Does anybody have any experience with running a MythTV backend on a non-dedicated machine (a machine that's also used for software development, web-browsing, e-mail, etc.)?
All of the info I find about "split" MythTV systems implies that the backend is a dedicated MythTV server. It seems like a waste to have both a backend server and my normal "desktop" machine running all the time -- both 99% idle. My tuner is a network-attached HDHR, so the backend isn't doing any real-time encoding. All it needs to to is shovel bytes between the network interface and the disk. I do plan on having a dedicated drive for MythTV recordings. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Kids, don't gross me at off ... "Adventures with visi.com MENTAL HYGIENE" can be carried too FAR!