[mythtv] Similtaneous TV watching on multiple frontends

[Moasat]

Why not allow any number of users to watch the same stream and also change
the channels?  If it gets confusing, it would be the user's fault, not the
fault of the software.  Why limit the software if the users are capable of
not getting confused?

I could see several scenarios where a dedicated front end may be left
running in one room (downstairs) but the user has moved to another room
(living room) and wants to watch TV in there instead.

And so what if two users try to change the channel on the same tuner.  Let
them battle it out, but don't make the software be the limiting factor.
Many users with satellite don't have an unlimited ability to just add tuners
to backends.


-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Bruce Markey
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 5:13 PM
To: Development of mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv] Similtaneous TV watching on multiple frontends


Isaac Richards wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 June 2004 04:35 pm, ebike at paradise.net.nz wrote:
>
>>Hi There,
>>
>>For some reason I assumed that two or more frontends could watch TV if
they
>>were watching the same channel. It seems this is not so.
>>
>>I have had a box running backend/frontend for some time with great
results.
>>I have recently added another frontend on a laptop so I could watch TV in
>>the bedroom, this
>>works fine if no one is watching TV on the backend box. Why can we not
have
>>two streams running similtaneous? I don't see any technical reasons why
not
>>... any views.
>
>
> Because it would be terribly confusing if multiple places could control
things
> like channel changing, and if only one place can control it, what's the
point
> of letting multiple places watch the exact same live stream?

Agreed. I think this is just looking at things the wrong way around.
If the user simply marks the show to record (as simple as pressing
"R"), then any number of frontends could watch the same show in-
progress at different points, watch it later, leave it and come
back or whatever.

--  bjm