[mythtv] patch for mythVideo to use already scanned coverfile

James Y. Knight foom at fuhm.net
Fri Jul 18 16:29:24 EDT 2003


Using dot files for that is gross. If you're worried about stat'ing 
multiple files to find the one with the right extension, why not simply 
make it people use an extension of ".cover" no matter what the file 
format the image is.
aka "the rookie.avi.cover".

James

On Friday, July 18, 2003, at 03:01  PM, Dave Alden wrote:

> Hi,
>   Ok, after much hair pulling (and I don't have much left to pull :-), 
> I
> came up with what I hope is the best solution.  Since, as Isaac pointed
> out :-), I have no idea what naming scheme the person used to name the
> movie, nor do I know which image type they are using (jpeg, gif, png,
> etc...) for the coverfile, how about if the coverfile has to be in the
> same directory with a dot in front of the name, for example
>
> % ls -a
> .the rookie.avi
> the rookie.avi



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