[mythtv-users] Frontend - how to read recordings from NFS?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Oct 29, 2007, at 2:30 PM, Mike Perkins wrote:

> Mark Lehrer wrote:
>> My current frontend/backend box has /var/lib/mythtv/recordings  
>> mounted
>> over NFS.  Therefore, I am trying to have mythfrontend read the  
>> recordings
>> over NFS instead of tripling the network traffic by having the  
>> backend
>> stream it.
> Why would you think that you are tripling the network traffic by  
> letting the
> back end stream the recordings? There's some overhead, sure, but  
> probably about
> the same as using NFS. Or don't you think that NFS uses some kind of  
> protocol to
> shift data round the network?
>
> Mike Perkins

I got tired of tweaking NFS to stream video so I turned it off and  
just let the backend do it. It does a much better job. :)