[mythtv-users] OK, somebody explain this Front End business

[Jim Gammon]

Hey,

I'm not the most savvy when it comes to LINUX or MythTV.  But it seems to me that Myth can be run on a backend server and you can distribute the signals to various places (frontends).  So why are there frontend discussions about hard drives?  I don't get it.  Could someone please expose my ignorance? 

Can't you just distribute the info over network wire (best as CAT6)?  Then all you would need would be the interface in a frontend that has bootable RAM, since you can get decent-GIG sized keyfobs, put a video card, a gigabit network card, the processor, small fan, IR receiver, Sound Card (preferrably w/optical out to go into a receiver), etc?  Basically create a Myth set-top box w/no HD?

I guess that's where I get confused.  Forgive my ignorance in advance.  It just seems that if all the recording is being done on the backend server, the frontend wouldn't need all the moving parts.

Or is this already being done?

-Jim


       
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