[mythtv-users] Queue Job from Python to Rebuild Seektable

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Thu Mar 8 19:39:50 UTC 2012


On 03/08/2012 02:25 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 3/8/2012 11:06, Harald Nehring wrote:
>>> Neither mythtranscode nor mythcommflag support such behavior in 0.24.  I
>>> have added a JOB_REBUILD (0x08) option to mythcommflag for 0.25, however
>>> that is a flag, not an argument.
>> Thanks for clarifying! So I'll run mythtranscode externally with the
>> rebuild option for 0.24, no problem.
>>
>> Out of curiosity - what's the purpose of the "args" blog in the job queue
>> table if not to pass arguments to the jobs?
> At the moment, the only thing it seems to be used for is to tell
> mythtranscode to output a nuppelvideo file.

Probably relating to the fact that the Job Queue currently treats 
mythtranscode and mythcommflag jobs as special, "built-in" jobs, so are 
handled differently from other jobs.  I'm guessing "external" jobs can 
use args to pass arguments, right?

Mike


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