[mythtv-users] interface an Anrdoid STB with MythTV system?

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi James,

Wednesday, December 9, 2015, 7:54:58 AM, you wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Dec 2015, Eric Sharkey wrote:

>> Another relatively simple option is Daniel Frey's MythTV Player Android app.
>>
>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mythtv.android&hl=en

> This seemed such an appealing and KISS solution I wanted to try it out
> right away--not yet having received the STB thingy, but having at my 
> disposal an Anrdoid tablet for experimentation. But I've been unable to
> get it to work and am getting an error message from the app to the effect
> that the backend is not connected.

> I'm not finding anything in the way of online help for using this app, but
> maybe I can ask for some input here. Is there some sort of configuration
> necessary on the backend to get this app working? Since my Myth system is
> a FE/BE combination, I do have the backend address entered in its settings
> as 127.0.0.1, rather than the Myth machine's actual address on the LAN
> (though I am feeding the app the Myth machine's actual LAN address). Could
> that be interfering? Port 6544 was the default the app came with, so I'm
> assuming that will not need modification.
> _______________________________________________

Have you adapted mysql to accept access from other machines instead of
just from localhost?

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