[mythtv-users] Indoor HD antenna question

[Ashu Desai]

Ashu - Storage Group Issue
On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 3:16 PM Ashu Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ashu - Storage Group Issue
>
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 5:49 AM Paul Harrison <mythtv at sky.com> wrote:
>
>> On 25/04/18 03:34, Ashu Desai wrote:
>>
>> Ashu - Storage Group Issue
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 11:59 AM Ashu Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Ashu - Storage Groups issue
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Adding 1 b: - I have an issue setting up storage group. So initially I
>>>> had set up the following for my Movies:
>>>>
>>>> /usr/local/media/Videos
>>>>
>>>> Now I thought of adding my "TV" folder as well such:
>>>>
>>>> /usr/local/media/TV
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> However, no matter what I do - my backend only sees the initial Videos
>>>> folder (Movies) - I almost want to remove it and see if it now sees the TV
>>>> but I realize that doing so means rescanning ALL my movies when I add the
>>>> folder again. I am trying to avoid this if I can help it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> So - under mythtv-setup, I go to Storage Directories. I have the correct
>>> path for each one. I have the following:
>>>
>>> /usr/local/media/Videos
>>> /usr/local/media/TV
>>>
>>> I only see the Movies, no TV folder. So I delete the
>>> /usr/local/media/Videos, leaving only the TV path. I still keep seeing
>>> Movies, but no TV videos. So now, I delet everything under "Videos" storage
>>> group. It has NO directory path to anything. However, when I go to my
>>> frontend - I still see all my movies there! I scan it again, i restart
>>> mariadb, mythbackend (knowing this shouldn't matter) but still see all my
>>> Movies.
>>>
>>> This makes me think there must be another path it's getting all my
>>> movies from.
>>>
>>> Not sure where...
>>>
>>>
>> So I tried removing and re-adding the folders to no avail. The
>> permissions seems ok as well - in fact I just changed the folder to a 777.
>>
>> So the weird part is, under storage group, there is NO path to anything,
>> and yet it keeps showing me the Movies i had. And doesnt seem to like the
>> folder that have all the TV shows.
>>
>> Where is it pulling all my movies from?  And why doesn't it like the TV
>> folder? I almost want to move the TV folder and make it a sub folder under
>> the Movie one, but i think it's best to first find the problem...
>>
>>
>> Do you perhaps have the old legacy setting pointing to that directory
>> (Video -> General Settings -> Directories that hold videos).
>>
>> It's best to set those old settings to blank and just setup storage
>> groups to point to your videos.
>>
>> Having both set could cause the problems you are seeing.
>>
>> Paul H.
>>
>
> No - The old setting is all empty. So is the path under mythtv-setup --
> Videos.
>
> Is there a way I can find out where it's getting all my movies from? And
> it plays, which means it's not just a DB entry but it's actually finding
> the path to my medias.
>

Here's mysql output of this:

MariaDB [mythconverg]> select * from storagegroup;
+----+-------------+------------+---------------------------+
| id | groupname   | hostname   | dirname                   |
+----+-------------+------------+---------------------------+
|  1 | Default     | mythmaster | /usr/local/media/live-tv  |
|  2 | LiveTV      | mythmaster | /usr/local/media/live-tv/ |
|  3 | DB Backups  | mythmaster | /usr/local/media/live-tv  |
|  4 | Videos      | mythmaster | /usr/local/media/Videos/  |
|  5 | Coverart    | mythmaster | /usr/local/media/Videos/  |
|  6 | Music       | mythmaster | /usr/local/media/Music/   |
|  7 | Fanart      | mythmaster | /usr/local/media/Fanart/  |
|  8 | Screenshots | mythmaster | /usr/local/media/Fanart/  |
|  9 | Banners     | mythmaster | /usr/local/media/Banners/ |
| 10 | Default     | 10.0.0.54  | /usr/local/media/live-tv/ |
| 11 | LiveTV      | 10.0.0.54  | /usr/local/media/live-tv/ |
| 12 | DB Backups  | 10.0.0.54  | /usr/local/media/live-tv/ |
| 14 | Trailers    | 10.0.0.54  | /usr/local/media/live-tv/ |
| 15 | Coverart    | 10.0.0.54  | /usr/local/media/Banners/ |
| 16 | Fanart      | 10.0.0.54  | /usr/local/media/Fanart/  |
| 17 | Screenshots | 10.0.0.54  | /usr/local/media/Banners/ |
| 18 | Music       | 10.0.0.54  | /usr/local/media/Music/   |
| 19 | MusicArt    | 10.0.0.54  | /usr/local/media/Music    |
| 21 | Banners     | 10.0.0.54  | /usr/local/media/Banners/ |
| 22 | Photographs | 10.0.0.54  | /usr/local/media/Pic/     |
+----+-------------+------------+---------------------------+
20 rows in set (0.00 sec)
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