[mythtv-users] Semi-OT: MythicalLibrarian, SMB and multiple storage groups

[Matt Emmott]

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Aaron <aaron at rb303.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:
> > This is a bit of a convoluted question that's not really specific to any
> one
> > piece of MythTV or MythicalLibrarian, so I'm hoping somebody here can
> help.
> >
> > From reading the MythicalLibrarian wiki, the concept seems
> straightforward:
> > ML uses a directory on the MythTV machine's filesystem that store
> symlinks
> > to recordings, using a naming convention that is easily searchable via
> > TheTVDB. So I would point, for example, my Boxee Box at that directory
> over
> > SMB and the shows would magically show up.
> >
> > I currently have a master and slave backend. The master has 2 tuners via
> an
> > HDHomeRun (which currently isn't hooked up). The slave has one tuner, an
> > HD-PVR. Each backend has two local storage groups. If I were to implement
> > ML, I assume I would put it on the master backend and share out that
> > directory via SMB? Would ML traverse the two local storage directories?
> And
> > how would it get the shows that are recorded on the slave backend?
> >
> > I plan on moving all my storage groups to one big NFS volume in the near
> > future, which may make these issues moot. But I'd like to better
> understand
> > how MythicalLibrarian and its symlinks work, and if it's easy enough to
> > implement now or if I should wait. Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
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>
> I would ask Outleradam in this thread
> http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=65644
>

Will do, thanks for the link!
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