[mythtv-users] slave backend using NFS for ringbuf

[Gerald Brandt]

I just set up a slave backend, and I use NFS to mount the myth shares from the master backend. This means that the slave uses the NFS share for it's ringbuffer. 

Is this a good thing to do? Is there a way around this without throwing massive hard drives into the slave? 

The reason I'm asking is my frontend keeps getting errors: 

2008-01-24 10:46:47.474 NVP: prebuffering pause 
2008-01-24 10:46:47.661 RingBuf(/mnt/raid5/myth/tv/2981_20080124103351.mpg): Waited 1.0 seconds for data to become available... 
2008-01-24 10:46:47.661 Checking to see if there's a new livetv program to switch to.. 
2008-01-24 10:46:48.711 RingBuf(/mnt/raid5/myth/tv/2981_20080124103351.mpg): Waited 2.0 seconds for data to become available... 
2008-01-24 10:46:48.711 Checking to see if there's a new livetv program to switch to.. 
2008-01-24 10:46:48.971 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times. 

This happens only when displaying livetv from the slave backend. 

On another note, is there a way I can make a frontend prefer a specific backend? 

Gerald 

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