[mythtv-users] Update MythVideo from command line?

Jos Hoekstra joshoekstra at gmx.net
Sat Nov 17 11:13:23 UTC 2007


William Pettersson schreef op 17-11-2007 0:50:
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> So, I use MythVideo a fair amount.  At the moment, MythVideo on the
> frontends just scans the filesystem and loads the info into the
> database.  However, it does take at least a few seconds to load,
> sometimes up to 10-20 seconds.
> I did use the database method for a while, but it got cumbersome to run
> to my TV, hope no-one is using the frontend, open the video browser and
> tell it to update.
> 
> What I want to be able to do, is copy in a bunch of video files, and
> then from a command line, update the database.  Is this possible?

Yes,

http://www.4shared.com/file/23145905/548ed5c2/imdbupdatertar.html

is the imdbupdater tool, which can be run from cli.
Be sure to read the readme, it might do some things you don't expect it 
to do.

Regards,

Jos


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