[mythtv-users] (no subject)

[Brian Wood]

On Jun 10, 2006, at 6:44 AM, Paul Simpson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm considering using MythTv (or Pluto - any advice?) but am  
> particularly
> interested in pressing an old laptop into service to act as a portable
> playback unit.
>
> Is it possible to copy the video files to the unit running the  
> frontend
> (possibly running it as a second backend?)?
>

You haven't provided many details, like are you talking about HD or  
SD video, but you could NFS or Samba mount the files from wherever  
they are stored and play them that way.