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2013-03-03, 20:59
Is it possible to use a NAS as the destination for recording live TV from a HTPC running XBMC? I read somewhere that it isn't possible with WMC, so wondered if the same restriction applies to XBMC? Even if it is possible, is it a Bad Idea to use a NAS location for recording live TV from the HTPC?
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It depends on where your back end software is. XBMC doesn't do the recording - tvheadend, NextPVR, ArgusTV, MythTV or whatever backend you decide to use does the recording.
Personally, I record locally and then have a post-processing job to copy the resultant files. It just makes me feel better, just in case something goes awry. But if you've a decent network connection, there's no reason why you couldn't record directly to an NFS or CIFS/SMB share.
Indeed, depending on your NAS, you could even run the back end on that, which means it's recording locally...
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I've used a NAS for recordings years with no issues, I don't like keeping my Windows backend running 7/24 simply for recordings I have NextPVR, Windows and plenty of space for live tv on a 120 GB SSD that wakes from sleep < 10 seconds. I wouldn't fight running a backend on a NAS. A refurb license Win 7 fully capable of easily running the NextPVR backend cost just $100 to $150.
Be forewarned that some of the older embedded NAS boxes were terrible and couldn't record two shows and stream another.
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Depends what backend you are running, but mythtv will certainly do this.
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TVheadend will both run on, and record to, Synology and QNAP NAS devices.