[mythtv-users] New system configuration

[Christopher Kerr]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Kaare Rasmussen <kaare at jasonic.dk> wrote:

> So your recommendation is to have a separate, perhaps dedicated backend server
> and deploy several Ion machines as frontends. The backend should be packed
> away to avoid the noise. How I control it is something I don't get right now.

Exactly.

Control, assuming you mean things like scheduling recordings, is
handled by the frontends, or by MythWeb, which allows recordings to be
scheduled from a web browser. They need to be connected via your home
network - generally via ethernet. Wireless can work, but you'd run
into problems fast with multiple frontends competing for the limited
wireless bandwidth.

> But it's rather disappointing that you need more than one tuner. I think I'll
> follow Thomas' advice and join the local mythtv forum to learn more about what
> MythTV really is.

It's a DVR like any other, just an uncommonly flexible one. If you buy
a Tivo, you can record from 2 different channels at once, because it
has 2 tuners. MythTV is the same, except you have the option of adding
as many tuners as you want! (I used one tuner for a long time, but
never for LiveTV, I just used the tuners in the TV's for that. Now
I've got 2 tuners, and thus far, I've only had one occasion where I've
wished I had 3)

- Chris