[mythtv-users] MythArchive (MythBurn?) can't find temp folder despite being set

John Pilkington J.Pilk at tesco.net
Mon Oct 29 16:44:43 UTC 2012


On 29/10/12 11:37, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 21/10/12 21:39, John Pilkington wrote:
>> On 21/10/12 21:11, John Brown wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>>> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of John Pilkington
>>> Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2012 7:48 PM
>>> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythArchive (MythBurn?) can't find temp
>>> folder despite being set
>>>
>>> On 17/10/12 01:15, John Brown wrote:
>>>> Added to my long list of things Ubuntu doesn't do now that I've
>>>> 'upgraded' to 12.04 (fresh install) is that I can't write MythTV
>>>> Recordings to DVD
>>>>
>>>> The log shows the following error:
>>>>
>>>> ERROR: Can't find the setting for the temp directory
>>>>
>>>> This is despite the temp directory being set in the Setup > Archive
>>>> File Settings
>>>>
>>>> I currently have the temp file set as:
>>>>
>>>> drwxrwxr-x mythauto mythauto ... /home/mythauto/.mythtv/tmp/
>>>>
>>>> Under various suggestions I have tried various users and group
>>>> ownership, including mythtv mythtv, and various locations, but nothing
>>>> makes any difference.
>>>>
>>>> I noticed that I now have two options to write a DVD in the Archive
>>>> Files menu: 1) Create DVD and 2) Create Archives. The above error
>>>> results from using the Create DVD option. If I use Create Archives
>>>> instead it works, but never gives me the option to use the Cut Lists.
>>>> When I press M for the menu on a particular recording the only option
>>>> I have is the remove the recording. There is no option to use the
>>>> cut-list or change the recording profile etc.
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>
>>> Does this fit?
>>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/527187#527187
>>>
>>> REPLY:
>>> Yes, I edited mythburn.py by changing the customHostName setting to:
>>>
>>> custsomHostName = "MyHostName"
>>>
>>> ... where MyHostName was the one I'd dentered in the MythTv Setup >
>>> General menu, and now it works.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>
>> That was my first attempt, but the recommended way is to edit
>> ~/.mythtv/config.xml
>>
>>> <Configuration>
>>>   <UPnP>
>>>     <UDN>
>>>       <MediaRenderer>some_magic_number</MediaRenderer>
>>>     </UDN>
>>>     <MythFrontend>
>>>       <DefaultBackend>
>>>         <LocalHostName>YourFrontendIdentifier</LocalHostName>   <<<here
>>>         <DBHostName>localhost</DBHostName>
>>>         <DBUserName>mythtv</DBUserName>
>>>         <DBPassword>mythtv</DBPassword>
>>>         <DBName>mythconverg</DBName>
>>>         <DBPort>3306</DBPort>
>>>       </DefaultBackend>
>>>     </MythFrontend>
>>>   </UPnP>
>>> </Configuration>
>>
>> John P
>>
>
> I'm afraid both of us were confused here.  I had forgotten that both the
> entry in config.xml and the patch to mythburn.py were needed, and the
> patch is inaccurately quoted.  There may be a better way of doing this,
> but a per-frontend edit is:
>
> configHostName = "TheFrontendNameAsSetInMythtvsetupAndPassedInConfigXml"
>
> John P
>

And yet another 'second' thought.  Sorry.

In 0.25* the mythburn.py patch above is *not* needed for creating a 
playable DVD, although I have had it in my working copy.  With 
config.xml as shown, it's redundant, and the config.xml version will 
'reach parts that the mytburn.py patch cannot.'

John P



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