[mythtv-users] Transcoding is being done on frontends, not backend

[Raymond Wagner]

Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Jan 8, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>
>   
>> On 01/08/2009 04:49 PM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>>     
>>> On Jan 8, 2009, at 1:39 PM, Will wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I have a Master Backend, and several frontends.
>>>>
>>>> Recently I set up a diskless machine with PXE boot for a mythtv
>>>> frontend. On another frontend, I went to the information page and  
>>>> saw
>>>> that transcoding was being done on "ubuntu".
>>>>
>>>> For some reason, this diskless machine was doing the transcoding!
>>>>
>>>> How can I restrict which computers transcode (or only have my master
>>>> backend transcode)?
>>>>
>>>> This diskless machine does not have a tuner, and there is no  
>>>> reason it
>>>> should be transcoding. No other machine (including master backend)  
>>>> was
>>>> busy.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Remove the mythbackend from your frontend machine. There is no reason
>>> to have it running or even installed.
>>>
>>>       
>> "Remove" meaning don't run it--don't uninstall it.
>>     
>
> Curious as to why you recommend leaving the backend installed on a  
> frontend machine. If there are no tuners on the machine, it's not good  
> and even potentially harmful to run.
>
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The frontend and backend all load the same libraries. Getting rid of 
mythbackend means freeing up about 1.4MB of file space.  If you know 
what you're doing, you can clear off a bit more, but most people don't 
and just end up breaking things.