[mythtv-users] Date format in 0.25 'Watch Recordings' screen

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sat Apr 14 16:03:33 UTC 2012


On 04/13/2012 10:14 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> On 04/13/2012 02:50 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 04/12/2012 02:15 PM, John Pilkington wrote:
>>> Hi: I usually have the date format set so that I get a direct
>>> indication of a recording's filename ( ie Thurs 2012-04-12) but in
>>> 0.25 MythCenter_Wide this now shows as the 'friendly' translation to
>>> 'Today', without the date. Is there a way to override this?
>>
>> Out of curiosity, why do you need to know the file name?
>>
>> If you're using MythTV recording files outside of MythTV (i.e. for
>> playback on another player/device), you should be using something like
>> mythlink.pl to create human-readable links to the machine-readable file
>> names. Or, if you really need to know on a case-by-case basis, you can
>> use the INFO key (or DETAILS) to see the details.
>>
>> And, in general, if you only use the recording with MythTV, the filename
>> is irrelevant--since all file management should be done by/within MythTV
>> itself.
>
> The filename is not actually visible when you are inside myth.

Ummm...  INFO (once or twice--not sure which page it's on) and scroll 
down.  That's what I was saying, above--it /is/ actually visible when 
you are inside MythTV.

> I like to use the starttime and chanid to find a file in the video 
> list, when I am copying files to a thumbdrive or whatever, to move to 
> the box at work. It's irritating and distracting when the OS and myth 
> *know* the real filename but some nanny has decided that it would be 
> 'cuter' or something to change that...and NOT make it a selectable 
> option. Not nice.

Yeah, but isn't it easier to just copy using the nice, pretty names that 
mythlink.pl makes available?

The point was that the user was trying to guess the file name based on 
channel number and start time.  I gave him a couple options for ways to 
actually see the file name or to create a pretty view of human-readable 
names that act as replacements for the MythTV-centric, ugly, internal 
file names.

So, I'm not saying we should hide it--I'm actually telling him how to 
find it.

Mike


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