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

[Raymond Wagner]

On 2/16/2011 12:20, 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 B I 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.

Backend B should have the storage folders defined in the Videos storage 
group in mythtv-setup.  Backend B will then be able to stream content to 
frontend A and future frontend C without any special configuration on 
either frontends.