[mythtv-users] MythExport

[Daryl McDonald]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 2:18 AM, Mike Perkins
> <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
> > On 30/01/15 03:23, Thomas Mashos wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:03 PM, Anthony Giggins
> >> <seven at seven.dorksville.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I imagine that "sudo apt-get install mythexport" would fail similarly
> >>> unless
> >>> I make corrections somewhere ?mkdir? maybe?
> >>> I've drag n dropped files out of mythtv before but it is anything but
> >>> elegant. Can anyone enlighten me as to how to make corrections which
> >>> would
> >>> allow me to install mythexport and there by move files properly?  TIA
> >>> Daryl.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> you dont mention what version of ubunutu/mythbuntu your running (I'm
> >>> guessing Trusty (14.04) from the version its installing, you could
> >>> download
> >>> the package from
> >>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/amd64/mythexport/download
> >>>
> >>> and extract the files manually, perhaps the installation script has
> >>> invalid
> >>> mkdir syntax
> >>>
> >>
> >> No, it's likely at some point he fed it an empty dir string. At least
> >> that is what the developer told me.
> >>
> >> Try this.
> >>
> >> "sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythexport"
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Um, at what point during any package install do you get offered a prompt
> to
> > enter a directory? I can't think of a single one offhand.
> >
> > The package is broken. Even if a path /was/ required, a suitable default
> > ought to have been supplied.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mike Perkins
> >
> >
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> Right here
>
>
> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/mythexport/trunk/view/head:/debian/mythexport.templates#L11
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Thomas Mashos
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Thanks for the compliment, Thomas, I see that the info in the link is
relevant, but have no idea what to do with it. It makes me wonder though,
the more I read about Mythexport it seems it is for Ios users. Is there a
simpler way to move a transcoded file into the videos location? Or
occasionally to a flash drive or Android tablet?
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