[mythtv-users] Switching between backends?

pixel@hourglassone.com acs at hourglassone.com
Mon Apr 21 06:30:49 UTC 2003


I'm not entirely certain, but natural assumption would be that the tables
keyed off server are specific to mythbackend, not mythfrontend (I do
remember seeing the name of the backend server as a pref in the db,
however).

Anyone care to back me up on this/confirm?


Aaron

On Sun, 20 Apr 2003, Eni Gma wrote:

> Yeah, but updates what?  It it OK to switch the master backend to a
> different server then switch it back?  I seem to remember there are
> several tables that are keyed on server name, I fear that it may cause
> problems in those tables if I keep switching which backend is the
> master.  For now I guess I'll just keep the master I have and record
> anything I want to watch on the slave backend.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
>
>
> pixel at hourglassone.com wrote:
>
> >Should be pretty easy to write a shell script that updates the db with the
> >proper backend server b4 running the frontend.
> >
> >My 2 bits worth :)
> >Aaron
> >
> >On Sat, 19 Apr 2003, Eni Gma wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>I have 2 backend servers.  One of them (the master) has a WinTV-Go tuner
> >>card with a full lineup of channels and the slave has a bt848 capture
> >>card, with a single channel.  Is there any way to select which backend I
> >>get when I start a frontend?  For the first frontend it will always go
> >>to the master server and then the next frontend will get the slave
> >>server with a single channel.  If there is not already a frontend
> >>watching TV, the only way I can access the slave backend is if I
> >>schedule a recording on the slave, then watch the recording.  There
> >>seems to be no way to switch between backends.
> >>
> >>Also, is there a way to set different encoding parameters for each
> >>backend?  My slave backend has less power, and I would like to use more
> >>conservative settings for it, both for live TV and recordings.  All my
> >>recordings get generated with a recording profile of 0, do I have the
> >>means to change in the interface or must I manually change it in the DB?
> >> How does the backend decide which recording profile to use for Live
> >>TV-does it simply look for the name or does it have a hard coded ID?
> >>
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