[mythtv-users] mythtv-setup without UPNP searching for backend?

[Paul Harrison]

On 12/01/2022 11:08, Jim Abernathy wrote:
>
> On 1/11/22 8:55 PM, Paul Harrison wrote:
>>
>> What I do is create a new devicemaster.xml so I can tell which 
>> backend is which.
>>
>> Some basic instructions here on the UPnP page in the wiki "Overriding 
>> the default devicemaster.xml file" section.
>>
>> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/UPnP#Overriding_the_default_devicemaster.xml_file 
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul H.
>>
>
> Paul,
>
> This is what I'm looking for, Thanks. However, I must had implemented 
> it wrong. I think I have the devicemaster.xml setup right, but the sql 
> command must be wrong for my setup.
>
> Here's the diff between the official devicemaster.xml and mine:
>
> diff -Naur /usr/share/mythtv/devicemaster.xml 
> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/devicemaster.xml
> --- /usr/share/mythtv/devicemaster.xml    2021-11-08 
> 18:25:26.000000000 -0500
> +++ /home/mythtv/.mythtv/devicemaster.xml    2022-01-12 
> 05:45:25.284823621 -0500
> @@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
>      </specVersion>
>      <device>
>          <!-- UDN auto generated -->
> -        <friendlyName>MythTV AV Media Server</friendlyName>
> +        <friendlyName>MythTV Production Backend</friendlyName>
> <deviceType>urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:MediaServer:4</deviceType>
>          <manufacturer>MythTV</manufacturer>
> <manufacturerURL>http://www.mythtv.org/</manufacturerURL>
> -        <modelName>MythTV AV Media Server</modelName>
> +        <modelName>MythTV Production Backend</modelName>
>          <!-- uncomment to override defaults 
> <modelNumber>0.20</modelNumber> -->
> -        <modelDescription>MythTV AV Media Server</modelDescription>
> +        <modelDescription>MythTV Production Backend</modelDescription>
>          <modelURL>http://www.mythtv.org/</modelURL>
>          <presentationURL>/</presentationURL>
>          <dlna:X_DLNADOC 
> xmlns:dlna="urn:schemas-dlna-org:device-1-0">DMS-1.51</dlna:X_DLNADOC>
> @@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
>          <deviceList>
>              <device>
>              <!-- UDN auto generated -->
> -            <friendlyName>MythTV Master Media Server</friendlyName>
> +            <friendlyName>MythTV Production Backend</friendlyName>
> <deviceType>urn:schemas-mythtv-org:device:MasterMediaServer:1</deviceType> 
>
>              <manufacturer>MythTV</manufacturer>
> <manufacturerURL>http://www.mythtv.org/</manufacturerURL>
> -            <modelName>MythTV Master Media Server</modelName>
> +            <modelName>MythTV Production Backend</modelName>
>              <!-- uncomment to override defaults 
> <modelNumber>0.20</modelNumber> -->
> -            <modelDescription>MythTV AV Media Server</modelDescription>
> +            <modelDescription>MythTV Production 
> Backend</modelDescription>
> <modelURL>http://www.mythtv.org/</modelURL>
>              <presentationURL>/</presentationURL>
>              <!-- uncomment to override defaults 
> <serialNumber>MYTHTV-UPNP-01</serialNumber> -->
>
> Not knowing any better, I did the mysql commands exactly as listed.  
> Maybe I should have changed the syntax???
>
> INSERT INTO settings (value, data, hostname) VALUES 
> ('upnpDescXmlPath', '/home/mythtv/.mythtv/', 'HOSTNAME');
>
> What should 'HOSTNAME' have been???
>
> Jim A
>
>

It will typically be the hostname of the backend. The same name you get 
if you run the command 'hostname'.

You can see a list of the hostnames being used in the settings table by 
running this mysql query

SELECT DISTINCT hostname FROM settings;


If you have just one combined  backend and frontend on the same machine 
you will likely just have one result. If you run multiple remote 
frontends then each one should be listed.


Paul H.