One of the joys of MythTV is that you can have the frontend and backend part of the system on different computers. Building a Myth Frontend is a great way to extend your MythTV system to more televisions yet still be able to access all your existing MythTV content. It's great in that it allows central recording and scheduling while allowing you to branch out to more rooms in your home.
How to setup a MythTV Frontend
Althought there is more than one way to setup a MythTV Frontend, I think one way is easier than the others. For your new MythTV Frontend, I suggest you install a complete MythTV install using one of the easy to install dedicated MythTV distributions, then reconfigure it to attach to your existing backend.
To change the MythTV Frontend's backend address:
- run "mythtv-setup"
- Select "General"
This screen will allow you to change what your MythTV Frontend uses as it's backend. By default, it's probably already set to 127.0.0.1, which is itself. Change the address to the address of your MythTV Backend.
The next time you restart MythTV, it will try to attach to your existing MythTV Backend instead of connecting to itself.
