[mythtv-users] remote display from frontend

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Eric,

Tuesday, October 27, 2015, 6:28:50 PM, you wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Michael T. Dean
> <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
 >> If you really want command-line changes to your settings, you'd actually be
>> better off using the services API to change the setting then start
>> mythfrontend.

> In what way would I be better off?  It appears to be working perfectly
> for me for the last 10 years, and is far far simpler (and thus I
> consider it to be much more reliable).

>> Overrides are not meant to be used during normal usage.  They're meant to
>> override broken settings to allow you to get into settings and fix your
>> system.

> Your point of view.

> The entire concept that this should be a database setting is broken.
> It should be a per-window property.

> Eric
> _______________________________________________

You're both right and wrong. You have to store your setting someplace
and the default way is in the database, but you choose to do that in
your startup script.
Luckily there are many ways that lead to Rome. Only some are more
roundabout, but can provide nice scenery ;-)


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  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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