[mythtv-users] MythTV minus the TV?

[Ben Bucksch]

Shawn Powers wrote:

>I did try to search the lists, but didn't see a method to actually search
>
There is one on the other archives, see the lists section on the homepage.

>Is it possible to install MythTV without any tv encoder?
>
Yes. The other apps are frontend-only apps, and the backend records the 
shows. You don't need to start the backend.

The application mythfrontend does try to access the backend and bails, 
if it can't, but you could probably comment out that section [1] in the 
source. But mythfrontend is actually just an application starter in this 
case, so you should be able to run e.g. mythmusic directly. Of course 
you lose the ability to switch graphically between music and weather, so 
maybe modify mythfrontend or try to set up a dummy server (I never tried 
that).

Writing a pure myth application starter (to switch between mythmusic, 
mythweather etc. without trying to access the mythbackend for TV) seems 
to be trivial, just need to strip down mythfrontend's main.cpp, in case 
there are more people with that usage pattern. (You are the second this 
week already.)

HTH

[1]
mythtv/programs/mythfrontend/main.cpp:
    QString server = gContext->GetSetting("MasterServerIP", "localhost");
    int port = gContext->GetNumSetting("MasterServerPort", 6543);
    gContext->ConnectServer(server, port);