[mythtv-users] HDTV recording and multiple tvs

[Kevin Kuphal]

On 10/3/07, Jeff Meeks <jmeeks at permacrete.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi all,
>
>             I am curious about the MythTV setup. I have an interested
> client that currently has 4 direct tv / tivo HD receivers that are beginning
> to fail and asked about "something different".
>
> He currently has his whole house wired with ir receivers that connect to
> ir blasters. He can watch any of the receivers from any of the televisions
> in the house by choosing which receiver from the remote that is programmed
> for that TV. (Oh, he is using a sony lcd remote).
>
>             He is installing a new HDTV in his media room and would like
> to record HD programming as well as SD for his other TVs.
>
>             My questions are:
>
>
>
> Can MythTV record as many as 4 shows one of which may be HD.?
>

Yes, given enough disk I/O bandwidth.  I currently record 2 shows HD and 2
shows SD with commflagging with no problem on an old Athlon 1800 system with
EIDE disks.

What about playback or recording and watching the same show?
>

Yes.  No problem, again, your major limitation revolves around high I/O on
the disks

Do I need a frontend for each TV, or could we have one big backend with
> multiple tuners that could be controlled with remotes?
>

Frontends.  The CPU playback requirements of HD will make any kind of
multi-headed single system for playback difficult.  The multi-headed stuff
is difficult to start with so you're just asking for trouble.

Kevin
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