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

MaxPower maxpower44 at tiscali.fr
Fri Dec 19 15:44:06 EST 2003


Hi,
it's probably not a bug I think it's select the first file in the database.
Xavier

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?
>
>-Craig
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