[mythtv-users] .23-fixes video storage groups question

[Phil Bridges]

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> On 11/11/2010 21:44, Phil Bridges wrote:
>>
>> It recognized the update to the host field, because it played the
>> files originally.  Then, it recognized that the files were on my slave
>> - but it deleted the entries from the table - obviously, the files are
>> still there.
>
> Local files are stored with the absolute path and no hostname.  Even if you
> set the hostname, it will still access the file locally since it has a full
> path.  When you scanned, the file should have been marked as missing, but
> then rediscovered as existing in the Videos storage group on the slave
> backend.  If it did not find the file, it is because you have not set up
> that storage group on your slave backend, so MythVideo did not know to scan
> there.
>
>> How do I need to get my slave backend's videos to show up again?
>
> Once files are found missing from a scan, they and all their attached
> metadata is removed from the database.  If you add the proper folder to the
> Videos storage group on your slave backend and rescan, they should show up,
> but you will still have to pull new metadata for them.


OK - I need to set up the *videos* storage group info using
mythtv-setup on the slave backend?  I set up the "default" and
"videos" storage groups on the master backend, following the
instructions here: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Storage_Groups

"Regardless of this, *only* define Storage Groups on the master backend. "