[mythtv-users] Multiple frontends watching the same backend program.

Robert Denier denier at umr.edu
Tue Jan 18 23:43:19 EST 2005


I actually meant watching Live TV, although the other I had almost 
forgotten about.

-Robert

Phill Edwards wrote:

>>Is it at all possible to have multiple frontends watch the same backend
>>that is capturing a live program?
>>
>>What would be ideal for me is to have them all display the dish network
>>channel, and have any of them able to change the channel.
>>
>>Right now I usually end up having to either go into the other room and
>>stop the front end's viewing tv, or killing it via a kill command, which
>>then usually requires killing and restarting the backend as well.
>>
>>Perhaps I'm doing something wrong.  I'm using the .16 ebuild for gentoo..
>>
>>In my case multiple = 2, but it could equal 3 in the future.
>>
>>I suppose this would require sending the compressed datastream to two or
>>more terminals at once.  Perhaps a multicast list?  I'm not sure.
>>
>>At any rate I was just curious if any of this was possible or perhaps
>>just a matter of me doing something differently.
>>    
>>
>
>I'm assuming you're not talking about the frontends watching Live TV,
>but watching a scheduled recording. I don't know the answer if you're
>talking about Live TV. Once the recording's started I think you should
>be able to just pick it from the recordings menu in any
>(theoretically) number of frontends and view it.
>
>Regards,
>Phill
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