<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 04/04/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Watkins</b> <<a href="mailto:watkinshome@gmail.com">watkinshome@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 04/04/07, Paul Mason <<a href="mailto:latepaul@gmail.com">latepaul@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>><br>> Apologies if this is covered in the docs somewhere. I have looked but what I<br>> found was either too high level or too low level.
<br>><br>> I'm trying to get a feel for how the frontend/backend architecture works<br>> when it comes to playing back recordings etc. The physical file that<br>> contains the recording is on disk on the backend that recorded it, correct?
<br>> If the frontend that plays it is on another machine how does the data get to<br>> the frontend? Is it streamed? Is the file copied? Network share?<br><br>Recorded TV is streamed fromt the backed to the frontends. There's no
<br>file copying or network share involved. I've read of people<br>configuring a network share, for particular performance reasons, but I<br>think that's the exception.</blockquote><div><br><br>Thanks for the reply.
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">However, if you use mythfrontend to play other media files (music or<br>ripped video files) then you do have to configure network share(s) so
<br>that all the frontends have file access.</blockquote><div><br>That's good to know. I guess there's a difference because Recording TV is part of the core function whilst MythVideo is a plugin? <br><br></div></div>
<br>-- <br>Paul Mason