[mythtv-users] Accessing content other then tv from frontend

[Kevin Kuphal]

Nedim Cholich wrote:

> Possibly a newbe question.
>
> I've just finished building my myth backend. Things seem to work fine 
> (except I haven't put up antenna for HD3000). Before I start building 
> fronend(s) I am testing the setup from my laptop. While both live and 
> recorded tv works great, mythfrontend seems to want to access, videos, 
> pictures and music from local filesystem. Is this how it's suppose to 
> be? Am I suppose to export these files through nfs or myth can stream 
> these like it does tv?

Yes.  Plugins are *frontend* plugins, not backend plugs so they run and 
expect to access files via the frontend file systems.  The backend knows 
nothing about these plugins (music, pictures, videos).  NFS seems to be 
the best choice.  Also, check the settings in your various plugins to be 
sure they are not referencing host specific folders (like /home/mythtv) 
for storage of various items as storing them in the shared filesystem 
will make things much easier if you use multiple frontends.

Kevin

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