2019-11-24, 23:39
My situation is that I have a couple of rooms where there are terrestrial TV aerial cables and TVs. I have gigabit ethernet throughout the building (reaching all rooms).
So can I use a Raspberry Pi Kodi front end or some other device to connect to the TV aerial , over ethernet, to a backend server (probably TVheadend or MythTV) that is not in the same room as the terrestrial TV aerial cable? So I am essentially achieving the following.
However, from what I could find, although the Raspberry Pi is a suitable front end in most cases and could probably serve as a backend for TVheadend it would struggle with MythTV. A Pi 3 might manage MythTV.
So my question is can a Raspberry Pi or some other suitable device, act more as a conduit or thin client, so that although the physical aerial connection is made there, the actual processing is managed by the backend server?
Thanks for any help you can give.
So can I use a Raspberry Pi Kodi front end or some other device to connect to the TV aerial , over ethernet, to a backend server (probably TVheadend or MythTV) that is not in the same room as the terrestrial TV aerial cable? So I am essentially achieving the following.
- Have a backend server, away from the TV viewing room(s).
- Not having to extend aerial cabling to reach the backend server.
However, from what I could find, although the Raspberry Pi is a suitable front end in most cases and could probably serve as a backend for TVheadend it would struggle with MythTV. A Pi 3 might manage MythTV.
So my question is can a Raspberry Pi or some other suitable device, act more as a conduit or thin client, so that although the physical aerial connection is made there, the actual processing is managed by the backend server?
Thanks for any help you can give.