[mythtv-users] MythArchive problem

[Steve Harrington]

 > On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 19:29 -0400, Steve Harrington wrote:
 >> > >
 >>> > > > Hello all,
 >>> > > >
 >>> > > > This is my second install of MythTV Frontend on a particular 
PC in my
 >>> > > > house.  When I try
 >>> > > > to burn something from MythArchive, I get this error:
 >>> > > >
 >>> > > > mythburn.py (0.1.20061201-1) starting up...
 >>> > > > Process priority 8
 >>> > > > script path:/usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/scripts
 >>> > > > myth share path:/usr/share/mythtv
 >>> > > > passed job file: /home/steve/mythwork/config/mydata.xml
 >>> > > > passed progress log file: /home/steve/mythwork/logs/progress.log
 >>> > > > mythburn.py (0.1.20061201-1) starting up...
 >>> > > > Found 1 CPUs
 >>> > > > Obtaining MythTV settings from MySQL database for hostname alien
 >>> > > > Processing Mythburn job number 1.
 >>> > > > Options - mediatype = 0, doburn = 1, createiso = 0, 
erasedvdrw = 0
 >>> > > >          savefilename = ''
 >>> > > > Looking for: 
/usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/themes/Compact/theme.xml
 >>> > > > Loading font 0, /usr/share/mythtv/FreeSans.ttf size 19
 >>> > > > Loading font 1, /usr/share/mythtv/FreeSans.ttf size 15
 >>> > > > Loading font 2, /usr/share/mythtv/FreeSans.ttf size 13
 >>> > > > wantIntro: 1, wantMainMenu: 1, wantChapterMenu:0, 
wantDetailsPage: 0
 >>> > > > Final DVD Video format will be ntsc
 >>> > > > There are 1 files to process
 >>> > > > Pre-processing file '1501_20070503173000.mpg' of type 'recording'
 >>> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >>> > > > Traceback (most recent call last):
 >>> > > > File "/usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/scripts/mythburn.py", 
line 3600, in
 >>> > > > <module>
 >>> > > >    processJob(job)
 >>> > > > File "/usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/scripts/mythburn.py", 
line 3378, in
 >>> > > > processJob
 >>> > > >    preProcessFile(node,folder)
 >>> > > > File "/usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/scripts/mythburn.py", 
line 1076, in
 >>> > > > preProcessFile
 >>> > > >    mediafile = os.path.join(recordingpath,
 >>> > > > file.attributes["filename"].value)
 >>> > > > File "posixpath.py", line 62, in join
 >>> > > >    elif path == '' or path.endswith('/'):
 >>> > > > AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'endswith'
 >>> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >>> > > >
 >>> > > > Has anyone seen this before?  I tried googling this error but 
couldn't
 >>> > > > figure it out.
 >>> > > > I'm using Ubuntu Feisty if that helps.  I would guess that 
one of my
 >>> > > > paths is missing the
 >>> > > > '/' character by the error, but I can't find which one.
 >>> > > >
 >>> > > > Thanks!
 >> > >
 > >
 > >
 > > I get this same error when I run as a normal user.  Try starting
 > > mythfrontend as root.  It seems to be an effective work around, but I
 > > would like to have a fix.
 > >
 > > Matt
 > >
 > > Thanks Matt!
 > >
 > > I'm still encountering this issue even if I start as root.  If it 
helps any, this is a stand-alone front end setup, so the file(s) must be 
transmitted over the network if that makes a difference.
 > >
 > > Thanks!
 > > Steve


Can you burn an ISO image, starting as root?

Matt


Thanks for replying, Matt.  If I start as root, I cannot burn an ISO in 
MythArchive.  I can burn a video I ripped from MythDVD though directly 
to the front-end machine, but when I try to burn a show from the remote 
backend via root or not I still get the above error.

Thanks!
Steve