On 8/31/05, James Howison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's what I want to do, at least in the medium term. I'd > appreciate any guidance as to possibility/resources/experiences. > > Say I have a box here in the states and a box in australia. I'd like > to run encoders on both and frontends in both places. I'd like both > frontends to have the ability to schedule recordings on either end. > (ie I'd like to schedule a recording on the australian backend from > the states). I think that should be possible, perhaps by adding > another source into each backend. > > However I want these recordings to be pretty good quality, so I don't > expect to watch them in the states streaming off the backend in > australia (just not enough bandwidth). Rather I'd like the system to > know which end had scheduled the recording and to move that recording > to the end that wanted it. > > Something like this (== is Lan, -- is internet link): > > US Frontend <==> US Backend <---//---> Aus Backend <===> Aus Frontend > | | > US Cable Aus Digital TV > > US Frontend speaks to US Backend, accessing a source which lists Aus > programming, and schedules a recording. US Backend then instructs > Aus Backend to do the taping and once it is finished to transfer the > recording automatically into the US Backend's Media Library (and > possibly store it in the Aus Backend with low priority). US Frontend > then watches it in streaming glory in the States. And, of course, > vice versa. > > It would be possible for the US frontend to talk directly to the Aus > backend but then one would have to have a way of telling the Aus > backend where to put the recording ... > > Live TV is also desirable but secondary, probably transcoded to > something suitably low bandwidth for previewing and peeking. > > Is anyone doing something similar? Is this currently possible with > Myth? I guess all it really needs is a "post-record/transcode" hook > to tell the encoding end to transfer the file and a way to let the > requesting end know that the program is in the library. > > Then I can watch me cricket, mate. And who could blame me for that?
_Probably_ easier with 2 separate machines, each running MythstreamTV so you can access either from anywhere. If using a transcode script, you could automate the file transfer as the final command. Nick _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
