[mythtv-users] Watching Analog Sources at multiple Frontends Simultaneously

[Brian Wood]

On Saturday 18 July 2009 10:05:25 Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 07/18/2009 11:53 AM, Brian Wood wrote:
> > Watching "Live" TV is actually watching a recording, a little behind
> > "live".
> >
> > Although you might be a little behind "reality" you should be able to
> > watch the recording itself on multiple frontends, just as with any other
> > recording.
> >
> > Just go to recordings and select the one in progress, it will be
> > highlighted to indicate the "in progress" nature of the file.
>
> ...
>
> > As a plus, each frontend can pause, rewind or otherwise modify the "live"
> > stream independently. Obviously you can't FF into material that hasn't
> > been captured yet.
>
> Though only the frontend that's watching it as LiveTV will be able to
> change the channel.

True, I assumed it was a specific program he wanted that was being recorded 
anyway.

Actually, no frontend *has* to watch it as live, they could all just watch the 
recording. Good way to protect against children changing the channel and 
ruining the recording.

-- 
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org