[mythtv-users] Plex integration

[Larry Kennedy]

On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 11:53 AM, Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Dec 4, 2015, at 10:48 PM, Phill Edwards <philledwards at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 5 Dec 2015 14:38, "Gabe Rubin" <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hi list,
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> > I added a roku to one of my tvs that does not have a frontend.  I want
> to use the plex app on the roku to access my recordings.  I have added the
> mythtv channel to plex to do this, but want plex to have see the recordings
> on its own.
> >
> > I use mythlink to create human readable names for my recordings and have
> that in a directory called /recordings.  When I try to add a library and
> navigate to that directory, it appears empty.  I am unsure what needs to be
> done for plex to see these.  Incidentally, I have a directory /music that
> plex has no issues seeing and was able to successfully add a music library
> using the same method.
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> Not sure if you know but there is a Plex plugin or channel (not sure of
> exact terminology) for MythTV. Once you set that up all the recordings
> appear with their proper titles and you don't need mythlink etc. I have it
> on mine. Let me know if you can't find it and I can check my server for
> more details.
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> Have a look at
> https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/152258/plex-frontend-to-mythtv
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> I set up the channel and that works. I just wanted Plex to access the
> recordings directly for a more pretty interface. Using the channel for the
> time being.
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I've found that Plex can properly manage my MythTV recordings *only* if I
am lucky enough to populate the correct metadata with the
mythmetadatalookup script, followed by mythlink creating the human readable
titles.  And this only works part of the time, provided that the ttvdb
website has the proper season and episode information.  Otherwise, lack of
good metadata results in file names Plex cannot handle.

On the other hand, if you download and use the mythtv channel script for
Plex, this script will query the database and populate the list of
recordings mostly the same way the MythTV frontend does it, so it does not
depend on the metadata being there.

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