[mythtv-users] Switching between backends?

[pixel at hourglassone.com]

Should be pretty easy to write a shell script that updates the db with the
proper backend server b4 running the frontend.

My 2 bits worth :)
Aaron

On Sat, 19 Apr 2003, Eni Gma wrote:

> I have 2 backend servers.  One of them (the master) has a WinTV-Go tuner
> card with a full lineup of channels and the slave has a bt848 capture
> card, with a single channel.  Is there any way to select which backend I
> get when I start a frontend?  For the first frontend it will always go
> to the master server and then the next frontend will get the slave
> server with a single channel.  If there is not already a frontend
> watching TV, the only way I can access the slave backend is if I
> schedule a recording on the slave, then watch the recording.  There
> seems to be no way to switch between backends.
>
> Also, is there a way to set different encoding parameters for each
> backend?  My slave backend has less power, and I would like to use more
> conservative settings for it, both for live TV and recordings.  All my
> recordings get generated with a recording profile of 0, do I have the
> means to change in the interface or must I manually change it in the DB?
>  How does the backend decide which recording profile to use for Live
> TV-does it simply look for the name or does it have a hard coded ID?
>
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