[mythtv-users] MythVideo: Missing items

[Raymond Wagner]

On 1/17/2012 21:44, Blammo wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Raymond Wagner<raymond at wagnerrp.com>  wrote:
>> When using MythVideo, the content lists come from the database, not the
>> filesystem.  All frontends will be pulling the same exact list out of
>> the database, and be displaying the same exact content, unless you have
>> file browse mode enabled.  Browse mode ignores the database, and rescans
>> the filesystem every time you enter MythVideo.  Browse mode should not
>> result in such behavior, but is the only way I can think of that
>> different frontends would show different content.
> Something is rotten here.
>
> Browse Mode + File Browse = 1084 files
> Browse Mode - File Browse = 2248 files
> UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap Done. Found 3604 objects
>
> Seems like it takes storage group/db config over ALL else.. even NFS
> mounting and setting explicit paths in mythfrontend don't override it.
> I'm obviously missing something..

The best we can figure is some broken blend of local folders, Storage 
Groups, and file browse mode.  Since UPnP is working, you MUST have 
local folders defined on the master backend, which means the frontend 
located on the master backend is getting a blend of content from both.  
On the other hand, your remote frontends running their own scans in file 
browse mode will only have access to the content it can pull from the 
master backend, and whatever is found in the local paths, but not the 
storage group definitions, will not be visible.

Your best option is to go through every frontend, unset every local 
folder definition, remove the Videos storage groups, and rescan to flush 
all your existing and seemingly broken database data out.  Add storage 
group paths to all your content on the backend, and rescan.  Add the 
same folders to the local paths on the master backend only.  MythVideo 
should see the duplicate paths and ignore them, while the UPnP server 
will go off and do its own thing.  Make sure file browse mode is 
disabled everywhere.