On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 07:36:14 -0500, PAUL WILLIAMSON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> "Darren Richards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/14/05 1:47 AM >>> > >After running the front and back end from one box very > >successfully for over a year, I decided to add another front end. > >Everything has gone smoothly, with one exception. If I try to edit > >the video information through the Video Manager on one frontend, > >it resets the database for the other one. So I can't seem to have the > > >video information (covers, descriptions, etc) for both frontends > >simultaneously. I hope this makes sense. > > > > Ooh! Finally I can help with something! Both frontends need to > point to the *exact* same location. If you're like me where one of > your frontends is also your backend and where the videos are > stored, just create a symlink from the real directory to where > the other frontend mounts the videos and the change the location > of where the frontend on the backend mounts the videos like so: > > Backend/Local frontend > Real location: /videos > Symlinked: /videos -> /mnt/videos > > Remote frontend: > Mounted location: /mnt/videos > > All frontends need to know about where the video locations > are because the path to the videos and the associated > IMDB stuff (covers, director, summary) is coded into > the mythconverg database. > > <snippety> > > >Is there a setting I'm missing somewhere? > > > > Nope, I don't think this is specifically documented anywhere. > If it is, I missed it. I'll go looking for it in a bit. > > >Thanks, > >-darren > > No problemo! Happy Mything! > > Paul
Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions. But I do have both frontends pointing to the same location. I guess the one difference is instead of creating a link from /mnt/dvds to /video/dvds (where I have them stored), I actually created the nfs mount directoy from /video/dvds on my backend to /video/dvds on my second frontend. Maybe I'll try the more "correct" way of creating the mount point in /mnt and creating a symlink. But shouldn't the current setup work? Both frontends are pointing to /video/dvds. That never changes, and I can always watch the movies from either front end, but the database info keeps getting reset whenever I bring up the video manager... Thanks again, darren
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