[mythtv-users] scan for changes

[Anthony Giggins]

On 27 March 2012 06:33, Tom Lichti <tom at redpepperracing.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>
> wrote:
> > On 3/26/2012 16:11, Tom Lichti wrote:
> >>
> >> Although through some testing by dumping the database,
> >> create a recording through the frontend, stop recording, dump the
> >> database again and compare the difference, I only see recorded being
> >> hit, not sure what the other 11 tables are, but I'll take a look at
> >> MiroBridge.
> >
> >
> > To get something to show up, the `recorded` table is really the only one
> you
> > actually need.  To behave properly, you need to add matching entries to
> > `recordedprogram` and `oldrecorded`.  You also need to add a dummy
> > `videosource` and `channel` to map the recording to.  You need to
> populate
> > seek data in `recordedseek`, and besides the skiplist and cutlist, there
> are
> > a handful of additional bits of information stored in `recordedmarkup`.
> >  Those seven should be considered required.
> >
> > I was adding in `capturecard` and `cardinput`, but you only need the
> > channel, not something to record it with.  Any optional cast information
> > would be in `people` and `recordedcredits`.  Any banners or backdrops
> would
> > be stored in `recordedartwork`.  Content ratings would get stored in
> > `recordedrating`, although that and the previous three should be handled
> by
> > the metadata importer.  Depending on how well integrated you want to make
> > it, you could add entries to `channelgroup`, `channelgroupnames`, and
> > `playgroup`.
>
> Ah, ok, I see what you mean. I am using existing channels, the rest I
> don't care about, although I am adding entries to recordedartwork
> where available, and the internal myth player works fine without a
> seektable and the other bits. I was concerned that I was missing
> something really important, but for my use case, this works. I just
> want to make the AMCD process a little more robust.
>
> Thanks
> Tom
>
>
Mythmediamonitor also works well to add videos into recordings, may or may
not be compatible with 0.25

http://nowsci.com/mythmediamonitor/

Regards,

Anthony
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