[mythtv-users] Live TV with knoppixmyth liveCD

Angel Gabriel angelisonline at gmail.com
Wed Dec 7 12:30:23 EST 2005


If I am to understand this correctly, in any myth setup, from one machine to
50 machines, any type of input signal, needs to go through a backend?

On 12/7/05, Dewey Smolka <dsmolka at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/7/05, Angel Gabriel <angelisonline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a capture card with the bt878 chip on it - What I want to do, is
> to
> > run a knoppixmyth live CD, and have this machine display the output of
> this
> > card on screen. I don't want any recording, just direct output - Is this
> > possible using the LIVE cd?
> >
>
> No. Any recording (and Live TV is a recording) requires a backend. A
> backend requires an install. The KnoppMyth Live CD can be used to run
> a frontend off the CD (no install) but you need a backend on your
> network to connect to.
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