[mythtv-users] Raspberry Pi as a slave backend server

jrh jharbestonus at gmail.com
Sat Mar 21 23:06:38 UTC 2015


> On Mar 21, 2015, at 5:35 PM, Bert Haskins <bhaskins at chartermi.net> wrote:
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>> I am using raspbian off the noobs image.
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>> You are correct, I just used wired network. I didn’t even want to try going wireless.
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>> I didn’t even try experimenting using a local usb drive as that wouldn’t fit my usage scenario, so are still all good questions.
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>> I will be staying with a single USB tuner for my needs, and Since I started using the RPi 2 configured as above, I have had no TFW errors since starting to use it!
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>> I have no plans whatsoever to try to use an RPi of any kind as a frontend, however, they are very insteresting as a remote backend like I am using. The pi 2 plus the hauppauge USB tuner are only using around 7 watts while recording!
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>> By the Way, I noticed I goofed above when I said it was a viable master backend. I meant to say it is a viable SLAVE backend.
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>> An experiment I might try sometime in the future is to have an RPi as a masterbackend ONLY with no tuners(just define a dummy recorder). No immediate plans to try that tho yet.
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>> Regards
> Has anyone managed to get mythweb running on the Pi?

Since I am running it on a slave backend, I only need mythweb running on the master backend.  So it isn’t an issue from a slave backend standpoint.




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