[mythtv-users] Frontend/backend description

[J. Donavan Stanley]

Henrik Bentel wrote:

> What is the responsibility of the backend? multiple backends?

The backends record / stream TV.

> Is everything streamed from the backend machines to the frontend? Or 
> are files transferred from backend to frontend, then played. Like a 
> local cache.

It's streamed.

> Is music distributed? Or does every frontend have its own library? can 
> every fronend access any music library in the netowrk?

It's not.  Personaly I use NFS so my music tree is shared amongst machines.

> How about mythgames? Are they only installed on a frontend basis only? 
> news configuration?

Same as above.

> If I want more than one frontend, can I somehow easily duplicate the 
> configuration from one frontend to another? central configuration?

Edit the mysql.txt file and give them both the same hostname in there.