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

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Curtis Walker <sultanoswing at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

you can also just switch to another program, eg alt-tab

>
> 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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