[mythtv-users] What happens if multiple frontends want to record same programme?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/16/2008 11:37 AM, nospam312 wrote:
> Can anyone running multiple frontends tell me the process of what
> happens if you want to record the same programme on both frontend
> machines.

Frontends don't record programs, so I have to assume you're asking, 
"What happens if two frontends /watching LiveTV/ change to the same 
channel?"  If so, you record two copies.

>   For example, user1 and user2 wants to record the same
> program.  user1 watches it and deletes does this mean user2 recording
> is also deleted?  Does it mean there are two copies of the same file
> on the hard disk taking up double the amount of space?  TIA.

This, however, sounds like you're asking for a way of deleting the 
program from the Watch Recordings list of one frontend without deleting 
it from the Watch Recordings list of other frontends.  If so, it's 
currently impossible and will remain that way until a proper multi-user 
aware MythTV is created.  Many users have said they want it enough to 
work on it.  No one has actually done much work on it, though.  The most 
work was done in the multiuser branch (from the Google SoC a couple 
years ago), but it's so far behind current SVN that it may not be a good 
starting point, anymore.

For now, the best you could probably do is create recording groups (i.e. 
frontend1, frontend2, both), record programs into both, then if you 
watch one on frontend1, move it to frontend2, etc.  As you get more 
frontends, this gets much more challenging, but if TV were easy, who'd 
want it?

Mike