[mythtv-users] Master backend MUST have tuner?

[Mike Perkins]

Darryl Ross wrote:
> Bill Williamson wrote:
>> Is the limitation stated in the doco that the master backend MUST have
>> at least one tuner true?  Is there any way around it?  Or is it just a
>> legacy entry still in there.  I ask because I want my master backend
>> (the one the frontends talk to) to only be a fileserver and mysql database.
> 
> I've been running my system with a tuner-less master backend now for
> about 18 months without any issues.
> 
Is there a case here for separating the backend (ie tuner driver) code from the 
scheduler code, which is what I suppose the rest of the backend consists of? How 
much of the scheduler (whatever) code is used by a slave backend? The above 
comment proves that the backend can exist without an attached tuner. Slave 
backends are presumably the reverse case. Would separation simplify the code base?

Mike Perkins