[mythtv-users] Location of recording thumbnails (png's)

Bobby Gill bobbygill at rogers.com
Mon Mar 23 19:36:11 UTC 2009


On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:

> On 03/23/2009 03:04 PM, Bobby Gill wrote:
> > My recordings go into /media/myth, and all .png thumbnails generated
> > (from the FE and MythWeb)reside there as well. Is there some way I can
> > have all thumbnails go into a subfolder instead? Like a .thumbnails or
> > something (as it is in thunar and such).
>
> Not until I finish the patch I've been working on.  (And even then, not
> until a) it's committed to trunk, b) the next stable version after the
> patch is committed gets released, c) your packager creates a package for
> that next version, and d) you upgrade.  :)  Here's hoping I'll have it
> done for 0.22...
>
> (With the patch, you'll be able to define a special Storage Group called
> "Thumbnails" that contains a list of directories in which preview
> thumbnails can be stored.  Therefore, you'll be able to store thumbnails
> outside of the recordings directories--which is great if the filesystem
> used for the recordings directories are optimized for large files and,
> regardless, will make the recordings directories /much/ cleaner.)
>
> Mike
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Ah, thanks Michael, that'll be exactly what I'm (and surely others are)
looking for. I look forward to it and of course, we must always be patient
;)

Thanks
Bob
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