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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I'm in the process of setting
up a new system. I plan to have two identical backends with two tuners
each, and have these backends available throughout my house via
frontend machines at each TV. <br>
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I'd like to be able to watch anything recorded on either backend
anywhere in the house. <br>
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Option 1 is to link the backends (making one the master) so they can
keep track of schedules and conflicts between them, and have each
frontend access the backend complex.<br>
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I'm curious if there is an Option 2.<br>
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Assume I have a frontend machine called FM1 in my living room. Assume
further I have two identical backend machines, BM1 and BM2, each
recording things on their own (not linked together in anyway way - and
yes, I understand they won't be able to deal with duplicates, schedules
and conflicts between them in this configuration).<br>
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Now assume FM1 has two MythTV frontend processes on it, P1 and P2. Can
I have process P1 talk only to BM1 and process P2 talk only to BM2?
That way, with simple window/desktop switching I could access the other
machine and its recordings, for example, desktop 1 would display stuff
from P1/BM1 and desktop 2 would display stuff from P2/BM2.<br>
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Why, you ask? I currently have two Tivos today; I control one, my
better half controls the other, and we like having control of our own
recordings without the clutter of the other.<br>
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-Jay
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