[mythtv-users] backends without tuners (was Re: Transcoding is being done on frontends, not backend)

jarpublic at gmail.com jarpublic at gmail.com
Fri Jan 9 01:21:48 UTC 2009


> I am a little confused now. I was aware of the fact that tunerless backends
> are unsupported. But in the thread that this one branch from, I thought it
> was said that running a frontend only system without a backend is also
> unsupported. So if only FE/BE or BE systems are officially supported and
> only BE with tuners are supported, then what is a supported FE only machine?
> Does this actually mean that on a FE only machine we should install BE but
> we should then take steps post install to make sure the BE doesn't run,
> because there are no tuners? Or have misunderstood what was said? This seems
> awfully convoluted to me.
>
>
> Sorry, where does it say running a frontend without a backend is
> unsupported?
>
>
>
Mike said it at the end of the thread about transcoding on frontends:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/365123#365123. He said:

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

It didn't sound right to me, so I assumed I was reading it wrong or
confused. What does that comment mean?
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