[mythtv-users] mythrename.pl & Storage Groups

[Michael T. Dean]

On 08/29/2008 12:06 PM, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> I use mythrename.pl to create human readable symlinks to recordings.  
> Ever since I upgraded from 0.20 to 0.21 and implemented storage groups, 
> I've noticed that symlinks are not created for all of my files, only 
> some.  I've googled but have been unable to determine if mythrename.pl 
> is supposed to work with storage groups.  Is it?
>   

The /proper version/ of mythrename.pl works fine with Storage Groups.  
You're running an old version.

locate mythrename.pl

and delete all the garbage ones.  Though, really, you should figure out 
what your packager did with the version installed by your package 
manager, you can always download the current version from:

http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/browser/branches/release-0-21-fixes/mythtv/contrib/mythrename.pl?format=txt

> I have one storage group that consists of 3 drives local to my BE/FE 
> combo.  I'd like to have a folder with symlinks to all recordings.  Can 
> I do this with mythrename.pl?

Yep.  The only qualification is that mythrename.pl will /not/ create 
links to non-existent files, so on whatever machine you run 
mythrename.pl, you must have "local" access to the file (i.e. have all 
required network mounts in the proper places).

Mike