<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Jul 10, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Jay Mallar wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I'm in the process of setting up a new system. I plan to have two identical backends with two tuners each, and have these backends available throughout my house via frontend machines at each TV. <br> <br> I'd like to be able to watch anything recorded on either backend anywhere in the house. <br> <br> Option 1 is to link the backends (making one the master) so they can keep track of schedules and conflicts between them, and have each frontend access the backend complex.<br> <br> I'm curious if there is an Option 2.<br> <br> Assume I have a frontend machine called FM1 in my living room. Assume further I have two identical backend machines, BM1 and BM2, each recording things on their own (not linked together in anyway way - and yes, I understand they won't be able to deal with duplicates, schedules and conflicts between them in this configuration).<br> <br> Now assume FM1 has two MythTV frontend processes on it, P1 and P2. Can I have process P1 talk only to BM1 and process P2 talk only to BM2? That way, with simple window/desktop switching I could access the other machine and its recordings, for example, desktop 1 would display stuff from P1/BM1 and desktop 2 would display stuff from P2/BM2.<br> <br> Why, you ask? I currently have two Tivos today; I control one, my better half controls the other, and we like having control of our own recordings without the clutter of the other.<br> </font> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
-Jay</pre></blockquote></div><div>You could write a small script to change ~/.mythtv/mysql.txt to swap backend connections and relaunch the frontend, then add it as a menu item to the Myth main menu.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Of course, the best option is to use master and slave backends so you get the best use of all your tuner cards, then put each of your recordings into their own group and only display the group you want to see. Sharing is good.</div></body></html>