[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #8638: Setting "dvd ripper settings::directory to hold temporary files" does not work

[Michael T. Dean]

  On 07/03/2010 12:41 PM, MythTV wrote:
> #8638: Setting "dvd ripper settings::directory to hold temporary files" does not
> work
> ------------------------------------+---------------------------------------
>   Reporter:  ryan.goat@…             |       Owner:  ijr
>       Type:  defect                  |      Status:  new
>   Priority:  minor                   |   Milestone:  unknown
> Component:  MythTV - Mythtranscode  |     Version:  Trunk Head
>   Severity:  medium                  |     Mlocked:  0
> ------------------------------------+---------------------------------------
>   Okay in mythfrontend on the following menu page. . .
>
>   main menu::utilities/setup::setup::media settings::video settings::rip
>   settings
>
>   there is a setting called "Directory to hold temporary files".  I changed
>   this from the default (and created the new directory).  But myth is still
>   trying to use the old directory.
>
>   Myth should use the directory "/home/ryan/mythdvd/temp" but it keeps
>   trying to use "/var/lib/mythdvd/temp".  Here is the output from
>   mythfrontend showing the fail. . .
>
>   {{{
>   2010-07-03 12:30:15.044 Loading menu theme from
>   /usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu//optical_menu.xml
>   2010-07-03 12:30:16.691 12:30:16: a client socket has been opened
>   2010-07-03 12:30:40.833 12:30:40: launching job: job dvd 1 1 6 1 -1
>   /home/ryan/mythvideo/Fraggle_Rock s01e01
>   2010-07-03 12:30:40.833 12:30:40: Error: rip directory
>   '/var/lib/mythdvd/temp' does not seem to exist
>   2010-07-03 12:30:42.773 12:30:42: job failed: job dvd 1 1 6 1 -1
>   /home/ryan/mythvideo/Fraggle_Rock s01e01
>   2010-07-03 12:31:27.432 12:31:27: a client socket has been closed
>   }}}
>
>   I see this fail on trunk.  Not 100% certain which component to choose for
>   this ticket.

Ryan, did you restart the daemon program, mtd, after changing the 
setting?  If you do, does it pick up the new directory (meaning that we 
just need to fix mtd to listen for ClearCache events).

Mike