[mythtv-users] Mult-system design

[Peter A. Daly]

Why not have a single back end with lightweight front ends for the
additional TV's?  You may be complicating things more than you need to.

-Pete

On 10/26/06, Rich West <Rich.West at wesmo.com> wrote:
>
> I apologize in advance if this has been covered before, but I am looking
> for some current/up-to-date input.
>
> Background:
> I have successfully gotten MythTV up and running on one system.  It is
> both the backend and the front end.  I moved the MySQL database off of
> this system and on to a central server in the house (it performs a
> number of other duties and is backed up nightly).  Music & Photos are
> NFS mounted off of the same central server.
>
> Goal:
> To have multiple MythTV systems (2, maybe three), one for each
> television, with each system having access to the same store of
> recordings.  In other words, if System1 records a television show, and,
> later in the day, we're sitting at System2, we can watch the show that
> System1 recorded.  For that matter, if we were sitting at System1, we
> could also watch that show.  This is sort of a long range goal seeing as
> I just got the first system up. :)  All systems will have recording
> capability.  My hope is to have one system (my backup server) be the
> primary data storage location (with lots of disk space) for Videos and
> recordings.
>
> So.. here's my question: what is the best way to get to the goal?  I
> realize that only one system should be updating the guide data
> (mythfilldatabase).  I would have the central server perform this task,
> but I'm not sure just how easy that would be to do.  Besides, it
> probably isn't worth the effort.  Should I just NFS mount the "video"
> directory directory off of the main server?  This would probably be fine
> for imported DVD's (Movies), but will it be ok for scheduled recordings?
>
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