[mythtv-users] mythlink.pl

[Jack Perveiler]

--- Tim Fenn <fenn at stanford.edu> wrote:

> I recently set up an Avel linkplayer running through wizd to play some
> mythtv recordings, and I'm quite happy with it.  But to get wizd to
> present reasonable filenames to the LP2, I've been using the handy
> mythlink.pl script from Chris Petersen.  However, as new mythtv
> recordings appear (or are deleted), mythlink.pl must be re-run each
> time.  I could add it as a user script to run after each recording,
> but I'm concerned this may present weird problems if I have 2 or more
> recordings ending at the same time spawning multiple mythlink.pl
> instances.  Does anyone using mythlink.pl to keep an "updated" listing
> of mythtv recordings have any suggestions/hints (would it perhaps be
> better to run mythlink as a cron job?)?
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> Tim Fenn
> 
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KnoppMyth R5A16 sets up mythlink.sh (which came before mythlink.pl) to run as
an hourly cron job... I'd guess mythlink.pl would work that way as well.

--Jack



		
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