[mythtv-users] What's required for mythfrontend

Alain Black hippy at kenshodo.net
Thu Nov 23 01:10:58 UTC 2006



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> I'd like to use my laptop as a mythtv frontend. (I've got a master
> backend server.) How much of the myth suite do I need to install to do
> that? Do I need to run the backend to run the frontend? Any links on
> this? I poke around the MythTV site a bit but did not find a specific
> reference.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Andrew Robinson
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Just the front end is required.  The first time you start it there will be a
lot of errors about not being able to connect to a local back end, then it
will bring up the setup screen to point it at the real back end.

HTH,
-Alain.




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