[mythtv-users] 0.25 mpeg2 lossless transcoding works again! hallelujah! except...

[jk90090]

On 3/14/12 11:38 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 14/03/12 15:30, jk90090 wrote:
>> Moving it to mythtv-setup is the wrong direction IMHO.  I feel it's bad
>> design to move more things to that interface backend.  There really
>> should only be *one* graphical interface for Mythtv (not two!), with all
>> setup screens within it.  The mythtv-setup should be able to but run in
>> text-only mode for the very basic setup (DB setup) and then use the
>> frontend for further configuration like provider, card, channel setup,
>> etc.  Without this, you can't run a windows-less backend and that feels
>> to me like it defeats the purpose of having a split between frontend and
>> backend.  This might end up driving me crazy enough to go about adding
>> this improvement to the development tree for 0.26.
>>
> "Without this, you can't run a windows-less backend"
>
> Oh, yes you can! ssh -X or ssh -Y can do this perfectly well from any other
> host. I believe you can use vnc or other methods too. ssh is the way I've
> maintained my MBE for years, and it doesn't even have X installed.
>
> The way forward seems to be a separate web interface, which I understand is
> planned for a future release. Till then, mythtv-setup over ssh works well enough.
>
Mike, correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that still requires you to 
have the Xlibs on the backend... When I say windows-less, I mean 
completely devoid of X.

-JK