[mythtv-users] Resurrecting mythadder.py to repopulate videometadata when plugging in a usb drive with media

[Roland Ernst]

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 7:21 PM Jay Harbeston <jharbestonus at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I remember there being issues long ago with udisks2 vs. udisks and I don’t
> recall where the problem was..
>
> Questions regarding using external usb drives with media:
>
> 1. Was the problem with udisks2 within mythtv code itself or in the
> mythadder.py routine?  While looking at the code in mythaddr.py,  I don’t
> see any reference to udisks  in it. It does add a rule for udev.
>
> 2. Also, I see that it uses the full path of the video files into the
> filename field of video metadata including the leading ‘/‘ .  If a file has
> the full path including the leading ‘/‘ does it use the full path when
> playing the video file?
>
> 3. Should the external drive be attached to the backend, or can it be
> attached to the frontend only machine?
>
>
> I also understand that I will need to add new fields to it that have been
> added since it was created. As well as the handling of them.
>
> Regards, and thanks in advance!
>

Mythadder was published 2010 (MythTV 0.22)  and last known good in 2012
(MythTV 0.24).
See https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythadder.py

Maybe, it is a better way to describe what you want to do and what you want
to achieve?
There might be other solutions available by now.
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