[mythtv-users] Backend Server Client with FrontEnd Server

[Jason But]

On 12/04/12 11:02, Ryan Rolland wrote:
> Been looking at setting up MythTV. Would like to be able to stream to a
> remote location.
>
> At the prospective remote location I have access to the router and can
> configure port forwarding but at the server location I do not. I am curious
> if MythTV has a mode of operation that allows you to run the Backend Server
> as a client and the FrontEnd Client as a Server, i.e. have a listening
> socket configured on the FrontEnd and periodically have the server try to
> establish a connection? This would be a workaround for the firewall at the
> backend server location.
>
> Just thought I would ping the community. Maybe this has been addressed
> before. I have seen this type of functionality with remote desktop client
> software before (VNC, etc.).
>

I haven't used it for mythtv but i have used vtun 
(http://vtun.sourceforge.net/) for similar scenarios before where I needed 
to get through firewalls

Jason

> Thanks, Ryan R.
>
>
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