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

[Bruce Markey]

stan wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 08:19:57PM -0800, Bruce Markey wrote:
...
>>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)?

Correct, which is why I pointed it out. Some people initially
believe that they have to have a local backend. Not true. In
fact, you can run a frontend on any linux machine on your network
even if you hadn't intended to use it as a 'myth box'. For example,
you can set up a myth box in the living room displaying full
screen on the TV then, oh by the way, run a mythfrontend in a
window in the corner of your desktop in another room.

> 2. Uncompressed video is sent from the backend machien to the frontend(s)?

No, the uncompressing is in the frontend so the compressed data
goes over the network. This should be no problem over 100mb or
802.11g. If you record with a more moderate bitrate, 10mb or
even 802.11b will work.

--  bjm