[mythtv-users] Automating the Video Manager

Greg Estabrooks greg at phaze.org
Wed Oct 24 22:09:36 UTC 2007


> and adding more than directory to mythvideo would also be nice...
> instead of making symlinks etc... but this is getting to much OT...


 You can already do this. Seperate multiple directories in your mythvideo setup with a :   
so /path/video1:/path/video2:/path/video4   etc



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> M.
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> 2007/10/24, Joe Borne <joe.borne at gmail.com>:
> >
> >
> > >
> > > From: Dave M G <martin at autotelic.com >
> > > Subject: [mythtv-users] Automating the Video Manager
> > > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > > Message-ID: <471F2492.2010305 at autotelic.com >
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
> > >
> > > MythTV Users,
> > >
> > > This is an issue that would increase the WAF (or, in this case, GAF) of
> > > my current system.
> > >
> > > Video files come and go off my system, often enough that going to Main
> > > Menu->Setup->Utilities->Video Manager and back to Main Menu->Media
> > > Library->Watch Videos all the time is kind of a pain.
> > >
> > > Especially since I pretty much always say "Yes To All" when accepting
> > > the changes every time I go in. In fact, I can't ever think of an
> > > instance where I didn't.
> > >
> > > Maybe it's useful for others, but for me this whole process seems like
> > > I'm repeating steps that could just be automatic.
> > >
> > > The WAF issue comes into play because sometimes after moving files
> > > around, I sometimes don't remember to update everything in the MythTV
> > > interface, which then leads to an unsatisfactory experience for my
> > > significant other.
> > >
> > > I think the best solution would be for the video manager to update the
> > > collection of video files every time Media Library->Watch Videos is
> > > selected. And, automatically select  "yes to all".
> > >
> > > It would result in a few extra seconds of time opening the Watch Videos
> > > interface, but since it already seems to take a few seconds to do some
> > > processing, I don't think it would be noticeable.
> > >
> > > Can this be done?
> > >
> > > Thank you for any advice.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Dave M G
> >
> >
> > I agree, I've always found this (and a lot of other things in the interface)
> > non-intuitive. I created my own menu layout and theme in order to get
> > maximum WAF/GAF.
> >
> > One of these days when I'm feeling ambitious I'll package them up with an
> > installer and post.
> >
> > Joe
> >
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