[mythtv-users] Multiple Folders For Videos

[Fred Squires]

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:43:50 -0700, Geoff at Hundekeandroyal dot com
<mythtv at hundekeandroyal.com> wrote:
> Quick question.
> 
> I noticed in MythMusic (either that or MythGallery) there was a way to
> define more than one directory for holding music/pictures using a ":" to
> separate the directories.
> 
> I can't seem to do that for videos.
> 
> I have mounted a share on a box running that other OS with some videos
> and movies.  It's mounted as /mnt/winvideo.  I also have videos on the
> MythTV box in the directory /videos.  On the setup page for the videos,
> I entered /videos:/mnt/winvideo.  This did not seem to work as it saw
> neither directory and said I had no video (it also screwed up my video
> information pulled from IMDB.com).
> 
> Any ideas or am I just smoking crack here and making my life too
> complicated by having two video locations?  I'd like to keep it that
> way...if MythGod will allow that.
> 
> -Geoff-
> 
> 
> 

You could just mount your /mnt/winvideo to a directory under /videos
such as /videos/windvideo.  MythVideo would pick them up with all your
local videos at that point.
Fred