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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">I'm not the most savvy when it comes to LINUX or MythTV. But it seems to me that Myth can be run on a backend server and you can distribute the signals to various places (frontends). So why are there frontend discussions about hard drives? I don't get it. Could someone please expose my ignorance? </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Can't you just distribute the info over network wire (best as CAT6)? Then all you would need would be the interface in a frontend that has bootable RAM, since you can get decent-GIG sized keyfobs, put a video card, a gigabit network card, the processor, small fan, IR receiver, Sound Card (preferrably w/optical out to go into a receiver), etc? Basically create a Myth set-top box w/no HD?</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">I guess that's where I get confused. Forgive my ignorance in advance. It just seems that if all the recording is being done on the backend server, the frontend wouldn't need all the moving parts.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Or is this already being done?</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">-Jim<BR></DIV></div><br>
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