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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Here’s what I have:</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>pcHDTV card in master backend/frontend</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>PVR 250 coming tomorrow </span></font><font size=2
face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> in addition</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>TVwonderVE in slave backend</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Now, I have setup and loaded the channels as explained in the
pcHDTV.com forums, so I can see the correct guides. The problem is that I’m
not sure if I understand how this is supposed to work…</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A few questions:</span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1-<font size=1
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</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Do both backends need to write to the same directory?
(Assuming I mounted the remote directory on the slave backend)</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2-<font size=1
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</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Are you supposed to be able to stream live tv on the frontend
from the slave backend? It would make sense that this would work if they
wrote to the same drive </span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3-<font size=1
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</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Assuming 1 and 2 are correct, how much bandwidth do I
need? 10/100/1000?</span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If all this is correct, I can then watch live TV
and/or recorded programs from any frontend even if it is diskless? </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As you can see, I’m not entirely sure how the actual
master/slave/frontend setup is supposed to work…</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I can help by updating the documentation with my findings if
I get it to work </span></font><font size=2 face=Wingdings><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks!</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Art</span></font></p>
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