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

[Raymond Wagner]

On Apr 7, 2014, at 5:22, Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:

> On 07/04/14 10:25, Simon Hobson wrote:
>> Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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!
>> 
>> Won't that just export a long list of broken links that the client won't be
>> able to reach the target of ?
> If you end up with a list of broken links after running mythlink.pl, then you
> haven't done it right.
> 
> If you're saying that nfs won't follow symlinks, then you haven't used the correct export options.

Are you thinking of Samba?  NFS always resolves symlinks client-side.  To do otherwise would have serious security implications.