[mythtv-users] changing filenames for saved movies

[Steven C. Liu]

Brian Wood wrote:

>
> On Mar 28, 2006, at 9:16 PM, Steven C. Liu wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Brian.
>>
>> Is there a way to get MythTV to do that automatically, or must I use 
>> something like cron?
>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 28, 2006, at 8:08 PM, Steven C. Liu wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>> How do I tell MythTV to change the name of the saved shows to 
>>>> something more "human-readable"?  The directory that I save my 
>>>> movies into are shared via samba, and I like to watch my programs 
>>>> on a different box.  Right now, it is some numeric string, but I 
>>>> would like the files to be named something with the title.  How do 
>>>> I do that?
>>>
>>>
>>> Try "mythrename.pl" in the contrib directory of the source tarball.
>>
>
>
> You might be able to do it as a "user job", but I'm not sure how you 
> would pass the intended "new name" to it. A cron job might be more 
> flexible.


I added a user job and did a test recording using that user job during 
post-processing.  No dice.  Here's what I used:

/usr/local/bin/mythrename --format "%T, %S" (I copied the perl script 
from contrib)

It works if I run mythrename manually.  :-(

>
> BTW - try and avoid top-posting, it makes it hard for anyone reading 
> this in the archives later on to follow the thread.


Oh!  I prefer top-reading; it allows me to read the answer *and* infer 
the question at the same time.  Quicker for me, and that's why I 
top-post.  I'll bottom-post going forward if it makes things easier for 
the readership going through the archives.

Steve
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