[mythtv-users] Migrating recordings from SBE to MBE

[Raymond Wagner]

On 5/18/2014 7:54 PM, Michael Watson wrote:
> If the MBE can find the file in one of its storage group, it will play 
> it without issue.  No requirement to create a new storage group, just 
> add the path to the drive to an existing storage group.

The backend doesn't play content, the frontend plays content.  The 
frontend will search among storage group paths locally to see if it can 
pull the recording from the local filesystem.  If it cannot, it will try 
to connect to the backend on record and pull it from there, and fail.