[mythtv-users] backend in appletv 2g?

[Brian Wood]

On Monday, November 15, 2010 05:05:02 pm Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 11/15/2010 17:37, Brian Wood wrote:
> > On Monday, November 15, 2010 03:21:22 pm Raymond Wagner wrote:
> >> On 11/15/2010 17:15, Brian Wood wrote:
> >>> On Monday, November 15, 2010 02:58:34 pm Jarod Wilson wrote:
> >>>> On Nov 15, 2010, at 2:30 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> >>>>> On 11/15/2010 11:01, Juanmol wrote:
> >>>>>> Hi! I know it's possible to install the mythtv frontend in a
> >>>>>> apple tv 2g (the little black one), but it's possible intall
> >>>>>> the backend too?
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> The AppleTV is of no use as a frontend or backend for MythTV. 
> >>>>> It has insufficient memory to properly run either, much less
> >>>>> both at the same time.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Well, I'm pretty sure it could serve as a slave backend just
> >>>> fine. Was actually thinking about that as a possibility in
> >>>> favor of a plug type computer, since its cheaper and/or more
> >>>> easily acquired than any of the sheevaplug variants to date.
> >>> 
> >>> not sure how it might work as a slave backend, but with an HDHR
> >>> or a USB tuner it should get by.
> >> 
> >> If you have an HDHR, you can access it from any machine on the
> >> network. Why bother dedicating a slave backend to it?
> > 
> > You might want a slave BE to do commflagging or transcoding duties
> > I suppose, and it would need *some* capture device, and the Plugs
> > are limited to USB or network devices.
> 
> The jobqueue is available as 'mythjobqueue' if you want to take part
> in the queue but don't have a tuner for a proper backend.  Either
> way, you wouldn't want to bother running a jobqueue on either the
> previous or current AppleTVs, or any plug computers for that matter.

Certainly none of those devices are speed-demons. I have learned that in 
many (non-Myth) cases waiting hours or even days is not a problem. It 
amazes me what I have been able to have my NSLU2s do when I am not in 
any hurry.

I recall one time having to decide between a 33 Mhz. 386/387 machine and 
the "speed daemon", a 25 Mhz. 486, for a CAD machine. A few years really 
changes our perspective on CPU speed. A 266 Mhz. NSLU2 would have been 
unbelievable back then.

I wasn't aware you could have a separate machine running commflag or 
transcode jobs without needing to have a full backend on it, thanks for 
that tip.