[mythtv-users] Change location of recordings

[Zaakiy Siddiqui]

Just do it using the GUI (either mythtvsetup or mythfrontend->settings;
can't remember which)

In any case, if you want to script it in SQL, my hunch is that using an
INSERT statement is not going to work because that setting would already
exist.  It may actually get added, but myth might get confused if you
have 2 "RecordFilePrefix" settings.

Better way would be to perform an UPDATE instead of INSERT

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Steffes
Sent: Saturday, 6 November 2004 1:51 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Change location of recordings

On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 14:09:43 -0500, PAUL WILLIAMSON
<pwilliamson at mandtbank.com> wrote:
> I'm running the .16 release (non-CVS) and I've got a quick question.
> 
> I'd like to change the location of the recorded TV shows, but
> I'm hesitant to do so without checking here first.  I know I
> can easily move the recordings to their new home and
> I can update the location for the recordings through
> the setup,  but I am just making sure that's all I need
> to do.  I'm sure it's not, because I'd bet there is
> something I need to do in the database.
> 
> Is there an easy way to do this, or is there a
> script somewhere in myth that will move the
> recordings, adjust the location in the setup
> and make the changes in the database?
> 
> Any tips or tricks would be helpful.
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul
> 


Actually I don't think there's anything you need to adjust manually. 
A quick grep on a recent db dump showed my video location only used
one place:

INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('RecordFilePrefix','/home/video','mythtv');

Moving the files and changing the file location should work fine.