[mythtv-users] How to choose between 2 backends ?

[Michael A Weber]

> On Apr 6, 2018, at 12:52 PM, Dan Wilga <mythtv-users2 at dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu> wrote:
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> On 4/6/18 11:56 AM, Barry Martin wrote:
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>> Hi Mike!
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>>> The anomalies you list in switching should not be happening if your network and host names are setup correctly.  I?m going to assume you have two databases (one on each backend), and each of those databases will hold settings for each of your frontend machines.  If you switch from one backend to another and you?ve never configured that frontend on that backend, then yes, all the settings will default because backend 2 has never seen backend 1.  However, if you configure all of your settings also on backend 2 the same as backend 1, changing backends should be transparent as long as the settings are identical.
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>> Agree: if I configure the two backend to have the same name and password I should be able to switch between the two with a change of the address to select the Backend.  Not so sure can be done all that easily by the 'non Geek' people here.  Good tip for Klaus however.
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>>> Hope this helps you make your system a tad bit more elegant, because it?s myth? and it should be.  :)
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>> No disagreement!  Some of the 'sloppiness' here has been done on purpose to make it easier to troubleshoot.  The original intention  was for the new Backend to replace the aging existing Backend when discovered there are intermittent issues with reception (OTA).  As this is Klaus's thread I don't want to insert my problems.  ...Hope that's not sounding rude or unappreciative.
> I frequently run MythFrontend on my laptop, and need a way to switch between using it with my home server and a local backend and DB, on the laptop. I currently end up having to manually edit the config.xml file each time I want to do this. One of these days I'll write that slick GUI-based backend picker I've been meaning to write :-).

You mean, a simple linux bash script or windows batch file to ask you if you want option 1 or option 2, being the local backend or remote, respectively, then copy the corresponding configxxx.xml file (i.e. configremote.xml) to config.xml, and launch mythfrontend?  ;)

You could call it something like “mflauncher” or whatever floats your boat, and call it from a terminal session, or create a shortcut to it on your desktop if you want clickety-click.

:)

Cheers,
Mike


> 
> It would definitely help if there was an argument to mythfrontend that could override the IP address setting in config.xml, though.
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