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Hi Klaus!<br>
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Some interesting inquiries you have been making!<br>
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<pre wrap="">I have frontend and backend on a desktop pc.
But I would also like to record tv on a laptop. This laptop has no screen and
the graphic card is probably to small to watch tv. I installed frontend on it
to test it, but now I want to use only the frontend on the desktop pc.
So sometimes, I want to record tv on the laptop, but watch recorded episodes
on the desktop machine. Copy or move the recordings to the desktop pc should
be easy by ftp or an external usb hard disk.
How to organize that ? How to tell frontend on the desktop pc which backend I
want to use ?
In the setup, I saw the option "This server is the Master backend" I can
untick.
Of course I can change IP address in mythtv-setup, but there is certainly a
more elegant solution. Is it possible to create profiles for this purpose ?
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I have done something similar here with two Backends, though I'll
admit not an 'elegant' solution. I have two Backends because of
'pixellation issues' -- really due to reception problems but that's
a different issue. Having a Frontend switch from viewing one
Backend to the other appears to be more complicated than simply
updating the configuration file to the alternate BE's IP and
password: it appears when the configuration is changed the FE's
audio and video configuration is reset to default, in other words
instead of using a High Quality nVidia video setting it is changed
back to the default generic setting. Same for the audio. The Theme
preference also is resent to Terra (default).<br>
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What I did, which LIS isn't elegant, is use a Raspberry Pi B as my
second Frontend. The primary FE is a desktop with the output to
HDMI1 of the television. The secondary FE is an RPi, configured to
the other Backend, and whose output goes to HDMI2 of the TV. (Told
you it wasn't elegant!)<br>
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Now what I found is the RPi B and MythTV don't play nice all the
time with the WiFi here at the house: some video and audio
stuttering. The good news is no problems with a wired connection.
The computers around here are all hardwired so simply pulled an old
10/100 switch from the storage box to 'split' the Ethernet to the
two Frontends. Works fine!<br>
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Admittedly not quite what you had in mind but given for
consideration as a different way to accomplish the end. I have no
idea if the new PRi 3+ has sufficient 'oomph' to work with MythTV;
LIS my RPI 3 is right on the verge, so hopefully.... <br>
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