[mythtv-users] Frontend question

[Jo Shields]

Stuart Fox wrote:

>>On Fri, February 3, 2006 11:47, Jo Shields said:
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>>>Stuart Fox wrote:
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>>>>>Stuart Fox wrote:
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>>>>>>This may be a silly question but .. does a frontend have to have a
>>>>>>capture
>>>>>>card?
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>>>>>>Cheers
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>>>>>A front-end *can't* have a capture card. Only a back-end.
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>>>>>However, you can have a front-end and back-end on the same box, which
>>>>>sounds like what you want.
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>>>>Not quite
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>>>>I already have a frontend/backend machine with 3 capture cards and all
>>>>the
>>>>storage that drives the main tv/home cinema etc but id like to put a
>>>>frontend upstairs.
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>>>>Obviously its going to need a sound and graphics card
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>>>>Cheers
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>>>>Stuart
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>>>So just get a teeny box like an Epia or something. I've got mythfrontend
>>>on my laptop, for watching things in bed (there's no TV reception
>>>upstairs either...)
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>>LOL... With WiFi and a laptop you can watch TV from your bathtub!  ;-)
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>>That's also what I meant with my reply: A capturecard in your 'frontend'
>>machine with the backend running would have less latency when watching
>>live TV...
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>Last question then, (hopefully) do I need nfs/samba or does the backend
>stream to the frontend?
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>Cheers
>

Myth protocol. No need for NFS or Samba.