[mythtv-users] transfering files between remote backend and local frontend

[Christopher M. Jones]

My backend is remote, and not even on my lan. I have a high speed
internet connection in front of both my backend server and the machine
from which I run the frontend. Apparently, this is too slow to allow
watching LiveTV or recordings. When I try, I get this:

2006-07-31 11:08:48.107 AFD: Opened codec 0x88a35b0, id(MPEG2VIDEO)
type(Video)
2006-07-31 11:08:48.107 AFD: Opened codec 0x88bcf50, id(MP2) type(Audio)
2006-07-31 11:08:49.165 TV: Attempting to change from None to
WatchingPreRecorded
0: start_time: 0.036 duration: 161.618
1: start_time: 0.026 duration: 161.596
stream: start_time: 0.289 duration: 1795.872 bitrate=5189 kb/s
2006-07-31 11:09:22.299 AFD: Opened codec 0x88b1a60, id(MPEG2VIDEO)
type(Video)
2006-07-31 11:09:22.299 AFD: Opened codec 0x8899d90, id(MP2) type(Audio)
2006-07-31 11:09:22.521 Disable DPMS
2006-07-31 11:09:23.571
RingBuf(myth://71.224.126.70 :6543/1034_20060727080000.mpg): Taking too
long to be allowed to read..

So, assuming that this is a problem of speed, what do I do about editing
my programs so I can export them to dvd? Is there a way to automatically
transfer the files from the server to my frontend machine? Can I
schedule this some way to happen overnight, and have the database keep
track of where my files are actually located? Then I could make my
cutlist and export from my frontend machine, which is the one with the
dvd writer anyway.