[mythtv-users] Mythvideo first try

[Josh Burks]

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:25:23 +1100, jason bright <jaybright at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is probably going to sound really stupid, but i can't get
> mythvideo to work.  First time i've tried it.
> 
> My main mount point for storing video is /video.  I've made a sub
> directory /video/mythvideo and set the ownership and permissions
> properly. I've set that directory as the source directory in the
> mythvideo settings.
> 
> Dropped a few .avi's in there - nothing. I was under the impression
> that mythvideo would scan the directory on the fly and present the
> choices in the UI.
> 
> The mythvideo README doesn't really have any info. I'm obviously
> missing something really simple
> 

Did you go into the Video Manager under Setup first? Do that and Myth
will scan the directory and populate the database so that you can
watch them.

Josh