[mythtv-users] Front-end / Back-end Setup

[Coin_Graham at genpt.com]

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>
> On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 11:22 AM,  <Coin_Graham at genpt.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm reading the FAQs about the front end and back end setup and can't
find
> > any information on how the two communicate.  Does the Backend need
network
> > connectivity or can the front and back communicate over the coaxial
cable
> > that the tv signal comes in on?  Does the backend and frontend need to
be
> > "in-line" to communicate?  I'm asking because I'm planning on putting
my
> > backend in the attic for heat and noise reasons.
> >
> > If network connectivity is necessary, is 100Mb sufficient?
> >
> > If all of this is answered somewhere, just point me in the right
> > direction....
>
> Yes, network connectivity is needed. The information travels over TCP/IP.
>
> 100Mb is enough. You could run 2 frontends with HD content comfortably
> over 100Mb.
>
> And if you have a machine with a TV tuner in, that machine is a
> "Backend". If you are also using that same machine to play back, it's
> a combined Frontend/Backend. And if it has no Tuner, it's a Frontend
> only. So there would be no Co-ax for a backend to talk to a frontend
> on.
> --
> Robert "Anaerin" Johnston
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Robert, Lindsay, Bill,

This is exactly the information I was looking for.  I've spent a lot of
time reading FAQs and setup guides but not the User's Manual, and it
answered a lot of basic questions.  Looks like I'll be running more
ethernet in my AC ducts in the weekends to come!

Thanks guys (and gals)

--  Coin