[mythtv-users] ...misuse of Mythvideo

[Dean Vanden Heuvel]

end result is that I now have a working Mythvideo.  Thank you again for
the help.

-dvh

Dean Vanden Heuvel wrote:

>thanks for the quick reply and the help.  I took your advice and did the
>"Delete from videometadata" manually (mysql told me 30 records were
>deleted). Then I tried to access the video listings via mythweb (this
>also caused thrashing before...).  Now, Mythweb responds very quickly
>and informs me (as expected) that there are no videos to list.  Looks
>like we are on the right track.  I will try the rescan of the directory
>in a bit...my kids are watching the TV now, so I can't get my hands on
>it to mess with it.  thanks again for the help.
>
>-dvh
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>Robert Johnston wrote:
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>>On 4/16/05, Dean Vanden Heuvel <deanv at cox.net> wrote:
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>>>I have been using Mythtv for over a year now, and I have never done much
>>>with Mythvideo.  In fact, I had mapped the video directory to be the
>>>same as that used for recordings.  When I would enter mythvideo, the
>>>display would show many videos, with long indecipherable names...the
>>>names that Myth gives to its recordings.
>>>
>>>Today, I remapped the directory to a new dir, and dropped an "avi" file
>>>into it.  When I tried to enter mythvideo to see the listing, it took
>>>many minutes before the screen appeared...then there were no listings.
>>>My CPU is very busy during the wait, and using another networked
>>>computer, I ran "top" and learned that it is Mysql that seems to be
>>>thrashing for some time.
>>>
>>>I have searched the list here for some advice, but I haven't found
>>>anything quite the same.  Any ideas as to what might be causing the problem?
>>>   
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>>Of course.
>>
>>MythVideo is trying to find all those video files that used to be in
>>the directory.
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>>Make sure you go into Settings/Utilities -> Video Manager first, which
>>will rescan the videos directory and make the necessary updates to the
>>MythVideo tables.
>>
>>It might be worth doing a "Delete from videometadata" in MySQL to kill
>>all that old data before getting MythVideo to scan the new directory.
>> 
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