[mythtvnz] Basic question - do I need mythfrontend open in order to record?

[Curtis Walker]

Thanks for the further input. Interestingly, on Gnome 3 (Arch Linux)
alt-tab doesn't work for Mythfrontend to bring up the window selector.
The windows key does however, so that is a reasonable workaround to
allow multitasking.

That said, it's even better that Mythtv will record with the frontend closed.

Cheers!

On 3 October 2011 08:43, McVicker, Brian (NZ - Auckland)
<bmcvicker at deloitte.co.nz> wrote:
> Or Control F2 to switch desktops and keep the frontend running, especially when you don't have any other programs open to Alt-Tab into. Great when doing maintenance and keeping MythMusic going, lol. Control F1 to bring back the first desktop (MythFrontend).
> Great trick for when the front end hangs and your better half needs to restart the system with minimal technical knowledge (or a root password), so long as nothing's recording on the backend that is.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtvnz-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz [mailto:mythtvnz-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz] On Behalf Of Nick Rout
> Sent: Monday, 3 October 2011 7:50 a.m.
> To: sultanoswing at gmail.com; MythTV in NZ
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Basic question - do I need mythfrontend open in order to record?
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> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Curtis Walker <sultanoswing at gmail.com> wrote:
>> That's great to know -thanks.
>>
>> The reason I ask is that I run the FE and BE on the same machine... and
>> I often want to use the machine (it's my main PC as well) for other
>> tasks such as browsing the 'net.
>>
>> Being able to close/quit the fullscreen interface of the frontend,
>> having scheduled recordings, is marvellous.
>
> you can also just switch to another program, eg alt-tab
>
>>
>> On 03/10/11 00:57, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>>> On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:32:49 +1300, you wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can't find the answer to this, so here goes:
>>>>
>>>> Having scheduled a recording in mythfrontend, can I close mythfrontend,
>>>> and the show will still record?
>>>>
>>>> In other words, does mythfrontend need to be open in order for shows to
>>>> record, or does it pass the needed info to the backend which will do it
>>>> itself without needing the FE open?
>>> No.  Mythbackend is all that is needed to record.  Mythfrontend can be
>>> on another PC (say a laptop) and that PC can just be started as
>>> necessary to run Mythfrontend and then be shut down again.
>>> Mythfrontend talks to Mythbackend by normal Internet TCP connections,
>>> so it can do that on the same PC as Mythbackend, or over ethernet,
>>> WiFi or Internet connections.  As long as its connection has enough
>>> bandwidth, it can play recordings stored on the backend, and if there
>>> is not enough bandwidth to play recordings, it can still control a
>>> Mythbackend.
>>>
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