On Mon, June 30, 2008 11:53 am, Joshua Penix wrote: > ----- "John Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Yes, I know one could take a recorded show and share it with >> BitTorrent >> or something. I'm wondering if this functionality has been >> integrated >> into MythTV so it "just works" without any intermediate steps. > > This functionality is fundamental to MythTV's engineering. The software > is split into two parts - the "backend" which takes care of scheduling and > video capture, and the "frontend" which is responsible for playback on > your screen. > > The one-box MythTV installations you see are simply one machine running > both the backend and frontend portions. But you're free to mix and match > the pieces as you wish, having multiple backends that work together to > record all your shows (though a single multi-tuner backend can do the > same), to having little fanless frontend machines spread throughout the > house, one per TV, all feeding off a headless backend stored in the > basement. > > For a simple MythTV experience, I highly recommend trying Mythbuntu > (http://www.mythbuntu.org/). It's a version of Ubuntu that has all the > pieces you need, and a convenient setup application that can help you > build backend and frontend machines in the layout you prefer (including > diskless frontend clients).
The flexibility is amazing. We can banish one or both kids to their rooms and have them watch their recordings on their machines, leaving the living room for grown ups. With my latest install, I find that wireless has enough throughput for smooth playback, which was never the case before. The Ubuntu Myth has a great rep. Let me also say a word for the MythDora for you Red Hat die hards. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
