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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>6 DirecTV receivers (2 more than free 4
room package) is only $98 extra up front.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The slave backends are used Dell Optiplex
P3-933 w/ 256MB RAM. Nothing too impressive. The master would be the only one I’d
actually throw any money at. The master would be an Athlon X2 4800+. It would
be the master that runs the MySQL db, any transcoding, etc. Storage will be on
an existing 2TB array via Gbit ethernet. The only thing the slaves will be
doing is running the Plextors and encoding audio at 224Kb/s.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’ll have 3 frontends. All in all, only
about $2000, soup to nuts.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Chris Henderson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, March 13, 2006 10:53
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Discussion about mythtv<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [mythtv-users] Master
backend REQUIRES one tuner? Adding more?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wish I had your bank
account...... :-)<br>
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We dont have that much TV worth recording down here is AUS<br>
Sound like a sweet setup, but you mightwant to dedicate one of thosemore
powerfull backend to a transcoding/ com flagging server. (if you are doing
transcoding/com flagging) with that amount of tv cards etc it would get quite
busy. <br>
<br>
Just my 2c worth.<br>
Good luck<br>
<br>
CH<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 3/14/06, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Jim
Minihane</span></b> <<a href="mailto:min02jsm@minihane.tzo.com">min02jsm@minihane.tzo.com</a>
> wrote:</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Reading
through the docs it says that the master backend HAS TO have at least one
capture/tuner device. It suggests the "round robin" approach. Can I,
as they suggest, have 2 slave backends with a total of 5 tuners, (DirecTV) and
a 6<sup>th</sup> on the master. If I configure the tuners on the slaves first,
and the master last, then it will rarely, if ever, get used. Cool. If I add 2
more tuners for a total of 7 on the slaves, can I delete the one on the master,
add the 2 additional on the slaves, then re-add the one (now 8th) on the
master. Making the 8<sup>th</sup> tuner hardly ever used.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>How
many tuners/devices do you guys have on your uber systems?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This
is all good if I can use Plextor M402Us. If not… Plan B. Whatever that is.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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