[mythtv-users] mythtv to view local video files

Kevin Kuphal kuphal at dls.net
Mon Feb 20 19:38:45 UTC 2006


DeepB at gentlemansclub.de wrote:
> hello
> i have a server with many video files on it.
> i installed a mythtv backend on this server to view the files from the 
> client
> now my question: how do i configure mythtv not for viewing tv but for 
> viewing the video files from the server on my frontend?
>
> i really searched for that, but i havent found anything at all.
>
> many thanks
>   
MythVideo uses a mount point defined in the Video settings for where to 
get it's files from.  Use NFS to export the files from the server and 
mount that share as your video folder, or if you are already using a 
video mountpoint, a subfolder of that.

Kevin


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