Re: [mythtv-users] Multi-card setup with only two cards allowed to record
Thanks guys for your help. I do appreciate it! Will Quoting Kevin Kuphal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Joseph A. Caputo wrote: > > >On Friday 28 October 2005 8:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > >>Hi All, > >> > >>I've been looking around and can't seem to find the info i'm > >>looking for so > >>maybe someone can help. I have a server setup with the mythtv backend > >>and have > >>2 pvr-250 cards in it; I also have two separate frontend units each > >>with a > >>wintv-go card in them. What i want to do is to have recordings only > >>occur on > >>the two pvr-250 cards in the server, I want the two cards in the > >>frontends to > >>be used as a local tuner for that frontend only. Does that make sense? > >>The > >>reasoning behind this is because if the cards in the frontends start > >>recording > >>then the frontend becomes really slow and sometimes locks-up. So i > >>only want > >>the cards in the server to do the recording, and the cards in the > >>frontends for > >>tv viewing only for that specific frontend. Is this possible? Thanks > >>in advance > >>for any help you guys could offer! > >> > >> > > > >It sounds like the frontends are not beefy enough to handle software > >encoding even for recording, so LiveTV using the cards in the frontend > >is probably out of the question as well. > > > As I'm thinking about it, another option would be to swap. Put the > PVR-250s into the frontends where hardware encoding can happen and move > the BTTV cards into the backend which may have the juice to do dual > recordings (my athlon 2000 can do it). > > Kevin > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Multi-card setup with only two cards allowed to record
Joseph A. Caputo wrote: On Friday 28 October 2005 8:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I've been looking around and can't seem to find the info i'm looking for so maybe someone can help. I have a server setup with the mythtv backend and have 2 pvr-250 cards in it; I also have two separate frontend units each with a wintv-go card in them. What i want to do is to have recordings only occur on the two pvr-250 cards in the server, I want the two cards in the frontends to be used as a local tuner for that frontend only. Does that make sense? The reasoning behind this is because if the cards in the frontends start recording then the frontend becomes really slow and sometimes locks-up. So i only want the cards in the server to do the recording, and the cards in the frontends for tv viewing only for that specific frontend. Is this possible? Thanks in advance for any help you guys could offer! It sounds like the frontends are not beefy enough to handle software encoding even for recording, so LiveTV using the cards in the frontend is probably out of the question as well. As I'm thinking about it, another option would be to swap. Put the PVR-250s into the frontends where hardware encoding can happen and move the BTTV cards into the backend which may have the juice to do dual recordings (my athlon 2000 can do it). Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Multi-card setup with only two cards allowed to record
On Friday 28 October 2005 8:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, > > I've been looking around and can't seem to find the info i'm > looking for so > maybe someone can help. I have a server setup with the mythtv backend > and have > 2 pvr-250 cards in it; I also have two separate frontend units each > with a > wintv-go card in them. What i want to do is to have recordings only > occur on > the two pvr-250 cards in the server, I want the two cards in the > frontends to > be used as a local tuner for that frontend only. Does that make sense? > The > reasoning behind this is because if the cards in the frontends start > recording > then the frontend becomes really slow and sometimes locks-up. So i > only want > the cards in the server to do the recording, and the cards in the > frontends for > tv viewing only for that specific frontend. Is this possible? Thanks > in advance > for any help you guys could offer! It sounds like the frontends are not beefy enough to handle software encoding even for recording, so LiveTV using the cards in the frontend is probably out of the question as well. However, if you're willing to give up the ability to time-shift live TV, and can live without an EPG, then you could use the frontend tuner cards as simple frame-grabbers and watch TV using xawtv (or any other TV viewing program, like tvtime). To do this, Myth doesn't need to know anything about the cards, so you need to remove their configuration with mythtv-setup. Then, all you need is to re-configure the menu item for "Watch TV" to launch xawtv instead of using Myth; this is done by editing the XML file for the menu. The "EXEC" command is what you want. (Someone may tell you to use "EXECTV", but that's only necessary if Myth is configured to use the card for recording as well.) Of course, you may have to make some adjustments to your .lircrc, etc. -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Multi-card setup with only two cards allowed to record
Phill Edwards wrote: I've been looking around and can't seem to find the info i'm looking for so maybe someone can help. I have a server setup with the mythtv backend and have 2 pvr-250 cards in it; I also have two separate frontend units each with a wintv-go card in them. What i want to do is to have recordings only occur on the two pvr-250 cards in the server, I want the two cards in the frontends to be used as a local tuner for that frontend only. Does that make sense? The reasoning behind this is because if the cards in the frontends start recording then the frontend becomes really slow and sometimes locks-up. So i only want the cards in the server to do the recording, and the cards in the frontends for tv viewing only for that specific frontend. Is this possible? Thanks in advance for any help you guys could offer! I could be wrong on this, but I think tuner cards are a backend function (even for Live TV), not a frontend one, so I don't think you can do what you're proposing. If you want extra tuner cards I think they all have to go in the backend. ___ Any machine can run the mythbackend process and/or the mythfrontend process. If he runs this on his frontend, then it is also a backend. As for his original question, there is no way to force those cards to be reserved for LiveTV only. You can set them to be lowest priority for recordings and make sure never to schedule more than 2 recordings at a time and they effectively will not be used. Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Multi-card setup with only two cards allowed to record
> I've been looking around and can't seem to find the info i'm looking for > so > maybe someone can help. I have a server setup with the mythtv backend and have > 2 pvr-250 cards in it; I also have two separate frontend units each with a > wintv-go card in them. What i want to do is to have recordings only occur on > the two pvr-250 cards in the server, I want the two cards in the frontends to > be used as a local tuner for that frontend only. Does that make sense? The > reasoning behind this is because if the cards in the frontends start recording > then the frontend becomes really slow and sometimes locks-up. So i only want > the cards in the server to do the recording, and the cards in the frontends > for > tv viewing only for that specific frontend. Is this possible? Thanks in > advance > for any help you guys could offer! I could be wrong on this, but I think tuner cards are a backend function (even for Live TV), not a frontend one, so I don't think you can do what you're proposing. If you want extra tuner cards I think they all have to go in the backend. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Multi-card setup with only two cards allowed to record
Hi All, I've been looking around and can't seem to find the info i'm looking for so maybe someone can help. I have a server setup with the mythtv backend and have 2 pvr-250 cards in it; I also have two separate frontend units each with a wintv-go card in them. What i want to do is to have recordings only occur on the two pvr-250 cards in the server, I want the two cards in the frontends to be used as a local tuner for that frontend only. Does that make sense? The reasoning behind this is because if the cards in the frontends start recording then the frontend becomes really slow and sometimes locks-up. So i only want the cards in the server to do the recording, and the cards in the frontends for tv viewing only for that specific frontend. Is this possible? Thanks in advance for any help you guys could offer! Will ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
