[mythtv-users] Semi-OT: MythicalLibrarian, SMB and multiple storage groups

Matt Emmott memmott at gmail.com
Tue Jul 12 18:29:50 UTC 2011


This is a bit of a convoluted question that's not really specific to any one
piece of MythTV or MythicalLibrarian, so I'm hoping somebody here can help.

>From reading the MythicalLibrarian wiki, the concept seems straightforward:
ML uses a directory on the MythTV machine's filesystem that store symlinks
to recordings, using a naming convention that is easily searchable via
TheTVDB. So I would point, for example, my Boxee Box at that directory over
SMB and the shows would magically show up.

I currently have a master and slave backend. The master has 2 tuners via an
HDHomeRun (which currently isn't hooked up). The slave has one tuner, an
HD-PVR. Each backend has two local storage groups. If I were to implement
ML, I assume I would put it on the master backend and share out that
directory via SMB? Would ML traverse the two local storage directories? And
how would it get the shows that are recorded on the slave backend?

I plan on moving all my storage groups to one big NFS volume in the near
future, which may make these issues moot. But I'd like to better understand
how MythicalLibrarian and its symlinks work, and if it's easy enough to
implement now or if I should wait. Thanks in advance.
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