[mythtv-users] One remote frontend can access Artwork, the other can't.

[HP-mini]

On Sun, 2016-04-17 at 14:21 +0100, Damian wrote:
> On 17/04/2016 09:19, Damian wrote:
> > On 16/04/2016 20:56, HP-mini wrote:
> >> On Sat, 2016-04-16 at 20:17 +0100, Damian wrote:
> >>> On 16/04/2016 17:58, Damian wrote:
> >>>> On 16/04/2016 09:37, Mike Perkins wrote:
> >>>>> On 16/04/16 01:11, Damian wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >> <snip>
> >>>> Also, I can access files on the server from both machines using 
> >>>> nautilus.
> >>>>
> >>>> What's going on???
> >>>>
> >>>> Damian
> >>> Update: Some (strange) success.
> >>>
> >>> On the frontend, I noticed in ...
> >>> Setup > Media Settings > Video Settings > General Settings
> >>> ... that the top line, relating to videos, was empty. The rest of the
> >>> lines were filled in with /home/tv/.mythtv/Video/xxxxxx locations.
> >>> I decided to try emptying all of these lines, like the top line, in the
> >>> hope that it would look to the sever, instead of 'home'.
> >>>
> >>> And it worked! ... Mostly.
> >>>
> >>> I can now see artwork etc, which is great. However, it's not using the
> >>> 'folder.jpg' images as the image for each folder. It's using an image
> >>> from one of the files within the folder instead. This is ok for now 
> >>> (I'm
> >>> much closer to where I want to be), but I'd still like to get to the
> >>> bottom of what's going on.
> >>>
> >>> The other frontend is working absolutely fine, and that still has 
> >>> all of
> >>> those /home/tv/.mythtv/Video/xxxxxx lines in "Setup > Media Settings >
> >>> Video Settings > General Settings"
> >>>
> >>> Does this progress point to the source of the problem?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Damian
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >> As you have nautilus access to backend storage we assume you have
> >> shares..
> >> It is (supposed to be) very bad to have the frontend mythvideo
> >> (optional) paths overlapping with the backend storage.
> >> You can still have private folder for each local frontend.
> >>
> >> Do you have some NFS/samba share that causes this overlap?
> >> Maybe your share translates some filenames or only has partial overlap.
> > Life's too short for this one :-)
> >
> > I've already spent more time on it than it would take me to wipe the 
> > frontend and start again from scratch. I think I'll do that and hope 
> > that whatever screwed up doesn't go wrong again.
> >
> > Thanks for trying everyone,
> > Damian
> It gets stranger ...
> 
> I just did a completely clean install of Xubuntu 15.10 on the frontend 
> that I was having problems with.
> 
> Added Mythbuntu. And, guess what. Everything is EXACTLY the same as it 
> 'last' was. Even down to those "Setup > Media Settings > Video Settings 
>  > General Settings" lines all being blank, rather than the default ones 
> (what were 'initially' line the other frontend).
> 
> As first, I thought that I couldn't have wiped the OS, but I definitely 
> did. Clean OS. Clean Mythbuntu on top. This means than those settings 
> are stored in the backend somewhere.
> 
> So, I'm also guessing that whatever is causing the problem is also in 
> the backend?
> 
> It's not much of a problem any more, so I guess I'll just leave things 
> as they are. I just don't understand ..
> a) Why aren't the the 'folder.jpg' images in the directories on the 
> backend being used for the folder art (as they are on the other 
> backends) and
> b) Why did I need to empty those "Setup > Media Settings > Video 
> Settings > General Settings" lines when the other frontends work fine 
> with them.
> c) Do these issues point to a bigger problem that I don't understand?
> 
> Any clues? Please let me know.
> 
> Thanks,
> Damian
> _______________________________________________

Less time to wipe & reinstall.. maybe. But then you don't ever find root
cause.

The mythtv-system-wide video collection should be in a storage group
that the BE can access.
The FE mythvideo setup path should not overlap the storage group, just
point mythvideo at /home/"FE-user"/Videos.
But make sure there are no symlinks or samba/nfs shares in that location
linking to any storage group.

Do both your FEs have unique hostnames
(/home/"FE-user"/.mythtv/config.xml) ?
FE settings are stored in the dB using hostname.