[mythtv-users] Video Metadata

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Sun Aug 5 20:49:12 UTC 2012


>> I copy the files using midnight commander to a directory on the same
>> disk, it is usually almost instantaneous as no data actually gets
>> shifted on disk. eg I have /mnt/videos/videoes/TV/Misnamed_series. The
>> SG is set to /mnt/videos/videos. I just move the whole misnamed_series
>> directory to /mnt/videos, scan, move back, scan.
>>
> You could save a whole lot of work - and possible mistakes - just by
> deleting the storage group /entry/ in the mythtv database and creating a new
> one pointing to an empty directory somewhere. Scan, put entry back where
> videos reside. No need to touch any media files.

Only if you want the entire SG rescanned, we are talking about a
situation where some shows are wrongly named, but not all of them.


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