[mythtv-users] Newbie Question

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Thursday 17 June 2004 16:43, Balaji Kithiganahalli wrote:
> I am planning to create my mythbox. I did do research on this list
> and web, but i do have doubts about some questions. Please help me
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> 1. I do know that I need two tuners in my mythtv so i can view one
> channel while recording an other. Can I source these two tuners from
> single Dishnetwork signal source using a signal splitter or do I
> still need to shell out money for dishnetwork to have two receivers?

If your only video source is Dishnetwork (i.e., you don't also have 
analog cable), then a second tuner will be absolutely useless without a 
second Dishnetwork receiver.  Since a tuner card cannot tune satellite 
or digital cable channels directly, each tuner card needs an external 
receiver to tune the channel for it.  Since, except for a very few 
high-end models, external receivers can only tune & output one channel 
at a time, in order for you to watch one "live" channel while recording 
another you would need 2 Dishnet receivers + 2 tuner/capture cards.


> 2. If I have not misunderstood, MythBackend and MythFrontEnd are like
> Server/Client Configurations, How are these connected? Is it via
> ethernet cables or Can I use wireless networking?

A few people have had success with wireless, but the bandwidth 
requirements for Myth are difficult to accommodate with 802.11b.  
802.11g is better, and wired ethernet (100Mbit or Gigabit) is best, 
obviously.

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> 3. IS it the same software for both MythBackend and MythFrontEnd?

2 separate programs -- "mythbackend" and "mythfrontend".

-JAC