[mythtv-users] Multiple frontends/backend storage with digital boxes

[Hans Friedrich]

Thanks for the link - MiniMyth looks really interesting and I'll have to 
explore your project a little more once I get down to nuts and bolts.

I like the client setup you suggest. I think what I am going to do is 
setup diskless thin clients like these next to each of my three tvs and 
link them to a master backend machine with mega-storage by 100mbit 
ethernet. This backend box will contain 3 pvr-250s linked to my 3 
digital cable boxes for live-tv and recording. I plan to control channel 
changing on the digital boxes remotely from my frontend machines via 
serial port.

Does this sound like a plan? Does anyone forsee me needing more than 3 
capture cards?

shec0002 at shecks.net wrote:

>If you are looking for a thin, lower power, almost silent client check out
>the linpvr.org project.  I have two backend machines in my basement, and
>one diskless thin client under my TV.  My thinclient front-end is great,
>and the onboard decoder is smooth.  I would be happy to help if you were
>interested in this sort of configuration.
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>My thin client was less then $300 to build.
>VIA EPIA Nehemiah M10000 1Ghz All In One Motherboard
>512MB PC133 DIMM
>Morex Cubid 3688 Mini-ITX Case - Silver
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>Others have added PVR-250s to machines like this, but I don't have the
>cash for another one yet.
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>>You can go *really* thin on the frontend, even so far as to go diskless and
>>boot from Compact Flash. For somewhere in the neighborhood of  ~$350-400USD
>>each, you could put together frontend machines considerably smaller than
>>your current digital cable boxes.Get yourself any small form-factor machine
>>with a CF slot
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>>>I'd like my pcs located next to my tvs to be as thin of clients as
>>>possible.
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