MythTV - Frontend

[Aaron Vegh]

Hi Merv,
I recently installed a Myth frontend/backend on a fresh box using the
latest Ubuntu. This page includes a set of documentation for
installing Myth 0.20 in a variety of situations -- including yours:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV_Edgy#head-5a1939ba2139f4520b40ea11412f5a5315a8e2ea

I found it very useful, and easy to follow.

Regarding your assumptions about the number of tuner cards, it's not
entirely accurate. Each tuner card allows you to record a single
stream at a time. With two, you can record on one channel, and watch
on another. Or in your case, you could watch separate channels on two
frontends. Or using one frontend you can record and watch separate
channels, but a second frontend would be stuck watching the same
thing. It's about resource allocation, if you get my drift. :-)

Good luck!
Aaron.


On 1/3/07, Merv Curley <mervc-MwcKTmeKVNQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I am now ready for Step 2.  I have a Frontend and Backend running on a
> computer courtesy of MythDora.  I got that going when KnoppMyth baffled me.
> Not that it takes much.
>
> Anyway I have this computer over in a corner of the basement and thought it
> might be nice to have TV available here. So all I need is a Frontend I
> gather. So far I haven't found the Deb's for mythtv which I gather are around
> somewhere. I did DL a Mythtv ver 20a and will compile it if necessary but
> since I only need the one module that seems a big job.
>
> I looked at LinPVR but that seems technically unfeasable and overkill. I
> wonder if I really need to load a full distro just to get a Frontend. Can't I
> just install the one part of Mythtv and have it logon to my existing backend
> server?
>
> I am not sure if I need much disk space on a Frontend client, doesn't the
> backend handle all the recordings from all clients?  So much stuff is
> unclear. I now have 2 PVR-150's in my Backend, so that should handle 2
> clients I think. Do I need a PVR for each client? I read on a mailing list
> somewhere of one user who had the equivalent of 5 PVR-150's in his machine.
>
> Thanks to any who have the time to answer these questions.
>
> Happy, happy
>
>
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