[mythtv-users] Questions about multiple frontends in household

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Sep 3, 2008, at 10:42 PM, Bobby Gill wrote:

> Thanks a lot for the recommendations. I just found the MVP: http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_mediamvp.html 
>   It looks like the perfect solution. So for my still intermediate  
> self to be clear, I plug the MVP via ethernet to my server in the  
> basement (already have a few long ethernet cables going from  
> basement to upstairs), plug the MVP into the TV and voila, the TV =  
> frontend? I assume it's like Video 1 or something, one of the video  
> inputs?

Not exactly a frontend. You can play back video, but you can only  
watch video, listen to music and maybe view pictures? You can't do  
anything else a frontend can do.. commercial skipping, schedule/delete  
recordings, use any other plugin, mark program as Watched when you've  
watched it, etc.
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