[mythtv-users] Filenames of recordings: access from the desktop

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/09/2022 11:25 AM, John Pilkington wrote:
> I have several postprocessing scripts which I run from the desktop. 
> Some include box-specific workarounds to use the chanid_starttime.ext 
> format and some need the full file name including the storage group.  
> I use multiple tabs, so can usually modify an earlier command line.
>
> But I have tried, in setting up, to keep an obvious relationship 
> between the chanid and the Logical Channel Number used in the EPG.  
> This has been becoming more difficult, with a recording made today 
> from LCN 26 having a chanid of 35238 (shown by an I from the Watch 
> Recordings page in the MythCenter-Wide theme).  I think I'll just have 
> to live with it, although it does make it harder to pick a given 
> recording from a file-manager display.
>
> Before I try some other kludge, is there an easy way of displaying and 
> 'copying' the full filename from a windowed Myth display?  Or some 
> other approach?  I guess that adding it to the 'Watch Recordings' 
> screen itself isn't going to improve the family experience...
>
> FWIW the 'M > Playback > Playback Data' popup shows the full filename.

You can use mythlink.pl (https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythlink.pl  ) to 
create links with useful/recognizable/customized-for-your-scripts names, 
then use those useful names to get the full path to the actual recording 
file with:

readlink <link_name>

Mike