[mythtv-users] Watch different live TV channels on each frontend

John Andersen jsamyth at gmail.com
Mon Jan 2 10:23:14 UTC 2006


On 1/2/06, R <rawgarlic at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just a few hours ago I learned about MythTV.
> So please excuse my igonorance.
>
> With 1 backend and its 1 TV Tuner card
> and multiple frontends - Can each frontend
> watch a different live TV channel?

No.  In fact only one frontend can watch
live tv at a time with a single tuner.


> What happens when another frontend tries
> to watch live TV and change the channel?

They get told all tuners are busy, and they can
watch something previously recorded.

Note: Tuners are cheap, 69 bucks if you shop
around.

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