MythTV to LinuxMCE Migration

[nzlneil]

Hi All

I'm in the planning stages of migrating from MythTV to LinuxMCE. I know that I will have to migrate my current file stores from my custom ones to the MCE defaults, and will have to update host names for the backend/core among other things. I'll try and keep a note of the changes I have made to create a Wiki page for others thinking about the migration.

One thing that I would like to know is, after I have migrated the backend functions from my current MythTV Backend to the MCE Core, can I connect my current Myth Frontend to the new core (once I have updated where it is to find the backend)? Or has there been to many MCE customizations for a standard MythTV Frontend to connect and work successfully?

It would be of advantage to the WAF to initially have a seamless migration (read "she has no idea it has happened") while I tune the backend and get the MD's operational.

Neil

[tschak909]

If you're running MythTV 0.23, you would be able to do this.

-Thom

[mathieu]

Hi,

I believe every myth frontend can connect to the lmce mythbackend as long as versions are the same.

br mathieu

[tschak909]

Which is what I said, in a different way. We recently upgraded to MythTV 0.23, are you running this on your backend?

-Thom

[nzlneil]

Yea I'm running a 0.23 backend, so by all accounts, should be good for that part of the migration then.

Now to find the time to finish the migration plan

Thanks

[Zxarr]

I am also interested in migrating from MythTV to LinuxMCE...  I am running 0.22, but will be upgrading to 0.23...

How far did you get in your plan?  Even a brief outline for me as a starting point would be fine.  Just trying to figure out what I may need.

[totallymaxed]

Hi All

I'm in the planning stages of migrating from MythTV to LinuxMCE. I know that I will have to migrate my current file stores from my custom ones to the MCE defaults, and will have to update host names for the backend/core among other things. I'll try and keep a note of the changes I have made to create a Wiki page for others thinking about the migration.

One thing that I would like to know is, after I have migrated the backend functions from my current MythTV Backend to the MCE Core, can I connect my current Myth Frontend to the new core (once I have updated where it is to find the backend)? Or has there been to many MCE customizations for a standard MythTV Frontend to connect and work successfully?

It would be of advantage to the WAF to initially have a seamless migration (read "she has no idea it has happened") while I tune the backend and get the MD's operational.

Neil

Well since your running 0.23 already and LinuxMCE-0810 is running that version too there should be no problems at all. You can use your existing MythTV-0.23 based frontends to access just the new MythTV backend running on the LinuxMCE Core...this has good WAF as there will be no visible difference is use.

All the best


Andrew

[mathieu]

Hi,

In this thread http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=9346.0  daballiemo
reports unwanted upgrades of the LMCE myth-backend when combined with Mythbuntu.

Is there a way to prevent these?

br mathieu