[mythtv-users] Mythutil ScanVideos not updating Video Metadata

[A Desai]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>wrote:

> On Jan 10, 2014, at 12:30, A Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think I wasn't articulate enough to report my problem.
>
> Yes, I know I can run the Scan from Frontend as well. What I am trying to
> say is whether there is a way I can update the artwork for all my newly
> added videos via a CLI (like mythutil --scanvideos) or do I have to do the
> Menu/Scan for changes every time?
>
>
> The bulk metadata grabber only exists in the frontend.  Calling "mythutil
> --scan-videos" will not trigger it.
>
>
So if I am understanding it right, there is no other way to do this except
actually be on the Frontend (either Backend or the frontend box) and do a
Scan for changes. I was hoping that if the mythutils lets it find the new
video, why would it not let it do the next step - find the artwork?

Thanks
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