[mythtv] Ticket #4270: MythTV on Windows (with MinGW)

buzz davidbuzz at gmail.com
Sun Dec 30 23:36:18 UTC 2007


>
> If you only store the actual filename in the DB, then the user can move
> files around without needing to update the DB.


...this sort of mythvideo configuration would be immediately broken by that
suggestion.....
myfavmovie/video.avi
othermovie/video.avi
moremovie/video.avi
testmovie/video.avi
so, which movie does "video.avi" belong to if you only store the filename?
If it sounds contrived, think again about it if I call the video file
"VTS_01_1.VOB".

Think about when there are a bunch of "DVD dumps" that have *multiple* .VOB
files (all named identically across folders by necessity) in multiple
VIDEO_TS folders.  Also, how would a VIDEO_TS folder be handled "special"
(ie treated as a mounted DVD) if you are ignoring the path/folder names?

My suggestion would be that it's necessary to store at least "relative" path
information, which could easily be updated through the video manager jsut
like path information is now (if you move a video about).

Buzz
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