[mythtv-users] Using "jump mainmenu" starts livtv

[Bill Meek]

On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 15:22 -0400, Dale E. Pontius wrote:
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> ...... I've checked, and on my machine mythfrontend doesn't bind to
> 6546 - it binds to 6545, 6547, and several other ports.  I know that
> using netcat to send a command to 6547 doesn't work, and I haven't yet
> tried 6545 or the others.  Can anyone comment on this, or is there
> another way to send commands to mythfrontend from a script?

Does mythfrontend Utilities/Setup->Setup->General->Remote Control (9th
page) have Enable Network Remote Control checked and the port below it
equal 6546?

netcat mythhostname 6546 << EOF
jump mainmenu
quit
EOF

works on my machine.  Of course when you tested, mythfrontend was
running.

Bill Meek