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<pre wrap=""><div class="moz-txt-sig">R. G. Newbury wrote:
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">>> </span>So the new path is used but MythTV is doing strange stuff to the
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">>> </span>filenames (using them as path?).
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">>> </span>Is this a bug?
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">>> </span>Is this user error?
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">>> </span>Please help!
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>I was talking about 2 distinct things: moving your recorded tv programs,
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>and moving your videos. 'RecordFilePrefix' is the place where your
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>record tv programs are stored.
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>And the procedure to move your record tv programs is <b
class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>IN THE DOCUMENTATION<span
class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b>.
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>You might want to take the trailing '/' off your changed
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>'RecordFilePrefix' value as there is a '//' in the output.
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The old path ended in a slash: <i class="moz-txt-slash"><span
class="moz-txt-tag">/</span>mnt/store<span class="moz-txt-tag">/</span></i> and worked without the double
slash. Now the paths are funny.
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>IF and ONLY IF you want to live dangerously, after backing up the
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>database again (you did do that?) you might want to try running
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>myth.rebuilddatabase.pl against the new mount point partition, and see
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>what happens....Please report your result.
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>(Please note: this is your final examination and is worth 100% of your
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>mark for the term.)
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So there is (after a few days) still no definitive howto about changing
this RecordFilePrefix for 0.21.something?
In the tables we have filenames without paths and just a stagegroup
reference.
MytHTV does funny stuff with filenames as pathnames if we change the
path from <i class="moz-txt-slash"><span class="moz-txt-tag">/</span>mnt/store<span
class="moz-txt-tag">/</span></i> to <i class="moz-txt-slash"><span
class="moz-txt-tag">/</span>MythTV<span class="moz-txt-tag">/</span></i>. (one less slass, yes)
Why does this happen?
Why can't I just change the prefix since it is the only mention?
What is the procedure and why does it work?
Please explain to an interested user.
Thanks,
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I think the reason you got so many conflicting opinions is that most of
the people were describing the process for moving VIDEOS in MythVideo.
What you were really asking is how to move RECORDINGS in MythTV. I'm
sure the title of the email just threw people off. Reading this thread
was like fingernails on a chalkboard - I was just screaming "NO!
imdb.pl has nothing to do with his problem! Read the post again!". <br>
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Anyway, try taking the trailing slash off your RecordFilePrefix. If
you have multiple backends, you will need to change the value for each
of them. IIRC, Myth makes the full file path by using the
RecordFilePrefix parameter for the backend that recorded the program,
and appends a slash and the 'basename' column from the recording. If
those 2 parameters accurately reflect where the file is located it
SHOULD work. (YMMV, I am on 0.20 and I don't know how much this has
changed)<br>
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