[mythtv-users] Organize videos folders without having to redo metadata/posters?

Anthony Giggins seven at seven.dorksville.net
Mon May 5 05:54:59 UTC 2008


> My children's videos in Mythvideo are getting a little unruly. I would
> like to move the videos into some subfolders to make it more manageable.
> However, I have IMDB data on all of the movies and I have added posters
> for all of the videos. In the past when I have moved a video to a new
> folder it is deleted from the database and then added again in the new
> location. Is there a way to move a video to a new folder without having
> to reenter the metadata?


I can recommend the IMDB Bulk Updater http://thepisanis.com/node/11
If files have only moved within the directory structure, it only updates
the file path in the database.

Thanks again to Ryan who has put all his effort into this :)



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