[mythtv-users] Mythvideo - retrieve all details not working

Mark Perkins perkins1724 at hotmail.com
Thu Oct 9 03:55:42 UTC 2014



> On 9 Oct 2014, at 1:05 pm, "Mark Perkins" <perkins1724 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all, I seem to be having two problems with Mythvideo.
> 
> Second problem first - In Mythvideo the 'Retreive all details' option (open
> Mythvideo, press M, select Retrieve all details) is not doing anything for
> me.  And I do mean anything. I tried verbose all logging on the frontend and
> there was not a single notification that seemed to relate. Also nothing at
> all in the backend with standard logging. However if I go to an individual
> recording and press 'W' or 'I' 'Change Video Details' 'Retrieve Details' all
> the metadata is successfully retrieved. It's just that I have to go to every
> file one at a time and press 'W' on each and every file. Very slow.
> 
> First problem second - Mythvideo does not seem to be scanning for metadata
> when files are added. I press 'M' 'Scan for changes' I get all the recently
> added files populated but with no metadata. The documentation on the wiki
> seemed to suggest that the scan would run automatically when new files are
> added.
> 
> No doubt the two problems are related in some fashion, but I really not sure
> where to look from here. All help and suggestions appreciated.
> 
> Frontend and Backend versions:
> Please attach all output as a file in bug reports.
> MythTV Version : v0.27.1-7-g41d04b6
> MythTV Branch : fixes/0.27
> Network Protocol : 77
> Library API : 0.27.20140520-1
> QT Version : 4.8.4
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> 
> _______________________________________________

Also, If someone could confirm that 'retrieve all details' works for them and post whatever corresponding message they get in the frontend / backend log that would be greatly appreciated.


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