[mythtv-users] Max number of simultaneous connection

[Brian Wood]

On Monday 01 March 2010 07:18:15 am Blaise Alako wrote:
> good day chaps,
> 
> How many simultaneous connections to different TV channels can mythtv
>  handle? Is the latter pertaining to the TV card or the backend-server. 
>  What TV card do you recommend for such? I intend to set up a mythtv server
>  for the purpose of streaming free to air live TV channels to multiple
>  users.

It would depend on how many capture devices your backend has, and ultimately 
your disk I/O capability. Myth is designed to record to disk, and even "watch 
live TV" is actually recording and then playing back the captured material.

I'd check into whether you have a legal right to redistribute the material 
before doing so.

Myth may not be the best solution for what you describe, as it's designed as a 
PVR/DVR, not a distribution system.

I can't recommend a capture device, as I'm familiar mostly with the USA 
situation.