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

[Anduin Withers]

> I think that something like this is what Anduin is considering, but I
> may be wrong.

Yes, somewhat like MythMusic. Currently there is a largish chunk of time
used to figure out which full path maps to which prefix (when tree building
from the DB). My original mapping had that in mind when mapping a prefix to
a single directory per frontend.

Currently MythVideo builds trees like this:

Where prefix name = last directory element for each directory in
VideoStartupDir.

+ prefix name
  + relative to prefix first directory name
    + video file

Switching to storage groups could mean:

+ Storage group name
  + first directory of the first directory in the SG
    + video file
  + first directory of the second directory in the SG
    + video file
+ SG 2 name
  + etc.

Or:

+ SG name
  + first directory "pseudo-prefix"
   + video file
  + second directory "pseudo-prefix"
   + video file
+ SG 2 name
  + etc.

The latter is the one I'd prefer, even though it does mean the current
prefix matching code remains. The advantage being the clicks saved while
passing through /the/full/path/that/doesn't/have/videos.

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Anduin Withers