[mythtv-users] Error on Importing an archived file

[Paul Harrison]

Aaron Klein wrote:
> I used the archive feature to archive a recording to the hard drive.
> I am now trying to import the exported file into the same system it
> was exported on and the log produces the following output.  I don't
> know what desination it complans about not having permission on.  I
> see its trying to write to / but surly it does not mean the root of
> the file system.  Im not presented with a save to location.  When I
> look at the xml file I see no reference to storage location.  I gave
> the recordings folder 777 permissions yet I still get that error.
>
> 2008-11-02 13:38:46.646 Archive DB version: 1214, Local DB version: 1214
> 2008-11-02 13:38:46.650 Import recording using chanID: 1033
> 2008-11-02 13:38:46.650 Archived recording xml file: /home/aaron/Hulk
> Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling/1033_20081101140000.mpg.xml
> QSqlQuery::value: not positioned on a valid record
> 2008-11-02 13:38:46.654 Copying video file.
> 2008-11-02 13:38:46.655 copying from /home/aaron/Hulk Hogan's
> Celebrity Championship Wrestling/1033_20081101140000.mpg
> 2008-11-02 13:38:46.655 to /1033_20081101140000.mpg
> 2008-11-02 13:38:46.655 ERROR: Unable to open destination file
> 2008-11-02 13:38:46.655 Do you have write access to the directory?
>
>   
MythArchive should try to save the recording to the storage group called 
'default'. You can check what that is set to by running this query in 
mysql :-

SELECT dirname FROM storagegroup
WHERE groupname = 'default' AND hostname = HOSTNAME;

replace HOSTNAME with the correct hostname.

Paul H.