[mythtv-users] how to improve Myth (was "OT: I'm streaming Netflix on my Linux box")

Kevin Kuphal kkuphal at gmail.com
Mon Oct 13 20:50:12 UTC 2008


On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Brent Norris <brent at brentnorris.net> wrote:

> Jonny B wrote:
>
> > Furthermore, how would myth determine what a file is? When you
> > download something off the web, it may have nothing more than a
> > filename to tell you what it is. How about a ripped DVD that's been
> > stored as MP4 or AVI? I am perfectly content with how mythvideo works.
> > It allows me to put all my non-recorded content into a directory
> > structure that makes is simple to sort through available TV shows,
> > movies, etc...
>
> I agree with this about Movies, but I would like a way to put shows into
> the recording screen that are not really recorded.  I very rarely want
> to keep episodes of shows once I have watched them and the recorded
> programs screen has great interfaces for deleting and managing that the
> videos screen does not.
>
> It would be wonderful if you could drop files into the recordings folder
> and have myth work with them in the recordings screen.


This is a rather trivial scripting problem (already address by two scripts -
ragetvgrab and myth.rebuilddb.pl IIRC) that could be easily worked around
for those that desire this ASAP

Kevin
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