[mythtv-users] Plex integration

[david brooke]

On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Min Idzelis <min123 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm working on a python script that pulls in missing season/episode
> metadata (mines always missing for some reason) optionally cuts
> commercials, optionally transcodes, optionally extracts subtitles and adds
> them to the transcode, and then symlinks the file in Show/Season/ShowName -
> SXXeYY format, and then pings plex to refresh the library. It can run in
> batch or as a user job.
>
> Its close to done, but still sorta sloppy. Let me know if you want an
> early version.
>
> The myth channel for plex is very buggy. Skipping/fast forwarding often
> crashes my backend. I much prefer the amazing plex interface. The Plex
> interface pulls in even more metadata about the show.
>
> I'll probably put a version up on github soon, but I'm working on this in
> my very limited spare time, so its pretty slow going.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 1:58 AM, David Whyte <david.whyte at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 11:58 PM, Larry Kennedy <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> I got this working a long time ago and I agree, having the shows show up
>>>> in the TV section is much nicer than browsing to the MythTV "channel" in
>>>> Plex. Search the archives for some tips... I went through quite a bit of
>>>> wrangling to make mine work but it ended up working pretty well at the
>>>> time. One important piece is that the symlinks you create don't
>>>> automatically delete when the recordings go away, so Plex thinks they're
>>>> still in your library and you get a lot of file not found errors.
>>>>
>>>> For the longest time I've been meaning to go back and hone the process,
>>>> and write up something for the wiki. Somebody yell at me and maybe I'll get
>>>> around to doing it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> MATT!  Can you write this up for the benefit of all?  :)
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>> I use the channel too but it is a little slow to load recordings etc.
>>
>> I thought of simply adding the recordings directories to plex and
>> authoring an 'Agent' that queried the myth services API to get the
>> appropriate titles etc for the files it found in the directories.  This
>> should speed up access to the files etc.  If Matt is keen, perhaps he could
>> look into that too :P
>>
>> As an additional note, I really wish there was someway to watch in
>> progress recordings with Plex.
>>
>>
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> I wanted to ask if everyone is referring to the Plex Mythtv app...
https://github.com/tschaumburg/MythRecordings.bundle/releases
If it is....wouldn't working with the current developer be a possible
option? I see several replies that show several individual's work on going.
If everyone is referring to another Plex app, please disregard.
Thanks
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