[mythtv-users] MythTV/HTPC Linux Distribution?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

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> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of jas
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 11:35 PM
> To: mythtv at darco.deepdarc.com; Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV/HTPC Linux Distribution?
>
>
> I think it's a great Idea!
>
> It could as you mention use ZeroConf/Rendevouz to automatically
> aggregate tuner(and other) resources so that if the local one is busy
> it could request a program be recored on another machine and made
> available or transfered.....
>
> You might even be able to retroactively be able to record a
> program....You find a program in the listing that you like, but the it
> was yesterday and the machine could ask if any of the other machines
> did record it and if it did request a copy to be transferred....
>

Myth already has an advanced scheduler that can handle integrated operation
of multiple tuners on multiple boxes, and presents to the frontend a
composite list of all available recordings on all boxes.  What you describe
is actually a step backwards, unless the "other machines" you're talking
about are other Myth users on the Internet (a la P2P), but that, of course,
raises copyright/DRM issues that we don't want to tangle with.

Nevertheless, the idea of using something like Rendezvous to auto-configure
a Myth setup is intriguing...

-JAC