[mythtv-users] Storage Groups or NFS for distributed video storage

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/24/2008 11:10 AM, Anthony Messina wrote:
> On Sunday 20 April 2008 07:15:19 am Michael T. Dean wrote:
>   
>> On 04/19/2008 03:21 AM, Anthony Messina wrote:
>>     
>>> i am wondering why things like movie posters, or non-recording videos
>>> need to have the full path in the db?  couldn't the settings relating to
>>> a host have the "prefix to the posters"... value in the db.  we do have
>>> to set it anyway, but i wish it wouldn't store the whole value, just the
>>> 0123456.jpg or whatever.
>>>       
>> Because neither you nor the person who's actually working on changing
>> around MythVideo to use Storage Groups have finished the patch.
>>     
> :) good answer.  you're right.  i guess a better question would be more along 
> the lines of there must have been an advantage initially to have full paths 
> stored in the db.  i wonder if that is still true...  is there some advantage 
> to that method?
>   

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/307958#307958 (whole 
thread--though some of the posts are not important to your specific 
question as they talk about other uses of storage groups).

Mike