[mythtv] MFD Questions...

[Colin Guthrie]

Jochen Kühner wrote:
> if it's so, should we than not add a field hostname to the musicmetadata (or 
> in my patches the music_songs) table because the mfd only should access the 
> metadta wich is avaiable on the client or server he runs and not all?
> 
> if it is so... i create a patch...

I think it's best to get things working as they are just now with a new 
DB structure and then think about how to improve things. MFD/MFE are 
still experiments rather than mainstream so provided we don't break 
anything (i.e. a regression) then I'd say keep thinks simple just now.

Additionally, it will be slightly tricky to add this field. I'm no 
expert on MFD stuff but in MM you can scan for new music on any frontend 
so who does the music belong to in these scenarios, what hostname should 
we use? Say I can for new music on Frontend A and fill in the hostname, 
then slightly later I scan again on Frontend B and it finds some new 
tunes just added and fills in it's hostname. Technically all the tracks 
are available to both frontends, but the hostname is all messed up. It 
could use the backend hostname but what is a "backend" to MythMusic 
(it's just a traditional plugin)?

I think (and I could be wrong) that the assumption is that all 
Mythfrontends will have access to all music files and therefore the 
hostname doesn't matter.


I've asked Isaac in another thread if it's possible to branch myth 
plugins and allow myself (or anyone who's willing to do someting for 
that matter) write access to this branch. That way we can start moving 
things along with MythMusic and inject some much needed TLC (tender 
loving care) without messing up everyone else. There has been a few 
branches created elsewhere of late so I hope this is acceptable.

Col.

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