[mythtv-users] clearing out old, non-existent videos

[lists.md301]

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:

> On 09/04/2013 02:34 PM, lists.md301 wrote:
>
>> Thanks for confirming all that--I was thinking of mythmediaserver, but
>> the name just slipped my mind mid-email, and I was too impatient to look it
>> up.
>>
>> My only personal complication will be having "compatible" revisions of
>> mythtv:  My dedicated machines are on Gentoo, and my NAS is an out-of-date
>> Ubuntu Server (which I use headless).  Understanding the prerequisites, I
>> would need to update Ubuntu and then get an X server installed (not
>> complaining about that, it is what it is).  It might just be easier for me
>> to put Gentoo on it to match my other machines (would help make the
>> uid/gid's identical, which they aren't now), allowing further Portage
>> binary sharing too.  I'll likely be doing a new Gentoo stage 3 tarball root
>> partition anyway on other machines for 0.27 (haven't kept current with
>> Portage, that's just easier than dependency hell).  Just thinking out
>> loud...
>>
>
> You don't need an X server for MythTV.  You need X libraries for Qt and
> MythTV needs Qt.  So, really, you'd only need X libraries on the system.
>
> Then, to configure the remote system, you just use ssh -Y or VNC or ... to
> display the mythtv-setup running on that host on some other host's display.
>
> The only reason you'd need an X server on the system is if you plan to
> connect a monitor to that system directly and run X on it.
>
>
Okay, thanks again for making that distinction--I was being careless with
my words.  I run X remotely now on my master backend (which also runs
frontend) for mythtv-setup stuff (Xming on Windows).  I guess I have it
stuck in my mind the people over the years complaining about having to
install X "stuff" for a headless backends.  As I have never done a *buntu
myth package install, I don't know what various flavors encompass by
default--I certainly expect the dependency checks would pull in all
required packages, even on a server version (just that they wouldn't be
there by default).  Gentoo generally does the right thing dependency wise
(assuming use flags are set properly).

I am looking forward to the day when mythtv-setup is replaced by a backend
web interface.
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