[mythtv-users] User Job to rip subtitles from each program

[Raymond Wagner]

And... a bit of python jumble...


> #!/usr/bin/env python

This needs to go at the top of the file... good.

> import os
> from MythTV import MythBE, findfile
> be = MythBE()
> prog = be.getRecording(<chanid>, <starttime>)

When you look up the command line arguments for an application, usually 
required options are seen in diamond braces (<>).  I was going for the 
same thing here.  You need to give the getRecording() method the chanid 
and starttime of the recording you want it to find.

> oldbase = prog.basename.rsplit('.',1)[0]
> newbase = prog.formatPath('...').rsplit('.',1)[0]
> sg = findfile(prog.basename, prog.storagegroup)
> if sg is None:
>     raise Exception('file not found')


> for f in os.listdir(sg.dirname):
>     if not (f.startswith(oldbase) and f.endswith('srt')):
>         continue
>     os.rename(os.path.join(sg.dirname, f), os.path.join(sg.dirname,
> newbase+'.'+f.split('.',1)[1]))

This was supposed to rename the potential several resultant files coming 
out of `mythccextractor`.  Since you're not using `mythccextractor`,

> from MythTV import System
> ccextractor = System(path="/home/dave/uksub2srt/uksub2srt.py")
> ccextractor('-i', os.path.join(sg.dirname, prog.basename),
>             '-o', '/home/subtitles/{0}.srt'.format(newbase))

this down here was supposed to replace it.  Additionally, unless you're 
trying to limit certain modules to certain scopes, either to keep the 
namespace clean or because that scope may never be entered and there not 
be any need to import it, it's better to do your imports at the top of 
the file just so you know where to look for them.

> import sys
> if len(sys.argv) != 3:
>     chanid, starttime = sys.argv[1:3]

You can't do anything until you get your recording from the backend, and 
you can't do that until you know what chanid and starttime you want the 
information for.  Pulling that information out of your command line 
variables at the end of the script isn't going to do you any good.