Live frontend

After lanching the ``Live Frontend'' you'll be shown the following screen where you can configure the plugins you'll like to use and enter your master backend connection information. You can either launch the session straight away or save your settings to a usb stick / mounted network drive and then launch mythtv. If you choose to save your settings you'll be prompted with a choice of where you'd like the settings saved to.

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Master Backend Information

To connect to your Master Backend you'll need to enter the database connection details here, these can be found on your backend in /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt although the host in file will mostly like need to be replaced with the ip address of the machine. Once your settings have been entered test your connection to make sure everything is working.

Figure: Master Backend Database Configuration

Videos Plugin

Within the LiveCD you can also watch videos which is mounted via either SMB or NFS. Simply select the share type from the box and enter the details required. Where there are numerous locations, use colon-separated directories (not to be confused with semi-colons).

Get the MythVideo plugin with the following command:

sudo apt-get install mythvideo

Figure: MythVideo settings

Pictures Plugin

You can also use MythTV to view photos individually or as a slideshow. Update the directory to point to your photo storage location, where there are multiple directories, use a colon-separated list.

Get the MythGallery plugin with the following command:

sudo apt-get install mythgallery

Figure: MythGallery Settings

Music Plugin

MythTV has an integrated Music Player, MythMusic. It is possible to play your music both locally and from a remote frontend, and you can even play music while watching recordings. Just add your music storage directory.

Get the MythMusic plugin with the following command:

sudo apt-get install mythmusic

Figure: MythMusic Settings

Remote Plugin

Another great thing with the LiveCD is the ability to use preset controls, simply enable the remote control and then choose your control type from the drop down menus.

Additional Settings

Under additional settings you can set the LiveCD to autostart MythTV on boot (only worthwhile if you save the settings) along with setting the home dir to an external disk. The hostname can also be changed here if you wished.