[mythtv-users] MythVideo - Can you set the default directory for the video browser?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Friday 19 December 2003 14:44, Craig Meyer wrote:
> Everyone,
>
> Not sure if this should be in the DEV or USERS group, so I'll post
> here first to avoid a flame.
>
> I have my MythVideo setup to point to a video directory that contains
> subdirectories which sort all the various videos and movies I have.
>
> Problem is: When I open the video browser, It doesnt start up with
> focus on the root directory. Instead it browses down my entire tree
> of files (alphabeticly) and starts with focus on the 'first file' in
> my tree.
>
> More advanced explination of the problem:
>
> my video directory is   /mythmedia/video   and below it I have many
> directories. Here is an ASCII art of what my tree would look like:
>
> Videos-|
>
>        |-Babylon 5 -|
>        |
>        |            | Season 1 -|
>        |            |
>        |            |           | B5 Episode 1
>        |            |           | B5 Episode 2
>        |            |           | etc....
>        |            |
>        |            | Season 2
>        |            | Season 3
>        |            | etc....
>        |
>        |-Movies -|
>        |
>        |         | 13 Ghosts.avi
>        |         | Back to the future.avi
>        |         | etc....
>        |
>        |-Stargate-|
>        |
>                   | Season 1
>                   | Season 2
>                   | etc....
>
> I would expect the video browser to start in the Video directory and
> from there I could browse to any directory or file I wanted. Instead,
> it starts with focus on Video > Babylon 5 > Season 1 > Episode 1 (for
> the example above).
>
> Why is this? Can I fix this with a database edit, or is this simply a
> bug or 'unwanted feature' in mythvideo?

Use 'Video List' instead of 'Browse Videos'.

-JAC