[mythtv-users] Feature request, or is it there already?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Friday 27 February 2004 15:17, Clay wrote:
> Hey everyone.  I have my machine almost done, and it is GREAT.  Myth
> is incredible.  I can't thank the whole community, and especially
> Isaac and folks for all the work and help.  It has a PVR 350 so it's
> for front and back end.
>
> Now we're considering putting an Xbox frontend in the front of our
> house (the back-end machine is in the back of the house).  However,
> if we were to do this, would the Xbox front-end have to share all the
> same recordings as the back-end machine?  Or would the Xbox front-end
> have its own "clean" menu for all of its own recordings on the
> back-end?
>
> If it doesn't have this, would this be a possible feature for the
> future?  It would be great to have a preference on the back-end that
> would allow separate front-ends to use their own "Watch Recordings"
> menu, and maybe be able to access other "Watch Recordings" menus that
> other front-ends have defined.  If this is already implemented, I'm
> sure I sound a bit foolish.
>
> Thanks a lot for any comments.  I definitely can't implement this,
> but I'm throwing the idea out there.

You could do this with recording groups.  Just set up a recording group 
for each frontend, and have each frontend default to viewing its own 
group.  I believe you need CVS for this feature; not sure if it was in 
0.14...

-JAC