[mythtvnz] Basic question - do I need mythfrontend open in order to record?

[Curtis Walker]

That's great to know -thanks.

The reason I ask is that I run the FE and BE on the same machine... and 
I often want to use the machine (it's my main PC as well) for other 
tasks such as browsing the 'net.

Being able to close/quit the fullscreen interface of the frontend, 
having scheduled recordings, is marvellous.

On 03/10/11 00:57, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:32:49 +1300, you wrote:
>
>> Can't find the answer to this, so here goes:
>>
>> Having scheduled a recording in mythfrontend, can I close mythfrontend,
>> and the show will still record?
>>
>> In other words, does mythfrontend need to be open in order for shows to
>> record, or does it pass the needed info to the backend which will do it
>> itself without needing the FE open?
> No.  Mythbackend is all that is needed to record.  Mythfrontend can be
> on another PC (say a laptop) and that PC can just be started as
> necessary to run Mythfrontend and then be shut down again.
> Mythfrontend talks to Mythbackend by normal Internet TCP connections,
> so it can do that on the same PC as Mythbackend, or over ethernet,
> WiFi or Internet connections.  As long as its connection has enough
> bandwidth, it can play recordings stored on the backend, and if there
> is not enough bandwidth to play recordings, it can still control a
> Mythbackend.
>
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