[mythtv-users] Limit on frontends?

[Dan Christensen]

Matt Mencel <mr-mencel at wiu.edu> writes:

> How many frontends would I reasonably be able to connect to a AthlonXP 1500
> with 512MB RAM?
>
> I'm running a MythTV demo on Wednesday and will be attempting to run
> frontend/backend on my FC3 server with the above specs, a Mac Mini frontend,
> and an Xbox frontend.
>
> Am I going to get any stuttering or other video problems if I have all three
> playing different recordings at the same time?

I have done that without any problems.  The backend is an Athlon 2400,
but the cpu load was low.  And the network was just 802.11g.  And the
backend was recording a fourth show at the same time (on a PVR-350).

Dan