[mythtv-users] manage recordings

[Peter Bennett]

On 1/4/22 5:48 AM, John Pilkington wrote:
> If you want only the file, with a meaningful name but without 
> metadata, you can use mythlink to put links into a folder, use your 
> file manager to copy the links that you want to another folder, and 
> then either cp -L * or rsync -L * to the laptop.  IIRC I used to do 
> that, but I haven't tried it recently.
>
> John P

It still works. Here is the command I use to create the links. It puts 
them into folders named like this:
RecGroup/Title/origdate SnnEnn subtitle

So each rec group is in a separate directory, each title has a directory 
under than and each episode is listed under than. Then a cp -L can copy 
them to your external drive.

rm -rf "$LINKSDIR"
$MYTHTVDIR/share/doc/mythtv-backend/contrib/user_jobs/mythlink.pl \
   --link "$LINKSDIR" --format "%U/%T/%oy%om%od S%ssE%ep %S"

Peter