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mythbackend - MythTV Backend

mythbackend version: fixes/34 [v34.0+fixes.20240210.e3e165a1-0ubuntu6] www.mythtv.org

MythBackend is the primary server application for MythTV. It is used for recording and remote streaming access of media. Only one instance of this application is allowed to run on one host at a time, and one must be configured to operate as a master, performing additional scheduler and housekeeper tasks.

Misc. Options:

Fork application into background after startup.
Use legacy DVBv3 API.
Disable use of UPnP.
Override a single setting defined by a key=value pair.
Define a file of key=value pairs to be loaded for setting overrides.
Write PID of application to filename.
Print upcoming list of recordings to be expired.
Print upcoming list of scheduled recordings.
Change logging level of the existing master backend.
Change debug mask of the existing master backend.
Display this help printout, or give detailed information of selected option.
Display version information.
do some scheduler testing.
Drop permissions to username after starting.
Start in web-server-only mode.

Logging Options:

Set the logging level. All log messages at lower levels will be discarded. In descending order: emerg, alert, crit, err, warning, notice, info, debug defaults to info
Writes logging messages to a file in the directory logpath with filenames in the format: applicationName.date.pid.log. This is typically used in combination with --daemon, and if used in combination with --pidfile, this can be used with log rotators, using the HUP call to inform MythTV to reload the file
Don't log to the console (-q). Don't log anywhere (-q -q)
Set the syslog logging facility. Set to "none" to disable, defaults to none.
Use systemd-journal instead of syslog.
Specify log filtering. Use '-v help' for level info.
April 2024 mythbackend 34.0+fixes.20240210.e3e165a1-0ubuntu6