[mythtv-users] Can I use MythArchive from frontend?

[Mike]

Dave Ansell wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Harrison" <mythtv at dsl.pipex.com>
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 7:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Can I use MythArchive from frontend?
>
>
> Chris Pinkham wrote:
>   
>> * On Sun Oct 22, 2006 at 07:19:52PM -0400, Russell Brown wrote:
>>
>>     
>>>>  From the author of MythArchive:
>>>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/224398#224398
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> I was disappointed to read the post cited above.
>>> I had used mytharchive (once) on a frontend
>>> and it worked fine. Now I find this is not possible. :)
>>>
>>> I have my recordings mounted as an nfs share
>>> and I think I use the same path on all machines.
>>>
>>> But, I guess I will remove the DVD burner for the
>>> other (currently burnerless) frontend from my wishlist
>>> at Newegg.
>>>
>>>       
>> I think this could easily be fixed by making MythArchive use the standard
>> ProgramInfo::GetPlaybackURL() method of finding the file location
>> instead of using gContext->GetSetting("RecordFilePrefix") and building
>> the filename itself.
>>
>> Hopefully Paul will see this and take care of it, if not I'll have to
>> do so as part of my ongoing Storage Groups project since the
>> RecordFilePrefix setting will go away with the introduction of
>> Storage Groups.
>>
>> --
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>     
> Yes - thanks for the pointer I'll take a look when I get a chance.
>
> Paul H.
>
> ______________________________________________
>
>
> Thanks Paul,
> I dont understand the full implications from a coding point of view but I 
> imagine there are many like me who use the backend as an "out of sight" 
> machine who would benefit from this.
>
> Keep up the good work!
>
> many thanks,
> Dave
>
>   

What I did was mapped a share to my recordings dir (nfs or smb) Then 
shoved a new value into mythconverg.settings with the frontend info

INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('RecordFilePrefix', '/mnt/recordings', 
'mythfe1')

Worked for me although I have no mythtranscode support obviously. 
*shrug* (have to use ffmpeg only)

-Mike