[mythtv-users] Re: Can a master backend have no inputs?

[Mario L]

I thought that you could have frontends already assigned to commercial
flagging anyway since sometime shortly after .16 was released?


On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:08:22 -0700, Garry Cook <garrycook at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:38:51 -0600, Jesse Perkins
> <jesse.perkins at gmail.com > wrote:
> > I thought the master backend needed at least one input, but the slaves
> > did not require an input.
> >
> > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:17:01 +0000, Stephen Boddy
> > <stephen.boddy at btinternet.com > wrote:
> > > Can a master backend have no capture cards or devices, and only have them in
> > >
> > > one or more slave backends? The docs seem a bit ambiguous about this
> > > (admittedly unusual) case.
> > >
> > > Last time I asked this it was wrapped up in a bloody big post, and I think
> > > people couldn't be bothered, hence the "to-the-point" post.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > > --
> > > Steve Boddy
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Jesse Perkins
> > jesse.perkins at gmail.com 
> > http://jperkins.homeip.net 
> >
> 
> OK, I'm not doubting you here, you may very well be correct. I don't
> know the answer to these questions, as I currently only run one MythTV
> box, combo BE/FE.
> However, wouldn't a backend without inputs just be a frontend? What
> would be the purpose of a slave backend with no inputs? Would it be to
> distribute transcoding and commercial flagging jobs?
> 
> Garry
> 
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