Buzz wrote:
What about having "recommended" or "common" configurations?
1) single PC - everything installed,run and stored locally.
2) single backend system - backend+tuners+lirc+database+web+filesystem all
on one host. "basic" frontend on other host/s (as many as desired, often
just one) running GUI/mythfrontend+plugins only.
LIRC won't do any good on a backend. LIRC is for controlling the
frontend (i.e. for controlling the playback of recordings/execution of
plugins). The user doesn't interact with the backend--instead he/she
interacts with a frontend ("the" frontend (mythfrontend) or MythWeb or
something), which interacts with the backend.
3) minor deviations from (2) eg: lirc on frontend,
Already covered that one... ;)
(extra) tuner/s in frontend,
That would make the frontend into a combined frontend/backend (since
backends have the capture cards).
What other common instalations are out there....?
The way I see it, there are only three:
Backend only (capture cards, "no" display)
Frontend only (display, no capture cards)
Combined Frontend/Backend (display and capture cards)
You can have as many of the above three as you like. In addition, you
need a database on the network somewhere and one or more filesystems
(either local or on the network). To run MythWeb, you need a web server.
What about a Wizard configuration tool?... (for common configurations)
That sounds a lot like the KnoppMyth installer to me... (
http://www.mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html )
Mike
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To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Are there any docs that describe the split
betweenmythfrontend and mythbackend?
W.Kenworthy wrote:
Are there any docs that describe the split between mythfrontend and
mythbackend? Where are the files stored, which has the tv cards, which
has the database (backend) and so on. This seems to be missing from
the website docs.
The backend has capture cards. The frontend plays back recordings and
executes the plugins (MythVideo, MythMusic, MythGame, MythWeather,
MythGallery, MythNews, MythBrowser, etc.).
Files can be stored on any network-accessible filesystem. Database can be
on any network-accessible host. In other words, the filesystem and database
are not "a part" of Myth. The same holds true for Apache--if using MythWeb,
it can be hosted on any web server with network access to the database and
the backend.
All of these can be on the same physical machine or can be spread out across
as many different machines as you have to spare... In other words, there's
no requirement for a particular configuration (which is why it's not really
documented--too many variations possible).
Mike
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