[mythtv-users] Command Line Control

Raymond Wagner raymond at wagnerrp.com
Wed Apr 25 16:06:31 UTC 2012


On 4/25/2012 04:34, Richard Morton wrote:
> Please do not refer to it as a Telnet interface cause it isn't 

Correct.  Telnet is a 7-bit ASCII protocol, where the 8th bit indicates 
the use of control codes.  The frontend control socket will send and 
receive UTF-8 for certain queries, which will be misinterpreted as 
control codes by a telnet client, resulting in unpredictable behavior.


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