--- David George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/11/2005 7:03 AM, William wrote: > > >>Can a master backend have no capture cards or > devices, and > >>only have them in > >>one or more slave backends? The docs seem a bit > ambiguous about this > >>(admittedly unusual) case. > >> > >> > >What is the point? If you want to put your storage > somewhere else thats easy > >to do but its not really a backend if it does not > have a capture device. > > > > > I am not the OP, but I have thought about doing > this. Two reasons why I > thought about it: 1) I have a nice dual-processor > file server, would be > nice to have scheduling and transcoding done on it, > and 2) My fileserver > is on all the time, it would be nice to set it up so > that the fileserver > (master backend) told the slave backends to wake up > when they have > something to record (electricity is expensive around > here). Oh, and why > don't I put any capture cards in the fileserver? > Because I don't have > any free slots, and I can't buy a USB capture device > right now (too many > other priorities). > > Of course I haven't tried it yet, but I am seriously > thinking about it. :-)
Thanks David, for putting it so perfectly. In my case, I want to move the storage and scheduling to an always-on server in my "office". But my aerials (T&S) terminate in the living room. It's a rented flat, and I can't start rewiring. I could have the box in the living room act as the Master Backend, with storage on the office box, but then I have to have two PC's running constantly. I'm single, and have to pay UK energy costs, and I'd rather be environmentally friendly(er). _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
