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

[John Pilkington]

On 11/01/2022 17:16, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 01/09/2022 11:25 AM, John Pilkington wrote:
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>>
>> 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

Yes, thanks Mike.  Having recently recommended mythlink  and cp -L here 
I should have made that connection. In GUI mode I would probably read 
the link destination from the file manager screen, or copy from its 
'Properties' popup, but mythlink + readlink looks as if it could be more 
scriptable.  I'll look at the mythlink wiki again. :-)

John