[mythtv-users] Strange MythMusic File Behavior

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Wed Feb 2 21:18:22 UTC 2011


On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Paul Harrison <mythtv at sky.com> wrote:
> 2011/2/2 Anthony Rooney <rooneyo at iinet.net.au>
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> The below referenced article states:
>>
>> If you already have an existing music collection then you can have
>> MythMusic
>> scan for this. Point MythMusic at the directory in which your music
>> collection is, by changing the location of your music library:
>>
>> Utilities/Setup → Setup →Media Settings-> Music Settings → General
>> settings.
>> Then:
>>
>> Utilities/Setup → Music tools → Scan for New Music.
>>
>> How do you point to a music stored on another PC on your internal LAN?
>> What is the syntax?
>>
>> The below instructions tells you what you can do but it does not tell you
>> how to do it or provide any examples.
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>
> There is no special syntax. You need to mount the remote directory on to
> your local file system using NFS or SAMBA depending on if the remote machine
> is running linux or Windows. This really has nothing to do with MythTV but
> is more of a general linux task that needs to be done if you want to access
> a directory on a remote machine.
>
> At some point we will convert MythMusic to use storage groups like are used
> for recordings or by MythVideo to access video files which wont require you
> to mount your remote directories but at the moment that is what you have to
> do.
>

In other words the same answer as Anthony got here:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/470446


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