[mythtv-users] Adding storage groups

[Mike Perkins]

Ronald Frazier wrote:
>> Just make sure you read through all the code that uses the data from the
>> storage group table so that you understand all of the data
>> requirements/boundary conditions/etc. before modifying the data.
> 
>  I know you are really anal about the "don't touch the database"
> thing, but I said I simply changed the path. In other words, my old
> mythvideo storage group was pointing at /path/to/my/folder/DVDMovies/
> and I changed it to /path/to/my/folder/Movies/. If that triggers some
> boundary conditions, there's probably bigger problems to worry about.
> 
> But you don't need to subtly scold me every time I mention I touched
> the database. I'm not going to put together an exploratory committee
> to research the feasibility of modifying the DB directly each time.
> It's not like I was telling this user to modify the DB directly. I
> explicitly told him to use mythtv-setup. I was merely using my example
> to demonstrate that it might not be necessary to restart the backend,
> because there are at least some cases where it isn't necessary.
> 
It was my understanding that most of these fields are read once and only once 
when mythbackend starts up. Therefore, to acquaint mythbackend of any database 
changes made while it's running, you have to restart it.

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Mike Perkins