diff -r 4a604de8eaf5 -r 81cdff5d7452 gst-plugins-mythtv/src/gstmythtvsrc.c
--- a/gst-plugins-mythtv/src/gstmythtvsrc.c	Thu Apr 12 00:01:16 2007 +0100
+++ b/gst-plugins-mythtv/src/gstmythtvsrc.c	Thu Apr 12 14:59:21 2007 +0100
@@ -346,10 +346,10 @@
    * Retry whilst authentication fails and we supply it. */
 
   while (sizetoread == size && --max_iters > 0) {
-    if ( gmyth_backend_info_is_local_file(src->backend_info) )
+    /*if ( gmyth_backend_info_is_local_file(src->backend_info) )
       result = gmyth_file_local_read ( GMYTH_FILE_LOCAL(src->file_transfer),
           data_ptr, sizetoread, src->live_tv);      
-    else
+    else*/
       result = gmyth_file_transfer_read ( GMYTH_FILE_TRANSFER(src->file_transfer),
           data_ptr, sizetoread, src->live_tv);
 
@@ -611,10 +611,10 @@
   /* verify if it needs to seek */
   if (src->read_offset != actual_seek) {
     
-    if ( gmyth_backend_info_is_local_file(src->backend_info) )
+    /*if ( gmyth_backend_info_is_local_file(src->backend_info) )
       new_offset =
           gmyth_file_local_seek (src->file_transfer, segment->start, G_SEEK_SET);
-    else      
+    else*/      
       new_offset =
           gmyth_file_transfer_seek (src->file_transfer, segment->start, SEEK_SET);
 
@@ -712,14 +712,14 @@
 		}
   } else {
 
-    if ( gmyth_uri_is_local_file(gmyth_uri) )
+    /*if ( gmyth_uri_is_local_file(gmyth_uri) )
     {
       src->file_transfer = gmyth_file_local_new(src->backend_info);
       ret = gmyth_file_local_open (src->file_transfer);
-    } else {
+    } else {*/
       src->file_transfer = gmyth_file_transfer_new(src->backend_info);
       ret = gmyth_file_transfer_open (src->file_transfer, src->uri_name);
-    }
+    //}
 
   } /* if (else) - recorded FileTransfer */