[mythtv-users] Automatically retrieving Video Details

[Peter Bennett]

On 11/5/21 6:38 AM, James Abernathy wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 5:20 AM Stephen Worthington 
> <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz <mailto:stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz>> wrote:
>
>     On Thu, 4 Nov 2021 07:13:50 -0400, you wrote:
>
>     >On a fresh Mythtv install I usually put all the episodes of 2 TV
>     series
>     >into the /srv/mythtv/videos directory which is defined in
>     mythtv-setup as
>     >the Videos.
>     >
>     >Using mythfrontend the first time I go to watch videos I have to
>     scan to
>     >find all the videos.  It takes a couple of seconds. However it
>     does not
>     >retrieve any details about the TV programs.
>     >
>     >To get the details, I have to:
>     >While the TV show is under the cursor, right arrow.
>     >Change Video Details,
>     >Right arrow,
>     >Retrieve details
>     >
>     >Is there any way to force this to happen for all 500 videos in my
>     >collection?
>
>     mythfrontend > Setup > Videos Settings > Metadata Settings > Perform
>     metadata update after video scan
>
>
> I had those settings, but apparently you need to just leave the 
> frontend alone while it processes the request. There is no indication 
> it's running but the screen background artwork flashes blank and then 
> back on every few seconds.  The keyboard is not too responsive while 
> it's working but you can see the text updated on the videos,
>
> Thank,
> JIm A

You can also run "mythutil --scanvideos" on the backend. I always run 
this after adding or removing videos, since you have to be on the 
backend to do that anyway. Especially since leanfront does not have a 
"scan videos" option.

Peter

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