[mythtv-users] Frontend/Backend - newbie question

Paul Mason latepaul at gmail.com
Wed Apr 4 15:46:29 UTC 2007


On 04/04/07, David Watkins <watkinshome at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 04/04/07, Paul Mason <latepaul at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Apologies if this is covered in the docs somewhere. I have looked but
> what I
> > found was either too high level or too low level.
> >
> > I'm trying to get a feel for how the frontend/backend architecture works
> > when it comes to playing back recordings etc. The physical file that
> > contains the recording is on disk on the backend that recorded it,
> correct?
> > If the frontend that plays it is on another machine how does the data
> get to
> > the frontend? Is it streamed? Is the file copied? Network share?
>
> Recorded TV is streamed fromt the backed to the frontends.  There's no
> file copying or network share involved.  I've read of people
> configuring a network share, for particular performance reasons, but I
> think that's the exception.



Thanks  for the reply.

However, if you use mythfrontend to play other media files (music or
> ripped video files) then you do have to configure network share(s) so
> that all the frontends have file access.


That's good to know. I guess there's a difference because Recording TV is
part of the core function whilst MythVideo is a plugin?


-- 
Paul Mason
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