[mythtv-users] Multiple frontends/backend storage with digital boxes

[Adam Biskobing]

If you have a cable connection in your office I would recommend moving
all your cable boxes to the office and run a master backend (and
possibly a slave backend, depending on your capture card choice) in that
room.  Then put frontends on each of the TV's.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Hans Friedrich
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 7:56 PM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Multiple frontends/backend storage 
> with digital boxes
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have been meaning to get a Tivo for a while, but after 
> surveying the 
> current box and subscription options I was a little 
> disappointed until I 
> came across MythTV on sourceforge. I was very, very impressed after a 
> little research, especially by the client/server architecture 
> with all 
> the possibilities that entails.
> 
> However, I'm having a little trouble wrapping my head around 
> exactly how 
> I should breakdown the setup for my house. If you guys had 
> some advice 
> for how I should distribute tuner cards and setup frontend/backend 
> architecture for the following setup, that would be great:
> 
> I currently have three digital cable boxes, each hooked up to 
> a tv in a 
> different room in my house. I want to be able to watch a live 
> show and 
> record a live show simultaneously from each of my digital 
> cable boxes. I 
> want all my recorded shows, as well as my 10,000+ mp3s, to be 
> stored on 
> a fourth pc running mythtv and available on my tvs. this 
> fourth box will 
> be used strictly for storage, but not used for playing or video, and 
> will be located in my home office.
> 
> What would be the best way to organize this system w/regard 
> to mythtv? 
> I'd like my pcs located next to my tvs to be as thin of clients as 
> possible. Ideally I'd be able to run the pcs located by my tvs as 
> frontends only, and do all recording on my Big Box, but I 
> don't know how 
> this would be possible considering the need for my digital 
> cable box and 
> my tv tuner cards to be located together.
> 
> Any advice?
> 
> Thanks,
> Hans
> 
>