Multiple TV cards in a client / server config

[shaamone]

I'm newish to GBPVR - used it a couple of years ago then went to MythTV on linux then got fed up with all the linux configuration trouble and eventually bought a hardware PVR.

Now I've moved house and having seen that things have moved on quite a bit I'm looking to start using a Windows based PVR setup again. To my delight I've noticed GBPVR now supports a client / server configuration much like MythTV.

My question is - if I have a network setup, is it possible to have TV cards in several machines and have them all talk to each other in a multiple front/backend kind of way? As far as I can tell from my brief look through GBPVR's config app I can only have one master server and a load of clients..

Can anyone help me clear this up? I'm aiming to have the following setup :

Garage : GBPVR / File server with two TV cards & loads of storage

Living room : Small (silent) client with one TV card that uses the server to pull recordings etc

Bedrooms : Some Hauppauge MVP's

Hopefully the client / server config would allow me to use all three tuners to record / timeshif etc....

[stustunz]

why do you want the third tuner in the client ?

[shaamone]

To use my Hauppauge Nova-T USB and its remote control. I suppose I could just buy an MCE remote, but I'd rather not if I don't need to.

[stustunz]

you could do it
But the programs you are recording will not show up in the recordings list on the other machine or vise versa be easier to have one machine to do all recording
gbpvr has its own data base it doesnt read the file name for the information

you would have to use video archive or something similar to update the data base and move the files to ge them to all be in one list

this could cause more problems though

i think buying another mce remote would be a heap better and easier

i run 4 tuners in one machine then have 2 laptops and a client machine for the bedroom it works well the only thing i gave up on was trying to timeshift from the client just doesnt seem to work for me
better to wait anyway then comskip does its thing

other people may have more info

[flyswatta]

GB-PVR client can only be a client, it can't record on it's own if it's configured as a client.