[mythtv-users] Suggestions for mounting multiple drives where FEs use mplayer for MP4s

[Mike Perkins]

On 06/04/14 23:14, Craig Huff wrote:
> Thanks, Simon.  I had a vague idea there was something wrong with that
> approach, and yes, I do use mythlink already.  That wasn't the issue.
> I was thinking of being able to nfs mount /var/lib/mythtv/recordings
> on the FE-only systems to gain visibility to all the recording files,
> rather than having multiple nfs mountpoints and possibly issues with
> smplayer finding the appropriate file to play.  Looks like I didn't
> mention that part.
>
> While I use the internal player for the TV recordings, I use smplayer
> for the MP4 files so the menus can be negotiated sanely.
>
So, you use mythlink.pl to fill a different directory with human-readable 
filename links for /all/ your recordings. Then you nfs-export *that* directory 
so that others can see it. Simples!

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Mike Perkins