On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:29:14AM +0800, jam wrote: > On Monday 16 November 2009 09:00:05 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: > > > a) I'd run back and front end of different machines > > > > I'd thought of doing that, but because the TV and aerial cable are in > > the same room, I'd still have to make this machine both fron and back > > end, so I don't see any great benefit in having a remote back end. > > Except that you don't want to power up your machine every time you want to > check ABC's Finance is set to record weekly, your daughter phones and asks > you > to record friends or you just want to check that motoGP has higher priority > than conflicts and IMHO the EPG is adequate and tracks their sometimes > quickly > changing schedules EG > myth scheduled to record FavoriteProgram on 7 at 19:30. Seven reschedules for > 19:32 > myth wakes up at 19:29 finds Not scheduled for 19:30 and goes to sleep and > does not record at 19:32 !!
OK, fair point, I hadn't thought of it that way. I think I'll still get this going as a combined back & front end to start with, and I can always split it apart later, or more likely, get a new low power front end going and move this box downstairs. Thanks, John -- > Okay, you must really hate QIC drives. :-) Not nearly as much as the TK50 and its spawn. -- Rik Steenwinkel -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html