[mythtv-users] Multiple backends, files where.

[Alexander Varakin]

Kevin Kuphal wrote:

> Jesper FA wrote:
>
>> I have a fileserver with a P4. Unfortunately it is in a place fare 
>> from TV cables so I have setup a PIII-800 with a PVR 250 and a local 
>> disk. Recording on the local disk works just fine. I have then also 
>> installed mythtv on the fileserver. Is it possible to in mythtv move 
>> the files to the fileserver or should I use nfs from the filesever. I 
>> would prefer to use the local disk while recording. Should be less 
>> chance of error. And then later move the file to the fileserver.
>>
>> Second I can transcode but this happens I guess naturally on the 
>> PIII. I would like to have this happen on the P4 as it has more power 
>> to spare.
>>
>> Is it possible to do this?
>>  
>>
>
> You have a number of options.  Probably the easiest is simply to 
> NFS/SAMBA mount the disk space from your fileserver to the MythTV 
> system and have it record to that folder.  No need to have MythTV on 
> the fileserver itself since it will only be providing disk space.  
> This will also make it easy for you in the future if you add more 
> frontends or backends as they can all mount the same disk partition 
> and save their files in the same place.

What about mounting disk of PIII on P4 and encoding on P4?
That way you don't have to record onto network drive but still use power 
of P4 for encoding.