[mythtv-users] Slave Backends

[Albert Santoni]

First off, it is possible for two frontends to be watching LiveTV at the
same time, each using one tuner.
Secondly, I don't think your slave backend is working, or your master server
isn't seeing the slave. (Is the master backend the only machine that needs
to see the slave backends? That would make sense.)

You said you looked in the docs, by that I assume you meant you looked at
this: http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO.html#toc20.13
Is that correct?

Have you tried playing with the "Master Backend Override" option in the
setup screen?

Other than this, you might wanna hope Isaac pops his head into this
thread...

GameGod

----- Original Message -----
From: <rwk at americom.com>
To: <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 12:24 AM
Subject: [mythtv-users] Slave Backends


> Can someone answer some questions for me regarding slave backends.  I
> have not been able to find the answers in the documentation or the mail
> archives.
>
> I previously had one tuner card and have scheduled a number of programs
> to record.  I have now added a second tuner card (on a slave backend).
> However, it is not clear to me that it is being seen my the system.
> When I view the conflict resolution screen, it continues to show a
> conflict between two programs scheduled at the same time.
>
> I would expect that if the system was recognizing the second tuner that
> it would not show these as a conflict since it now has two tuners.  Is
> this correct?
>
> Also, is it possible for two frontends (on two different systems) to
> each watch live-tv at the same time, one on each tuner?  When I try, the
> second frontend fails, saying all inputs are busy.
>
> The original master backend continues to work as it did previously, but
> I cannot tell if the slave is working.  (I know the card and driver are
> working as I am able to capture data from /dev/video0 into a file
> outside of mythtv.)
>
> Here is the data in my tables.  Is it reasonable?
>
> mysql> select * from capturecard;
>
+--------+-------------+-------------+-----------+----------+--------------+
----------------+-----------------------+--------+----------+
> | cardid | videodevice | audiodevice | vbidevice | cardtype | defaultinput
| audioratelimit | hostname              | use_ts | dvb_type |
>
+--------+-------------+-------------+-----------+----------+--------------+
----------------+-----------------------+--------+----------+
> |      1 | /dev/video0 | /dev/dsp    | /dev/vbi  | MPEG     | Tuner 0
|          44100 | furnace               |   NULL | NULL     |
> |      2 | /dev/video0 | /dev/dsp    | /dev/vbi  | MPEG     | Tuner 0
|          44100 | htpc1                 |   NULL | NULL     |
>
+--------+-------------+-------------+-----------+----------+--------------+
----------------+-----------------------+--------+----------+
> 2 rows in set (0.01 sec)
>
> mysql> select * from cardinput;
>
+-------------+--------+----------+-----------+-----------------+-----------
-+-----------+----------+-----------+
> | cardinputid | cardid | sourceid | inputname | externalcommand |
preference | shareable | tunechan | startchan |
>
+-------------+--------+----------+-----------+-----------------+-----------
-+-----------+----------+-----------+
> |           1 |      1 |        2 | Tuner 0   |                 |
NULL | N         |          | 2         |
> |           3 |      2 |        1 | Tuner 0   |                 |
NULL | N         |          | 2         |
>
+-------------+--------+----------+-----------+-----------------+-----------
-+-----------+----------+-----------+
> 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
>
> Thanks,
> Dick
>


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