[mythtv-users] making dvds of recordings...

stuart stuart at xnet.com
Mon Jun 14 19:29:04 UTC 2010



Doug Lytle wrote:
>>> of the myth front ends. However, I can only see 4 of them when in the
>>> DVD burning menu. Why?
> 
> I'm guessing that you're using storage groups:
> 
> " MythArchive reports that files are not available locally
> 
> MythTV usually streams video if you have a separate frontend and
> backend. MythArchive cannot use streamed video: it needs to be able to
> access the file locally. This can be accomplished by exporting the
> directory containing your recordings via NFS and then adding the
> mountpoint to the frontend's Storage Group. "
> 
> Doug
> 

Ah, ...  hum, so I have two back ends and two front ends running on two 
computers.  So, if I follow what you are saying, to be able to burn any 
recording on either machine, I need to mount the other's back-end 
recording directory locally - and do this on both machines, right?

-thanks



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