[mythtv-users] link-local and mythtv

[Eric Sharkey]

On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 5:07 AM, John Pilkington <J.Pilk at tesco.net> wrote:
> Thanks for that, Stephen.  But if I set 127.0.0.1, the TV will display the
> UPnP server menu with titles of the recordings, but doesn't show thumbnails
> or play recordings.  If I set 169.254.10.241, everything works while the TV
> is 'on' but I get complaints or worse when it's in standby.  The only
> connection between laptop and TV is an ethernet crossover cable.
>
> ifconfig, and mythtv-setup, also show a wlan0, the wifi hotspot, but I don't
> think I should let myth use that.
>
> No big deal, but I thought I would ask.

You should be able to set up mythtv to listen on 127.0.0.1, then use
iptables to NAT the 169.254.10.241 traffic to 127.0.0.1.  You should
be able to configure your ethernet device to set this up automatically
when the interface is configured.  Then it should just work whenever
that interface is available.

Eric