[mythtv-users] MythArchive (MythBurn?) can't find temp folder despite being set

[John Pilkington]

On 21/10/12 21:39, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 21/10/12 21:11, John Brown wrote:
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of John Pilkington
>> Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2012 7:48 PM
>> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythArchive (MythBurn?) can't find temp
>> folder despite being set
>>
>> On 17/10/12 01:15, John Brown wrote:
>>> Added to my long list of things Ubuntu doesn't do now that I've
>>> 'upgraded' to 12.04 (fresh install) is that I can't write MythTV
>>> Recordings to DVD
>>>
>>> The log shows the following error:
>>>
>>> ERROR: Can't find the setting for the temp directory
>>>
>>> This is despite the temp directory being set in the Setup > Archive
>>> File Settings
>>>
>>> I currently have the temp file set as:
>>>
>>> drwxrwxr-x mythauto mythauto ... /home/mythauto/.mythtv/tmp/
>>>
>>> Under various suggestions I have tried various users and group
>>> ownership, including mythtv mythtv, and various locations, but nothing
>>> makes any difference.
>>>
>>> I noticed that I now have two options to write a DVD in the Archive
>>> Files menu: 1) Create DVD and 2) Create Archives. The above error
>>> results from using the Create DVD option. If I use Create Archives
>>> instead it works, but never gives me the option to use the Cut Lists.
>>> When I press M for the menu on a particular recording the only option
>>> I have is the remove the recording. There is no option to use the
>>> cut-list or change the recording profile etc.
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>
>> Does this fit?
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/527187#527187
>>
>> REPLY:
>> Yes, I edited mythburn.py by changing the customHostName setting to:
>>
>> custsomHostName = "MyHostName"
>>
>> ... where MyHostName was the one I'd dentered in the MythTv Setup >
>> General menu, and now it works.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>>
>
> That was my first attempt, but the recommended way is to edit
> ~/.mythtv/config.xml
>
>> <Configuration>
>>   <UPnP>
>>     <UDN>
>>       <MediaRenderer>some_magic_number</MediaRenderer>
>>     </UDN>
>>     <MythFrontend>
>>       <DefaultBackend>
>>         <LocalHostName>YourFrontendIdentifier</LocalHostName>   <<<here
>>         <DBHostName>localhost</DBHostName>
>>         <DBUserName>mythtv</DBUserName>
>>         <DBPassword>mythtv</DBPassword>
>>         <DBName>mythconverg</DBName>
>>         <DBPort>3306</DBPort>
>>       </DefaultBackend>
>>     </MythFrontend>
>>   </UPnP>
>> </Configuration>
>
> John P
>

I'm afraid both of us were confused here.  I had forgotten that both the 
entry in config.xml and the patch to mythburn.py were needed, and the 
patch is inaccurately quoted.  There may be a better way of doing this, 
but a per-frontend edit is:

configHostName = "TheFrontendNameAsSetInMythtvsetupAndPassedInConfigXml"

John P