[mythtv-users] Information from the server-backend-adress/6544

Ian Barton lists at manor-farm.org
Tue Nov 18 10:31:30 UTC 2008


>> I am working on a project about mythtv and i need to have some information
>> about all the recordings, the music and the program tv.
>>
>> You could have from a hidden webpage starting with a link such as :
>> http://server-backend-adress:6544
>>
>>             - If you put /xml, you have some general information
>>
>>             - If you put /Myth, you could have what i have been recording in
>> the database, but this is not enough precise.
>>
>> I know that the results will be in a xml file.
>>
>> Does anyone know a complete listing address to access all those information?
>>
>> I tried to look over Internet web page but it is really difficult to have
>> it.
>>
>> I would like also to know is anyone can tell me if it is possible to
>> retrieve the specific information about a music track from a frontend such
>> as the artist, the album, the length, etc..
> 
> Well if you want really precise information then you could query the
> database directly.
> 
> There's a few graphical SQL frontends you could try to browse the
> database directly (phpadmin is one).  The mysql mythtv database is
> called mythconverg, and all the music table names start with "music.."
> 
> Spend an hour learning SQL (the basics are pretty simple) and you
> should be away.
> _______________________________________________

There are also Perl and Python bindings, which let you retrieve almost 
any information. If you need your results to be accessible via xml or 
html, you can run a perl or python script via Apache.

Ian.


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