Win PC. I've also configured the 
> correct IP address and mysql username/password for my backend. 
> However, I always get the message "Database Error" and
> "TapeWorm is unable to connect to the MySQL database.
> Please check TapeWorm's configuration and your MythTV Server's status."
>
> Is there any way to turn on more debugging messages so I can try and 
> track down the problem?
>
> There's nothing unusual about my setup - I've a combined 
> frontend/backend, but I haven't changed any of the ports that the 
> servers listen onand both the myth box and the PC are on the same 
> network so there shouldn't be any issue with the port being blocked. 
> The only messages in the log files are:
>
I got that message when I forgot to put anything in the video directory 
box. If you don't put something there it doesn't save the database 
settings, apparently.

Tom


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