[mythtv-users] How can I exclude a directory from the grabbers?

[jedi]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 08:39:13AM -0600, Chris Gentle wrote:
> Maybe we need a patch that will just look for a hidden file and if it
> exists, skip the directory and everything underneath it and move on.  I


   It seems like a good idea to have a defined exclusion list for scanning, 
perhaps in settings somewhere. There are any number of reasons why this 
could be useful/helpful.



> find the MythTV code a bit intimidating but I may see what I can come up
> with.
> 
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 7:04 AM, Martin Moores <moores.martin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On 12 January 2015 at 13:01, Chris Gentle <gentlec at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi.  I have a directory in my MythVideo section that includes our
> >> family's home videos.  I don't want the metadata grabbers to do lookups
> >> on this directory.  As you know, if the grabber finds multiple matches
> >> it will sometimes pop things up on the screen to prompt you for a
> >> series.  The results it returns for "home movies" or "home videos" is
> >> definitely not family-friendly.  So I'm looking for a way to exclude it.
> >> Is there some simple way to do this?  Perhaps as simple as just touching
> >> a file (.skip) that tells the grabber to skip over it?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Chris
> >
> >
> > Chris,
> >
> > I would love to do the same for some of my directories.  Pretty sure this
> > was asked recently on the list however and the answer was that this
> > functionality does not currently exist in MythTV.  Can't find the link to
> > the question/reply off hand.
> >
> > Martin
> >
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> -- 
> Chris

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