[mythtv-users] Multi-card setup with only two cards allowed to record

[Phill Edwards]

>     I've been looking around and can't seem to find the info i'm looking for so
> maybe someone can help. I have a server setup with the mythtv backend and have
> 2 pvr-250 cards in it; I also have two separate frontend units each with a
> wintv-go card in them. What i want to do is to have recordings only occur on
> the two pvr-250 cards in the server, I want the two cards in the frontends to
> be used as a local tuner for that frontend only. Does that make sense? The
> reasoning behind this is because if the cards in the frontends start recording
> then the frontend becomes really slow and sometimes locks-up. So i only want
> the cards in the server to do the recording, and the cards in the frontends for
> tv viewing only for that specific frontend. Is this possible? Thanks in advance
> for any help you guys could offer!

I could be wrong on this, but I think tuner cards are a backend
function (even for Live TV), not a frontend one, so I don't think you
can do what you're proposing. If you want extra tuner cards I think
they all have to go in the backend.