[mythtv-users] Two questions/comments on the consequences of human-readable filenames

[Nate Crosno]

Trey Thompson wrote:
>> Yeechang Lee wrote:
>>> For months, I've been using contrib/mythrename.pl to automatically
>>> rename MythTV's inscrutable default recording filenames to
>>> human-readable form
>> ...
>>  > * Rebuilding seektables the way I describe at
>>  >  <URL:http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/183846#183846>
>>  >  only works with recordings with default-style filenames
>>
>> Any reason not to just use "--link" option so the back-end can happily go along
>> with the standard naming format?  I suppose it's a little messier, but it seems
>> to be a good compromise.
> 
> This is what I use.  It works great for me.  I have it put the links
> in a sub directory of my recordings directory.  This keeps the files
> neat and tidy.  :)

That's the same reason I use it -- I messed with the script a bit to prefix the 
file names with a number starting at "101_" in reverse order of record date. 
This way the newest shows are always at the top in the video list.