[mythtv-users] Frontend question

[Stuart Fox]

> Stuart Fox wrote:
>
>>>On Fri, February 3, 2006 11:47, Jo Shields said:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Stuart Fox wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>Stuart Fox wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>This may be a silly question but .. does a frontend have to have a
>>>>>>>capture
>>>>>>>card?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Cheers
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>A front-end *can't* have a capture card. Only a back-end.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>However, you can have a front-end and back-end on the same box, which
>>>>>>sounds like what you want.
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>>>>>Not quite
>>>>>
>>>>>I already have a frontend/backend machine with 3 capture cards and all
>>>>>the
>>>>>storage that drives the main tv/home cinema etc but id like to put a
>>>>>frontend upstairs.
>>>>>
>>>>>Obviously its going to need a sound and graphics card
>>>>>
>>>>>Cheers
>>>>>
>>>>>Stuart
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>So just get a teeny box like an Epia or something. I've got
>>>> mythfrontend
>>>>on my laptop, for watching things in bed (there's no TV reception
>>>>upstairs either...)
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>>>>
>>>LOL... With WiFi and a laptop you can watch TV from your bathtub!  ;-)
>>>
>>>That's also what I meant with my reply: A capturecard in your 'frontend'
>>>machine with the backend running would have less latency when watching
>>>live TV...
>>>
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>>
>>Last question then, (hopefully) do I need nfs/samba or does the backend
>>stream to the frontend?
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>
> Myth protocol. No need for NFS or Samba.
>
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Perfect !

Cheers

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