[mythtv-users] Combined Backend/Multiple frontend

[Weston, Toby (ELS)]

mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org wrote:
> I am currently renovating a house and I am looking at potential
> solutions for distributing tv/music/photos etc to any tv, and
> stumbled across MythTV. Being a long time linux fan, I wondered if it
> were possible to create a large backend box with several cpus, that
> could handle the PVR stuff and driver all tvs in the house.
> 
> Setup would be
> - Dual Athlon 64
> - 1-2GB RAM
> - Two PVR 250/350 cards
> - Three or more AGP/PCI graphics cards with TV out
> - Multiple IR sender/receiver one for each TV.
> 
> Each graphics card would be assigned a different X display and a
> separate instance of MythTV frontend running.
> 
> Would this setup be possible?
> Has anybody tried it out?
> 
> Thanks
> Bruce P.B Collie

Hi,

Just to be clear, you intend to have the graphics cards in seperate front
end machines right? 1 per front end? I understood these would basically just
read from the shared/networked disk on the backend and display the
recordings via their TV out. Other than that, MythTV's all geared up for
frontend/backend style distribution, lots of people are using it that way
(they'll probably be able to tell you more).

Cheers,