[mythtv-users] Master and Slave with capture cards

[Ken VanDine]

OK, before I get flamed I just RTFM.  I just noticed for the first time the 
last section named "Advanced Backend Configurations".  This is close to what 
I want.  But, I would like the option to be able to "reserve" the local 
capture device for the frontend.  So the local card is always available for 
the local frontend when someone wants to watch live-tv on that frontend.  I 
plan to have three frontends in total.  I want the master backend to have 
two WinTV cards doing software encoding for recordings and three slave 
backends/frontends with hardware MPEG cards for watching live-tv.  Does 
anyone else think this is a desirable setup?  Would it be possible with the 
current CVS release, or does this require and major change?

Thanks,
--Ken


Quoting Ken VanDine <ken at bizrace.com>:

> Is this possible:
> 
> -Master backend with WinTV, MySQL and lots of storage.
> -Slave backend/frontend with a PVR-250 capture card.
> 
> I want the master backend to handle scheduled recordings and storage and 
the
> 
> slave backend/frontend use it's pvr-250 for watching live-tv and watch 
> recordings off the master.
> 
> I tried this, but it captures off the master for live tv.  Is this the way 
> it is designed to work?  Am I expecting to much?  Anyone have any tips to 
> help me accomplish what I am trying to do?
> 
> TIA,
> --Ken
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Ken VanDine
biZrace Inc.
http://www.biZrace.com
kvandine at biZrace.com