[mythtv-users] Can I 1) Mythbrowser without mythbackend? 2) Display progress bar while mplayer buffering?

[Michael Moore]

I just got my Myth system set up. It's working pretty well, but I was
wondering if there's a good way to do any of the following...

1) Is there a way to use Mythbrowser and Mythweather without the
backend being turned on? Right now if it can't connect it goes to the
setup screen. If there's even a way to point mythfrontend at a
different profile, I wouldn't even mind using a script in my .xinitrc
to decide which profile to use.

2) Is there a way to display a progress bar while mplayer is buffering
the video (when using Mythvideo). I have a large buffer set (300M), so
on large files mplayer can take a long time to start. I've thought
that it was frozen several times when loading large videos.

Many thanks,
-- 
Michael Moore
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