[mythtv-users] MythWeb filename to actual filename

[brad dreisbach]

On Apr 3, 2009, at 9:19 AM, Bob Long wrote:

> Steve Daniels wrote:
>> 2009/4/3 David Fishburn <dfishburn.mythtv at gmail.com>:
>>> How do you map this URL:
>>> mythweb/tv/detail/1010/1238544000
>>>
>>> To the actual filename on the filesystem?
>>>
>>> I would have thought there would be a:
>>> recordings/1010_1238544000.mpg
>>>
>>> But there isn't.
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>> Dave
>>
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> Quick question, why do you want to do this?
>>
>> Steve Daniels
>
> I'm not Dave, but here's why I'd find it handy. I often want to  
> transfer a file over the network to my Windows box from the Mythbox.  
> MythWeb shows the file as a link to http://mythbox:8080/mythweb/tv/detail/1010/1238750700 
> ; I have a drive mapped to the mythbox but the file names are not  
> obviously related. For example, the matching one is  
> 1010_20090403192500.mpg. Makes it harder to grab the correct file.
>
> As it happens, a relatively easy work around is to view the mapped  
> files as thumbnails. Then I can see the thumbnail which matches the  
> MythWeb preview image and I grab the matching .mpg file next to the  
> thumbnail.

Why don't you just use the built in functionality of mythweb to  
transfer the file?  There is a link next to the
preview image to "Direct Download" the file.

-b