[mythtv-users] Confused about front-end configuration for videos

[jedi]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 05:20:32PM +0000, 1.41421 at gmail.com wrote:
> I have an instance of the MythTV front-end in a Linux box A, and
> another in separate Linux box B. In BI have the master back-end,
> together with all the external video material. That is, all the
> external video material lives in hard drives physically attached to
> B. By "external video material" I mean video material that has not
> been recorded with MythTV - mostly DVDs that I have ripped to my
> hard drives.
> 
> When launching the front-end on A it can connect the back-end on B
> all right, and it has access to the file structure for videos as
> laid out in B. I have two problems though. First, the pictures
> associated with movies, that are there when launching the front-end
> on A, are missing. The descriptions for movies are present though

   If you are using the old school approach to configuring MythTV, then
you need to share all of your media files to the frontends and configure
them accordingly. Can your mythtv user access your posters/thumbnails on 
the frontend outside of MythTV?

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