[mythtv] mythvideo DB enhancement
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Fri Jan 11 04:46:11 UTC 2008
On 01/10/2008 11:32 PM, Paul Andreassen wrote:
> On Friday 11 January 2008 05:48, Chris Pinkham wrote:
>
>> * On Thu Jan 10, 2008 at 07:54:18AM +0000, Simon Kenyon wrote:
>>
>>> Stuart Auchterlonie wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd be inclined to leave the SG code as is, and implement a SG
>>>> for the thumbnails.
>>>>
>>> would it not make sense to have one generic SG code base and re-use it
>>> for different media files?
>>>
>> I took his comment to mean "leave the SG code as is, don't modify it to
>> support subdirectories, instead just create a special 'Thumbnails' SG that
>> points to the subdirectory." So, pretty much like the special 'LiveTV'
>> Storage Group except this one is for all thumbnails.
>>
>
> I don't mind which way this goes except its easier for me and new users if
> there is a requirement for only ONE SG. Having only one nfs mount on each
> machine for the one SG which provides the recordings, recordings thumbnails,
> channel icons, video files and video thumbnails. There shouldn't be a name
> clash with them all in the same directory.
>
> Couldn't the SG for thumbnails be made optional.
That's the entire plan--place previews in a specially-named SG, if
defined, otherwise, continue to put them in the recording's directory as
we have for years.
Mike
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