[mythtv-users] Rip DVD from frontend?

[Michael T. Dean]

Matt Hannan wrote:

> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>
>> Dave Ansell wrote:
>>
>>>     When I try running mtd -n from a shell it gives the output 
>>> listed below.   Is this a setup problem on my frontend or am I just 
>>> trying to do something impossible.     There is no DVD reader in the 
>>> backend and it is not readily accessible so not really an option to 
>>> do from there.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2005-12-31 17:02:16.037 New DB connection, total: 1
>>> 2005-12-31 17:02:16.041 Unable to connect to database!
>>> 2005-12-31 17:02:16.041 Driver error was [1/2002]:
>>> QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
>>> Database error was:
>>> Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket 
>>> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (                                        2)
>>
>> You need to configure your frontend machine ( 
>> http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-10.html ).  If you've already 
>> done this, make sure you're starting mtd as the same user that starts 
>> mythfrontend.
>
> HMMM, I finally got tired of that mtd error message, so I just added 
> it to /etc/rc.local:
> #Myth Transcode Daemon
> mtd &

This starts mtd as root.  You should really run it as your mythtv user 
(i.e. using su/sudo).

> I can't say I have had any issues with it running that way, and I 
> start MythFrontend with my regular user account.
> I'll have to look at that again.

Since it works for both users, you've either configured your frontend 
with <prefix>/share/mythtv/mysql.txt instead of ~/.mythtv/mysql.txt 
(which is a good way of doing it) or you have ~/.mythtv/mysql.txt in 
root's home, also (which, IMHO, is very ugly).

Mike