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

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/23/2009 03:36 PM, Bobby Gill wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Michael T. Dean 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.)
> 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
> ;)

Or, if you prefer, you could write the patch yourself.  I wouldn't be
offended.  :)

Mike