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

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Thu Jan 8 22:33:59 UTC 2009


On 01/08/2009 05:04 PM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Jan 8, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>   
>> 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.
>>     
> Gotcha. I was envisioning a simple sudo rm /usr/bin/mythbackend for  
> getting rid of it.

Yeah, just not worth the space, and since the only supported 
configuration is an installation of both mythfrontend and mythbackend 
stuff...

Mike


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