[mythtv-users] Use of videos

[J. Donavan Stanley]

Rob Willett wrote:

>When I rip a DVD it doesn't automatically appear in my videos. I have to go to
>video lists first, try and pull the data back from the IMDB database and then
>and only then does it appear in the videos. Is this the normal behavior?
>  
>

The act of going into the video manager rescans your video directory for 
files so yes this is the proper behavior.  You shouldn't need to try and 
pull IMDB info, just visit the manager and exit out of it again.