[mythtv-users] Are there any docs that describe the split between mythfrontend and mythbackend?

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Fri Sep 16 01:33:20 UTC 2005


W.Kenworthy wrote:

>Are there any docs that describe the split between mythfrontend and
>mythbackend?  Where are the files stored, which has the tv cards, which
>has the database (backend) and so on.  This seems to be missing from the
>website docs.
>  
>
The backend has capture cards.  The frontend plays back recordings and 
executes the plugins (MythVideo, MythMusic, MythGame, MythWeather, 
MythGallery, MythNews, MythBrowser, etc.).

Files can be stored on any network-accessible filesystem.  Database can 
be on any network-accessible host.  In other words, the filesystem and 
database are not "a part" of Myth.  The same holds true for Apache--if 
using MythWeb, it can be hosted on any web server with network access to 
the database and the backend.

All of these can be on the same physical machine or can be spread out 
across as many different machines as you have to spare...  In other 
words, there's no requirement for a particular configuration (which is 
why it's not really documented--too many variations possible).

Mike


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