<div>Hmmm... Ok, thanks for the reply. I did try searching, but with both frontend and backend in the query, I got a lot of hits :-)</div>
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<div>The xine idea won't work for me.... I have an old laptop with no TV out. What I really wanted to do was take my frontend other places I go and evangelize Myth by showing video's and such. I guess your second solution is more along that line.
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<div>I hadn't heard of MySQL embeded, just took a look, but didn't see a way to download it. Maybe you need a liscense for the embeded version. </div>
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<div>I suppose I hadn't thought through enough about all the meta data... I guess I would need to sync that, and essentially run off that. I removed MySQL from my frontend... I guess I will put it back.<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael T. Dean</b> <<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On 05/24/2007 01:12 PM, Chris Ward wrote:<br>> I have a Myth frontend/backend setup, with most of the video storage
<br>> on the backend. I access video via NFS on the backend, and it works<br>> fine. I would also like to watch video on a hard drive on the<br>> frontend, without a backend present (taking the smallish frontend on a
<br>> trip). I was thinking I could sync video to it sort of like the<br>> AppleTV does, but I can't get the frontend to start up with no backend<br>> present. Is there a way to allow this?<br><br>Nope. It's been discussed many times. At one time, I considered
<br>writing code to support this (<br><a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/203179#203179">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/203179#203179</a> ).<br><br>However, I lost interest in the idea when I realized how great things
<br>work with "mythrename.pl --link", copying files to my laptop hard drive,<br>and playing them back with xine. I'm using links named with<br>'%T-%oY%om%od-%S' format (causing sorting to be by title/original
<br>airdate so I know the order to watch them). I can skip any commercial<br>break in 5 keystrokes, but most in 3 or less, using xine's SeekRelative<br>commands. Granted, I have to be near the keyboard (I don't bring a
<br>remote with me), but then again, it's a "lap"top computer... :)<br><br>Therefore, some cut-down backend for Myth just isn't worthwhile enough<br>for me to develop it. If you do develop it, though, I'm sure many would
<br>find it useful. (It would also be much easier to develop if you first<br>take on the job of working MySQL embedded into Myth and create a<br>"mythdataserver" that provides access to all data rather than requiring
<br>frontend clients to talk directly to the DB. With that setup, there<br>could be a "mythofflinedataserver" that reads "sync'ed" data from<br>somewhere other than a MySQL instance, like a file or whatever.)
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