[mythtv-users] Basic concepts question

[Albert Santoni]

Janek Hellqvist wrote:

>stan <stanb at panix.com> wrote:
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>>>>A master backend controls one or more slave backends.
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>>>OK, so what does the master backend do that the slave's don't do?
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>It records shows, right? AFAIK, the slaves just display recorded content -
>it's the backend that does the actual recording.
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It's the frontends that just display recorded content/live tv streams.
I believe slave backends can do recordings too (otherwise they wouldn't 
be a backend.)