[mythtv-users] MythMusic scanning without Mythfrontend

[Paul Harrison]

On 13/04/16 23:22, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 10:00:04 PM Paul Harrison wrote:
>> On 13/04/16 20:39, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
>>> [0.27.6, Fedora 22]
>>>
>>> I am wondering if there's a way to initiate a MythMusic scan without using the frontend.
>>>
>>> I rip CDs (and collect covers and maintain my catalog) using my desktop machine, then rsync the rips over to my Myth (BE/FE) box and run the music scanner bound to a shortcut key, triggered by the old Frontend Control Socket.
>>>
>>> This works fine, but is there a way I could do a rescan without involving Mythfrontend at all?
>>>
>> Not in 0.27.
>>
>> In 0.28 you can just run mythutil --scanmusic
> Thanks for the reminder that mythutil is another option. Even then it has to be run on the backend, not remotely. I guess I'd be looking for something the Services API could do eventually.
>

The shiny new 0.28 fully supports storage groups so depending on what 
you are trying to do you may not need to rescan.

For example you can now rip tracks from a CD on a remote frontend and 
they will be magically moved to the backend where you have your 'Music' 
storage group setup. Or if you want to use a third party ripper or you 
have bought tracks from an online source and you want to move them to 
the backend you can use the 'Import' option in the frontend to do that. 
In both cases there is no need to rescan since all frontends will 
automatically update themselves.

Paul H.