[mythtv-users] - Stupid question about upgrade to 0.19

Tom Lichti tom at redpepperracing.com
Wed Mar 1 19:42:35 UTC 2006


Alessandro Boggiano wrote:
> Kevin Kuphal wrote:
>
>   
>>> I just upgraded today to 0.19: almost everything went smooth! ;)
>>> Just a couple of things:
>>> -Now tv records as mpg file instead of nuv, in this way in the mythVideo 
>>> I find files as 200601202030 inside the list.
>>> But I have others <good_name>.mpg files inside the dir /video,so I don't 
>>> hide file with that extension.
>>> How to avoid this?
>>>  
>>>       
>> Don't point MythVideo at your TV directory?  Normally I think people 
>> have these as separate folders because they serve two different purposes
>>     
>
> Thanks Kevin,but I can't now separate them.
> /video is (and was) the only large partition where I put every video. 
> (it worked very well in the 18.1).
>   
Sure you can. Under /video, make two directories, tv and movies, point 
live tv to /video/tv and point mythvideo to /video/movies. Then move all 
recordings to the right place. You may have to do some db manipulation 
to get current stuff working right, but it shouldn't be too bad.

Tom




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