[mythtv-users] Plex integration

[Greg Klingsporn]

On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 12:39 PM Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Min Idzelis <min123 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You also have to ensure the perms of the target (
>>  /storage/recordings/2157_20140227040000.mpg) allow reading. If you are
>> sharing the symlink itself, you have:
>>
>> follow symlinks = yes
>>
>> wide links = yes (maybe, if your target is in a non-shared tree)
>>
>>
>> Here are the perms for the target:
>
> drwxrwxr-x    2    500 mythtv 356352 Dec  8 04:55 recordings
>
> -rw-r--r--   1 mythtv mythtv  1237659460 Sep 23 23:02
> 2662_20150924053100.mpg
>
>
> does plex need write access as well?
>
> Unsure what those commands for the symlinks do or where/how to issue
> them.  That seems like a samba thing.  Does Plex use Samba?  The server is
> on my mythbox as are the recordings (the only thing samba related is the
> music is on my windows box and mounted that way, but no issues with plex
> accessing those files).
>

I have been using the "mythicalLibrarian" script to sort & rename mythTV
recordings for several years (I use XBMC/Kodi for a frontend). I believe
the developer is hard to reach these days but the script itself might be
useful for those trying to create a similar script for Plex.

<http://kodi.wiki/view/MythicalLibrarian>

/Greg
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