[mythtv-users] How do I get coverart/etc in watch recordings?

Robert McNamara robert.mcnamara at gmail.com
Wed Sep 16 19:14:00 UTC 2009


On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:09 PM, David Asher <asherml at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 14, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Robert McNamara wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:01 PM, David Asher <asherml at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I used Jamu  -MW to fetch the coverart/fanart/etc but none of it shows up
>>> in
>>> the watch recording screen.
>>> I DO get it in MythVideo.  I'm not using storage groups for the metadata
>>> locations, is that the problem?  Are there a second set of directories
>>> beyond the mythvideo ones to set up?
>>> I'm using Graphite w/ trunk r21784.
>>> Thanks,
>>
>> Cover art hunt in Watch recordings only works w/ the local mount
>> settings for fanart/coverart/etc.  If you want it to work there,
>> you'll need to set the "local" directories for coverart/fanart/banners
>> (banners not used in Graphite) and mount your SG directories for them
>> there.
>
> Ok, I triple checked this.  I have the directories defined correctly and
> mounted locally on the frontend in the same position.
>
> I just noticed the TV ones all have _coverart.jpg instead of .jpg.
>
> Is that the problem?
>

Nope, that's normal.  Do you have those directories actually *set*
locally in mythvideo?

(Utilities/Setup->Setup->Media Settings->Video Settings->General)

Robert


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