[mythtv] Watch Live TV / no encoders

[Andy Davidoff]

#if Thor Johnson /* Mar 29, 11:28 */
> >How so?  It seems useful to have backends update a table of status
> >information in the database.  Any reason not to implement this?
>
> Actually, I'm working on a set for backend and frontend option #2.  I
> hadn't thought about making each backend update a status table 'till you
> mentioned it.
>
> Probably a week or less before I post something.

I was afraid of that. :-)

> >>           Relies on db consistency
> The main reason I didn't like this one is that if mythbackend crashes on
> my system (usually because I updated the myth.so, so user=id10t), there
> would be several shows that are "currently recording" right now.  Of
> course the tuner is only working on 1, but the database doesn't know that.
#endif /* thormj at ieee.org */

The status indicators could be updated periodically by the backends; if the
date of the status indicator > now-period, you know the backend is dead.