[mythtv-users] Connecting Mythtv Leanfront to a VM running mythtv-backend?

[Tom Bishop]

That is odd, running the frontend on the vm would make sense in regards to
video acceleration etc but I have run my backend forever as a kvm vm and I
have never had any issues with it working properly soni assume there is
something else at play, should work just fine.

On Mon, Jul 25, 2022, 7:57 AM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com> wrote:

> First this is not critical, but I discovered it during testing some
> different backend configurations using a VM.  I got my backend working
> under libvirt/kvm and I could even run the frontend but the video quality
> was a little jerky, so I wanted to test it with a remote frontend to see if
> this was purely a lack of video acceleration under the VM.  So I set up my
> Leanfront on my FIreTV 4K to point to the backend running on the VM.  BTW,
> I disabled the firewalld on the VM so that wouldn't trip me up.
>
> When I changed the backend IP on Leanfront  and refreshed I saw the one
> recording I had, but I could not play it.  After a few seconds of spinning
> circles, I got an error message:
>
> "Play Failed. Unable to obtain file length."
>
> If I select continue, I get another error:
>
> Playback Failed. Error Loading data from the MediaSource. Source error.
>
> This was all using Status Port 6744.  Which is what I use for Leanfront
> with my Production backend. But I get the same error with Port 6544.
>
> My PC running the VM has a Network Bridge setup so all VMs are on the same
> subnet as my HDHR tuners and all my FIreTV 4k sticks.
>
> Any idea why this isn't working?
>
> Jim A
>
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