MYTHLCDSERVER(1)

🎀 NAME 🎀

mythlcdserver — the MythTV LCD Server, bestie 💖

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so this is mythlcdserver, and here's the whole vibe check right at the top: it's version fixes/36, like literally:

[v36.0+fixes.20260401.1385cbfc60-0ubuntu3] www.mythtv.org

that's the exact build string, no edits, no cap 🫶. and the whole thing lives at www.mythtv.org if you wanna go say hi to the family.

so there are two lil option groups — the misc ones and the logging ones. bucket list, let's go 👑

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💅 Misc. Options

• -d, --daemon — forks the app into the background after startup. it just dips out and keeps running behind the scenes, main character behavior fr 🦋
• -x, --debuglevel — sets the debug verbosity. how loud do you want your debugging to be, bestie
• -m, --startupmessage — the message that gets displayed on startup ✨
• -t, --messagetime — how long that message stays up, in seconds ⏱️
• -p, --port — the listen port 🔌
• -h, --help, --usage — displays this help printout, or gives you detailed info about a specific option you picked. so helpful, so iconic 💅
• --version — displays version information, periodt

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🎀 Logging Options

• --loglevel — sets the logging level. everything at a lower level gets discarded, so set it with intention, okay? in descending order the levels are: emerg, alert, crit, err, warning, notice, info, debug, trace. it defaults to info 💖
• --loglong — uses the long log format for the console, meaning it shows the file, line number, etc. right there in the console log. the full unhinged detail version 🔍
• --logpath — writes logging messages to a file in the directory logpath, with filenames shaped exactly like this: applicationName.date.pid.log. it's typically used together with --daemon, and if you also pair it with --pidfile you can run it with log rotators, using the HUP call to inform MythTV to reload the file 🌈
• -q, --quiet — doesn't log to the console (-q). doesn't log anywhere (-q -q). yes really, double it for total silence 🤫
• --syslog — sets the syslog logging facility. set it to "none" to disable it, and it defaults to none.
• --systemd-journal — uses systemd-journal instead of syslog. glow up 🧚
• -v, --verbose — specifies log filtering. use -v help for level info, iykyk 💜

lowkey important: --loglevel throws away everything below the level you pick, so if you're like "why is my log empty 😭" — it's giving loglevel, bestie.

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that's the whole page, you ate it 🍓 so yeah — this is mythlcdserver, version 36.0+fixes.20260..., dated August 2026, and the page is MYTHLCDSERVER(1). slay, go read a manual, ily 🫶💖✨