Comment 13 for bug 118700

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laga (laga) wrote : Re: [Bug 118700] Re: mytharchive fails with python error

Axel Pospischil wrote:
>> You can download recordings from the backend using an URL like
>> http://host:6544/Myth/GetRecording?ChanId=12345&StartTime=2008-07-15T00:00:00.
>>
> This would be a good solution. However the best it would be for the frontend using the _ftp_ transfer protocol, because this really is the fastest way to get big files over the network without causing additionally traffic/loss/... . But you have to deal with what we have ;)
>
When downloading from mythbackend, I get 11.7MByte/s over fast ethernet.
That should be good enough :) Besides, FTP is a horrible protocol.

> Just a few comments because I see you are going deeper into the problem: There are two possible scenarios:
> 1. Download to mytharchive frontend -> Process** locally
>

Yup, that's what happens. Mytharchive can already download files
automatically if it determines that they are on a remote file system, so
your other concern has already been addressed by the MythArchive developers.

>
> So laga I wish you good inspirations getting this (1.) to work ;) ...
> Someday ;)
>
>
Oh, it's working. ;) I just need to polish it a bit.

Do you want to test the patch?

Thanks for your input!