[mythtv-users] Mythtv over remote X connection

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/28/2007 06:44 AM, Sven Nielsen wrote:
> I will stick to using mplayer for watching TV on the thin client
> and remote x session. This works nice when I switch to a very
> low screen resolution.
>
> But, this leads to another problem:
> Now, before starting mplayer, I need to tell mythbackend to STOP
> collecting EIT Data so that it will free the card and I can access it 
> with mplayer.
>
> Q: Anyone any idea, how I can command mythbackend to stop
> collecting EIT data and free the dvb card?
>   

See the comments explaining the use of EXECTV in tv_menu.xml under 
/usr/{local/,}share/mythtv

Mike