[mythtv-users] New install - CentOS, Connectivity issues

[Richard Shaw]

On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Ashu Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:

> On the backend (brand new VM) - i have added videos via NFS (created video
> folder and shared my existing 0.27 myth backend video folder)
>
> I changed the permission of this new backend Video folder by:
>
> * chmod g+w /usr/local/media/videos/*
>
> Issue:
>
> When i have videos directly on my drive - plays fine.
>
> Add videos via NFS, and it seems FE can't talk to BE half the time
>

I think you're overthinking it... mythtv can stream videos just like
recordings... Just put the files in /var/lib/mythvideo on the backend and
any frontend can see them after you do a refresh from the videos menu (menu
button, scan for changes or something like that). No NFS needed.

Thanks,
Richard
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