[mythtv] seperating backend/frontend

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 11:23:45AM +0100, Stephan Wentz wrote:

> 1.) how fast has the frontend-machine got to be? it's only decoding, and it 
> will be a dedicated server, it will do nothing else... will a 400 mhz pentium 
> 2 be enough? or even smaller? will it help to put for example a matrox g200 
> tv with mjpg-support? or will this only help the encoding machine, the 
> backend? i'd like to keep the machine as small (and quiet) as possible...

The backend and frontend have just recently been split up in CVS.  Why not
try it and see, and tell the rest of us whether you find that your hardware
configuration works well?

> 2.) about bandwith... how fast has the connection between backend and
> frontend gotta be? can someone estimate this? i will have some problems
> getting a 100mbit-cable between those, but i have a wlan operating here,
> with 11mbit...  would this suffice?

No, it is not 11 megabits, and no, 802.11b is not really enough.

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 - mdz