[mythtv-users] Difference between myth front end and back end?

stan stanb at panix.com
Sun Dec 28 11:02:17 EST 2003


On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 08:19:57PM -0800, Bruce Markey wrote:
> Malcolm wrote:
> >Can someone help me out with an explaination of the myth front end and
> >backend?
> 
> The frontend is the GUI that users use for playback. It can
> run on a computer monitor or on a TV if the computer has a
> graphics card that supports TV-out. A mythbackend may or may
> not also run on the same machine depending on if the system
> has a TV card. Any frontend can be stopped or started at any
> time with no impact on the recording schedule.
> 

So, does this imply the following?

1. You do not need a TV card in the frontend machine(s)?
2. Uncompressed video is sent from the backend machien to the frontend(s)?



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