[mythtv-users] Virtual Tuners / Channels ?

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Wed Apr 19 12:51:38 UTC 2006


On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 01:23:31PM +0100, Derek Conniffe wrote:
> Would it be possible to use MythTV in a hotel type environment with one
> (or more) "media" servers that have real tuners - one tuner per channel
> - - and then have the MythTV boxes in every room with some kind of
> "Virtual Turner" that just gets the real-time stream from the streaming
> servers in the building?
If you're just after a real time stream (and not looking to allow each room to pause/watch 
recordings), then this is the wrong tool for the job.

To do that, you'd be looking at multicast/broadcast of the stream, rather than the unicast 
that myth would do - otherwise your backends are likely to die.

If you /do/ want to provide pausing and/or the ability to watch recorded programs then myth 
may be a reasonable answer - but for anything beyond about 10 rooms you're likely to need 
some very hefty hardware at the backend.

There's no reason why you /couldn't/ do it with myth, but it's likely to be cheaper to go 
for an existing solution for just live streaming.


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