[mythtv-users] What triggers a refresh when using video "Browse Filesystem" mode?

[Jim Stichnoth]

On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've never had a need to use any video metadata at all.  There's
> generally not much of anything that I keep there long term.  I have
> mine set for what I think is now referred to as Browse Filesystem mode
> (no database metadata).
>
> This one's been confusing me forever.  When files are added to an
> already browsed directory, *what* on earth triggers a refresh?  The
> behavior of that for me has been impossible to figure out:
>
> It seems as though, if I escape back all the way back to the main menu
> and until you get the option menu to restart / shutdown etc, and then
> cancel that...*sometime* this causes new files to appear when I go
> back into the video menu.  However sometimes this only seems to work
> if I back into and escape out of that reboot menu *multiple* times.
> Seemingly random almost.
>
> Can anyone clarify when that occurs, and more importantly how to force it?
>
> Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but as I recall, any menu options for
> refreshing *do* in fact pull metadata into the database...unless
> that's somehow changed.
>
> I'm not sure if this answers your question, but when you leave the "Watch
Videos" environment, the state is kept around, and reused if you reenter
"Watch Videos" within 3 seconds.  So if you pop back out to the main menu,
wait more than 3 seconds, and then return to "Watch Videos", you may see
the new file system content.

See VideoListDeathDelay::VideoListDeathDelay()
in programs/mythfrontend/videodlg.cpp where a 3000ms timer is set.

I don't know of a way to force a refresh from within the "Watch Videos"
environment.

Jim
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