[mythtv-users] hostname problem in MythArchive

[Anthony Giggins]

On 29 August 2012 02:19, John Pilkington <J.Pilk at tesco.net> wrote:

> On 27/08/12 23:53, John Pilkington wrote:
>
>> Since installing 0.25-fixes on my main box I've had problems with
>> MythArchive.  I think this may be because the config settings are
>> defined by the frontend but are being read using the hostname of the
>> backend.  The lines in the mythburn.py script read
>>
>> DB = MythTV.MythDB()
>> configHostname = DB.gethostname()
>>
>> I've tried a direct hack in mythburn.py that looked hopeful.  What would
>> be the way of getting the frontend's 'Custom Identifier' from the DB
>> instead?
>>
>>
> OK, it works for me (in creation of a playable DVD) if the 'Custom
> identifier' from Frontend Setup > General > page 2 is used as
> configHostname.
>
> If defined it's LocalHostName in ~/.mythtv/mysql.txt.  Isn't that the file
> that's being phased out?  config.xml doesn't have it and I haven't found it
> in the DB.
>
> I suspect this is also the cause of the lack of a progress log in 'Create
> an Archive' mode, Ticket #10505, but I don't think that's done through
> mythburn.py and my hack doesn't change it.  A usable Archive is created.
>
> A warning: while I was investigating this, a chmod called within
> mythburn.py walked recursively all over my home directory.  I've commented
> that line out.  There are some multi-delete sections too...
>
>
> John P
>
>
Semi OT: is mytharchive 0.25-fixes Storage Group friendly?

Tried using this for the first time since atleast 0.23 and it failed saying
it couldn't locate the file from either Videos or files.

Can anyone confirm?

Cheers,

Anthony
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