[mythtv-users] What parts does the frontend do ?

[Paul Bender]

On 5/13/2012 1:48 PM, Pieter De Wit wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I see the previous post is regarding a low noise frontend. This lead me
> to finally post a burning question I have had for a while:
>
> Where can I find out what tasks are performed by the frontend ?
>
> This might sounds stupid at first, but here is my setup I would like to
> propose:
>
> Back-end - All the storage and the DVB-S2 cards, powerfull yet hidden
> away somewhere out of earshot.
>
> Front-end - Good network connection to the back-end, good display card.
> Silent and slow (?) disk - perhaps even a 16gig Flash card instead of disk
>
> Now, when watching livetv, I assume that the ring-buffer is created as
> part of the frontend ? (NFS can help with this) How much of tasks can be
> offloaded to the Back-end ?

The frontend does not require much. My front-ends network boot. They 
have 2GB of RAM, no disk and no remote storage. For example, my ASUS 
M3N78-VM with an AMD 4850e (2GB of RAM and not other storage) plays back 
HDTV just fine.