[mythtv-users] Watch Videos

[David Abrahams]

Kevin Kuphal <kuphal at dls.net> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>>It appears that the Watch Videos feature only looks on the frontend's
>>local filesystem for files, but a record of all the recorded videos is
>>kept in the backend's database, causing it to complain about all the
>>missing videos that were recorded on other machines every time I fire
>>it up.  Is this feature only supposed to be used with a
>>network-mounted disk, or... ?
>>  
>>
> The standard practice is to mount shared storage via NFS or SMB from the 
> backend (where all your storage is) to the same mount point on all the 
> frontend systems.  

Thanks; that wasn't obvious to me.

> Since Myth Video doesn't "record", I'm not sure what 
> you're referring to about missing recordings.  

I didn't say "missing recordings;" I said "missing videos."  Anyway,
I don't see the relevance; something had to record them, so what does
it matter what I call them?

> You should *not* point your Myth Video at your TV recording folder.
> That is not what it is designed for.

I'm not doing that.  In the SVN at least, when you fire up "Watch
Videos" you get complaints about all the videos that are known to the
backend database but can't be found in the local filesystem.  Only a
common mountpoint can cure that problem AFAICT.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com