[mythtv-users] adding frontend

[David Watkins]

On 27/02/07, Stroller <linux.luser at myrealbox.com> wrote:
>
> On 25 Feb 2007, at 16:50, Mitchell Gore wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to add a new frontend to my already working FE/BE
> > system.  I have setup the database to allow access.  Also on the
> > new FE i put in the correct IP's.  When i start mythfrontend i can
> > see my recordings but when i click on them myth blinks then goes
> > back to the gui..  i was thinking maybe i had to mount the
> > recordings on the new FE so i did over samba.
>
> That's correct - you needed to do that.
> (NFS may give better performance, tho')
>
> > That didnt help as the setup reports the location doesnt exist.
> > What am i missing here?
>
> I think the paths to the recordings need to be the same on each
> machine. IE: if the films are mounted as /mnt/video on the backed
> then they need to be mounted at the same place (although over Samba /
> NFS) on the frontend.
>
> In case I'm mistaken it would help if you pasted the exact text from
> the setup reports - hopefully it says more than "the location doesnt
> exist", but instead "/path/to/location doesnt exist"?? Also `ls /path/
> to/location` on both FE & BE would help prove the scenario.

What you're saying is correct for videos and music, but the OP was
asking about [TV] recordings I think.  You don't need to set up a
share for these because the backend will stream them to the frontend.
You can set up a share though, and some people report that this gives
better performance where disk or network performance might be an
issue.