> What I'm wondering is if there's a more elegant way of doing this, or > did I do it right? Not sure I'd call them more elegant, but there are a couple "officially documented" ways of doing it: http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.15 http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.7 -Kenneth