[mythtv-users] Frontend question

[David Watkins]

On 03/02/06, Stuart Fox <stuart at dontuse.ms> wrote:
>
> > Stuart Fox wrote:
> >
> >>>On Fri, February 3, 2006 11:47, Jo Shields said:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Stuart Fox wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>Stuart Fox wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>This may be a silly question but .. does a frontend have to have a
> >>>>>>>capture
> >>>>>>>card?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Cheers
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>A front-end *can't* have a capture card. Only a back-end.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>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
> >>>>>
> >>>>>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.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Obviously its going to need a sound and graphics card
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Cheers
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Stuart
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>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...)
> >>>>_____________________________
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>LOL... With WiFi and a laptop you can watch TV from your bathtub!  ;-)
> >>>
> >>>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?
> >>
> >>Cheers
> >>
> >
> > Myth protocol. No need for NFS or Samba.

That's for recorded programmes.

The plugins (videos, music, gallery) do need NFS/SAMBA