[mythtv-users] mythtv networked setup

[Mark Chou]

OK guys, mythtv is great, but I'm close to reaching the end of my rope 
regarding a networked mythtv setup. 
 
I have two machines (call them alice and betty), identically equiped for 
networked mythtv use.  Alice and Betty have their own storage and 
capture card. Alice is the "Master backend" and hosts the mythtv DB. 
 
For the life of me, it seems that my mythtv setup only records files to 
Betty's storage if Alice happens to be recording at the same time.  
Otherwise all recorded files end up on Alice.  Also when watching live 
TV on Betty, it seems that the "live" ringbuffer is on Alice (when Alice 
is "free").  Is this the correct mythtv behavior? 
 
How do I configure the neworked mythtv so that the storage on Betty 
gets as much use as Alice, and that the live TV (for betty) ringbuffer 
resides locally on Betty? 
 
I had this working once, but can no longer get it to work. 
 
Thanks, 
Mark 
 
Details: 
 
mysql> select * from capturecard; 
+--------+-------------+-------------+-----------+----------+--------------+---- 
------------+-------------------+ 
| cardid | videodevice | audiodevice | vbidevice | cardtype | defaultinput 
| 
audioratelimit |      hostname 
|+--------+-------------+-------------+-----------+----------+--------------+--- 
-------------+-------------------+|      1 | /dev/video  | /dev/dsp    | 
/dev/vbi0 | V4L      | Television   |      32000 | alice.nowhere.com | 
|      2 | /dev/video  | /dev/dsp2   | /dev/vbi0 | V4L      | Television 
|          32000 | betty.nowhere.com | 
+--------+-------------+-------------+-----------+----------+--------------+---- 
------------+-------------------+ 
 
mysql> select * fromcard input; 
+-------------+--------+----------+------------+-----------------+------------+- 
----------+----------+-----------+ 
| cardinputid | cardid | sourceid | inputname | externalcommand | 
preference 
| shareable | tunechan | startchan | 
+-------------+--------+----------+------------+-----------------+------------+- 
----------+----------+-----------+ 
|           1 |      1 |        1 | Television |                |       NULL 
|         N |          |        10 | 
|      2      |     2 |         1 | Television |                |       NULL 
|         N |         |         5  | 
+-------------+--------+----------+------------+-----------------+------------+- 
----------+----------+-----------+ 
 
mysql> select * from settings where valuelike "%erIP" or data like 
"/var%"; 
+------------------+--------------+-------------------+ 
| value | data     |hostname| 
+------------------+--------------+-------------------+ 
| BackendServerIP  |192.168.1.20  | alice.nowhere.com | 
| MasterServerIP   |192.168.1.20  | NULL              | 
| RecordFilePrefix | /var/video   | alice.nowhere.com | 
| LiveBufferDir    | /var/video   | alice.nowhere.com | 
| BackendServerIP  | 192.168.1.21 | betty.nowhere.com | 
| RecordFilePrefix | /var/video   | betty.nowhere.com | 
| LiveBufferDir    |/var/video    | betty.nowhere.com | 
+------------------+--------------+-------------------+ 
 
mysql.txt on alice and betty: 
DBHostName=192.168.1.20 

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