[mythtv-users] Rip DVD from frontend?

[Matt Hannan]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> Dave Ansell wrote:
>
>>     Is it possible to rip a dvd from a frontend machine?
>
> Yes.  As a matter of fact, the only way to rip from a backend-only 
> machine is using something other than Myth.
>
>>     When I try running mtd -n from a shell it gives the output listed 
>> below.   Is this a setup problem on my frontend or am I just trying 
>> to do something impossible.     There is no DVD reader in the backend 
>> and it is not readily accessible so not really an option to do from 
>> there.
>>
>>
>> 2005-12-31 17:02:16.037 New DB connection, total: 1
>> 2005-12-31 17:02:16.041 Unable to connect to database!
>> 2005-12-31 17:02:16.041 Driver error was [1/2002]:
>> QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
>> Database error was:
>> Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket 
>> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (                                        2)
>
> You need to configure your frontend machine ( 
> http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-10.html ).  If you've already done 
> this, make sure you're starting mtd as the same user that starts 
> mythfrontend.
>
> Mike
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HMMM, I finally got tired of that mtd error message, so I just added it 
to /etc/rc.local:
#Myth Transcode Daemon
mtd &

I can't say I have had any issues with it running that way, and I start 
MythFrontend with my regular user account.
I'll have to look at that again.

Matt