[mythtv-users] MythFrontend not working

[Silly Dude]

Id like to add that on MythWeb when I go to lilstings it says No Data in all
the boxes

Also when I try to stream videos the web page title bar says !!No Trans

Paul

On 10/15/06, Silly Dude <hambonehambone at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> For the LiveTV problem, does it work on a frontend local to the backend?
> It runs fine on the backend machine, but I cant connect to it from my
> internal network either (2 other machines in my house on the same LAN) I CAN
> however get to MythWeb and get a machine status and all that. When I got to
> StreamTV I get a list of my videos and all the buttons, etc. So it must be
> connecting to the database...
>
> Have you tried running mythfrontend from the command line to see what sort
> of errors it spouts when it can't view live tv?
> It says connection timed out.
>
>  Does recorded tv work?
> I guess this ties in with my comment above. I can see my recorded videos
> but I cant stream them.
>
> Paul
>
>
> On 10/13/06, Steve Daniels <steve.p.daniels at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > _______________________________________
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org ] On Behalf Of Silly Dude
> > Sent: 13 October 2006 12:49
> > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] MythFrontend not working
> >
> > On my remote machine I can get mythfrontend to run fine.
> > When I go to Video Recordings I can see the names of the recordings, but
> > when I try to open them it says Cannot find the file or something of
> > that
> > nature
> > When I go to Watch TV my screen turns black for about 10 seconds like
> > its
> > trying to do something, then it goes back to the original screen
> >
> > It looks like my remote machine is connecting to the backend, but when
> > it
> > tries to watch tv it or pull up some movies it doesnt work.
> >
> > Anyone have any hints?
> >
> > paul
> >
> > For the Video Recordings problem:
> >
> > When you set up mythvideo on a frontend, you have to point it to where
> > the
> > files are located. It doesn't magically know where they are, and the
> > mythbackend doesn't deal with streaming mythvideo files to frontends
> > since
> > mythvideo is an independent plugin.
> >
> > So you have to either point mythvideo to a local file store on the
> > frontend
> > machine. Or, mount (google nfs and/or samba cifs file sharing and
> > mounting)
> > the server's mythvideo directory onto your frontend system, then point
> > mythvideo to that. Ensure it mounts it automagically at boot. Then bob's
> > your uncle. Verify you can access the files from the command line from
> > the
> > frontend prior to trying mythvideo.
> >
> >
> > For the LiveTV problem, does it work on a frontend local to the backend?
> >
> > Have you tried running mythfrontend from the command line to see what
> > sort
> > of errors it spouts when it can't view live tv? Does recorded tv work?
> >
> > Have a looksie:
> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/User_Manual:Diagnosing_Problems
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Steve Daniels
> >
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