[mythtv-users] Record on Backend, Watch LiveTV on Frontend?

[Larry Matter]

Yes, the backend has the tuner and does the recording (even for live tv)
and the frontend plays it.  This is the setup I have.

WIFI, on the other hand, is probably not good enough unless you record at
low quality settings.

Larry

> Hello,
>     I'm quite curious about how the frontend-backend thing works.
>
> Does the backend machine do the recording?
> Would it be possible to have a bare-bones frontend machine connect to
> the backend machine and watch livetv (the tuner being on the backend
> machine)?
>
> (I feel quite stupid... I tried to RTFM, but I can't find it in the docs
> anywhere...)
>
> Right now I'm running the frontend and backend on a P3-500MHz... and
> it's doing the job. Would I be able to run the frontend on a laptop
> running Wi-fi, connect it to the backend, and be able to watch liveTV
> from anywhere around my house?
>
> Thanks.
>
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