[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend 0.19 looking for mpg files?

[Daniel A. Segel]

Beny Spensieri Jr wrote:

>From: Daniel A Segel <mythtv at archer-segel.com>
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>>The new version records everything as .mpg files, but
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>I >thought it was 
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>>smart enough to look for both extensions. You could
>>probably just 
>>rename 
>>your files and be done with it...
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>>Daniel
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>Actally you are correct, it is smart enough.  On a
>closer look, it does not seem to be able to create new
>mpg files, even though the permissions have not
>changed.
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>I am firing up mythbackend in a terminal window as
>root, and mythfrontend in a second terminal as a
>regular user.  Does it use the frontend or the
>backend's permissions to save recordings?
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On my system the recordings are creating using the permissions the 
backend is run under (root in my case). My frontend is run by a normal user.

Daniel