[mythtv-users] clearing out old, non-existent videos

[Michael T. Dean]

On 09/04/2013 02:58 PM, lists.md301 wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>
>> On 09/04/2013 02:34 PM, lists.md301 wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for confirming all that--I was thinking of mythmediaserver, but
>>> the name just slipped my mind mid-email, and I was too impatient to look it
>>> up.
>>>
>>> My only personal complication will be having "compatible" revisions of
>>> mythtv:  My dedicated machines are on Gentoo, and my NAS is an out-of-date
>>> Ubuntu Server (which I use headless).  Understanding the prerequisites, I
>>> would need to update Ubuntu and then get an X server installed (not
>>> complaining about that, it is what it is).  It might just be easier for me
>>> to put Gentoo on it to match my other machines (would help make the
>>> uid/gid's identical, which they aren't now), allowing further Portage
>>> binary sharing too.  I'll likely be doing a new Gentoo stage 3 tarball root
>>> partition anyway on other machines for 0.27 (haven't kept current with
>>> Portage, that's just easier than dependency hell).  Just thinking out
>>> loud...
>>>
>> You don't need an X server for MythTV.  You need X libraries for Qt and
>> MythTV needs Qt.  So, really, you'd only need X libraries on the system.
>>
>> Then, to configure the remote system, you just use ssh -Y or VNC or ... to
>> display the mythtv-setup running on that host on some other host's display.
>>
>> The only reason you'd need an X server on the system is if you plan to
>> connect a monitor to that system directly and run X on it.
>>
>>
> Okay, thanks again for making that distinction--I was being careless with
> my words.  I run X remotely now on my master backend (which also runs
> frontend) for mythtv-setup stuff (Xming on Windows).  I guess I have it
> stuck in my mind the people over the years complaining about having to
> install X "stuff" for a headless backends.  As I have never done a *buntu
> myth package install, I don't know what various flavors encompass by
> default--I certainly expect the dependency checks would pull in all
> required packages, even on a server version (just that they wouldn't be
> there by default).  Gentoo generally does the right thing dependency wise
> (assuming use flags are set properly).
>
> I am looking forward to the day when mythtv-setup is replaced by a backend
> web interface.

Yeah, I'm not sure how the packages break things out, so it may well 
pull in everything.  I just wanted to make sure you knew which you 
needed, but I'll let you interpret what the packages provide to make 
sure you get the right ones.  :)

Mike