[mythtv] Similtaneous TV watching on multiple frontends
Robert Kulagowski
bob at smalltime.com
Wed Jun 2 17:04:27 EDT 2004
> For some reason I assumed that two or more frontends could watch TV if they were
> watching the same channel. It seems this is not so.
Correct.
> this
> works fine if no one is watching TV on the backend box. Why can we not have two
> streams running similtaneous? I don't see any technical reasons why not ... any
> views.
It works the way it works because that's how it was programmed and no
one has submitted a patch to change the behavior.
> Also on another issue. How do I access my pictures and music files that are on
> the backend box from my remote frontend. Do I have to tell the frontend somehow
> how to use nfs/samba etc?
Yes.
> If so how is that done.
That's not a development question. You should ask on the mythtv-users
list or read a NFS or SAMBA HOWTO. Or even the MythTV HOWTO, section 21.
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