[mythtvnz] Mythfrontend hangs hard when starting live tv

[Aaron Pelly]

On 21/05/14 21:29, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> by default, myth will first check if a file is local before attempting
> to stream it from the backend.
>
> This is done by simply checking if the file exists at the path.
>
> If you have mounted your data drive on the frontend, so that the
> directory structure is that same as on the backend, myth will open the
> file locally rather than mount it.
>
> You can change the behaviour by starting the frontend with -O
> AlwaysStreamFiles=1
>
> with recent mythtv 0.27, and even more so with the
> devel/027candidates, usually streaming from the backend will often
> provide better playback experience.
>
> Personally, I would make the AlwaysStreamFiles the default, because
> that reduces the different various user scenarii. It's becoming a
> nightmare to test mythtv, there are so many usage pattern, very hard
> to ensure they all work.
That is an obscure setting! Google tells me the option to change it in 
the GUI was removed around .24, and there is no longer a key in the 
settings table.

Thanks for the heads-up Jean-Yves