[mythtv-users] backend / frontend not completly clear to me

Roel Gielen r.gielen at home.nl
Thu Aug 18 19:02:24 UTC 2005


PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:

>>>>r.gielen at home.nl 08/18/05 1:36 PM >>>
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>>Hi all,
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>>Just joined the mailing list because I couldnt find the awnser 
>>I was looking for the "regular" way.
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>Not sure what the regular way is, other than looking through 
>the archives...
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>>When I install mythtv on the computer that resides in my 
>>basement. And install the frontend on a other computer. In 
>>how far does the frontend give me control over mythtv? 
>>When I install an emulator plugin, does it run at a decent 
>>speed to play, regarding the network latency?
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>It depends.  Once you've set up the backend, you have no 
>reason to really be on the backend.  All functionality for 
>scheduling and such is done through either a frontend or 
>MythWeb.
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>If you have a really crappy 10mb hub, you might have a problem 
>with latency, but even then I doubt it.
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>I'm not sure what emulator plugin you're talking about, other 
>than the ds filters for playing nuv files on Windows (aka WinMyth).
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>>Or would it better for me to install the frontend and 
>>backend on the same computer? wich means for me 
>>to spend extra money on buying a silent computer.
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>The backend is where the tuners are.  That's it.  If you have 
>a need for complete quiet, then putting the frontend and 
>backend in the same machine will cost you a lot of money.
>Or, you'll be searching for deals on quiet hard drives, quiet 
>fans, heat pipes, etc...
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>>Hope there are some people out there who can clear a 
>>few things up for me, regarding the frontend.
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>This is list full of opinions.  You choose which ones are 
>worthwhile to listen to.
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>My setup consists of:
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>mediamvp in my bedroom
>Frontend in the kitchen
>Frontend in the family room
>combined frontend/backend in the media room
>backend in the utility room
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>I have a single tuner (pvr-150) in the backend with lots 
>of drive space (about 2tb of space).  I have 
>another server with another 1.5tb of space for 
>ripped DVDs, mounted to all frontends.  The combined 
>frontend/backend has 2 tuners (2 pvr-250s) and 
>an hd tuner (pchdtv3k) and does all its recording 
>to the master backend, but has a small 20gb drive 
>because I'm too stupid to figure out how to nfs 
>mount it ;-).
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>I love myth.  I just wish I had more time to get the 
>frontend/backend machine to be aware of the other 
>backend.  Maybe some day soon I'll dive back in 
>a figure out what I did wrong.
>
>Paul
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Thanks for the replies,

I have standing an AMD 1800+ Athlon 512MB in my basement, think I will 
buy a tuner to put in there. and connect the tv cable to that machine.
And use a front end on my own room.
What is the best hardware configuratiion for the front end? 800Mhz 256MB 
enough? because it only needs to stream the video...


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