[mythtv-users] adding files from elsewhere to myth

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/10/2012 04:57 PM, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 10/09/2012 10:08 AM, R. G. Newbury wrote:
>>> On 10/08/2012 05:17 PM, Evuraan wrote:
>>>> I've mythtv 0.25.2, OTA wit hdhr dual.
>>>>
>>>> I generate (flv,mpg) files from publicly available, commercial laden,
>>>> tv streams. I'd like to add these files to mythtv recording list, and
>>>> need them processed by mythcommflag above all.
>>>>
>>>> I've couple of local channels that I never watch stuff on – so either
>>>> I can pin these hourly dumps to those, or float a new channel. If i
>>>> have the know-how, that is, and hence this email. :)
>>>>
>>>> I've seen recommendations to name the file as 1091_20121008070000.mpg,
>>>> and have myth.rebuilddatabase.pl run against those files etc -  i am
>>>> afraid these instructions are old, and does not apply to 0.25 that I
>>>> am on.
>>>>
>>>> So in summary, how do I add files from elsewhere to mythtv?
>>>
>>> Although myth.rebuilddatabase.pl has been deprecated it does work at least
>>> partially.
>>>
>>> I suspect that part of the reason it has been deprecated is because it
>>> does not insert the file size into the database. As a result, myth reports
>>> it cannot find the file although the script has run properly and entered
>>> everything else.
>>
>> It's primarily been deprecated because MythTV now has a very-capable place
>> for including user-provided/user-managed content:  the Video Library.  Now
>> that Video Library has full support for metadata and metadata grabbing
>> (including fan art, banners, covers, ...), there's not a lot of reason to
>> allow users to poke some fake recording information (having to make up fake
>> channel and start time and (tons of other)... information) into the database
>> to fool MythTV into thinking it had recorded the show.
>>
>> If you have other related content in Watch Recordings that you want grouped
>> with your non-recording content, just move the real recordings to Video
>> Library, too.
>>
>> And, since Video Library allows the user to organize the content however he
>> desires, you actually have /much/ more capability in Video Library than in
>> Watch Recordings.  Watch Recordings was really designed as "temporary"
>> storage for recordings made by this MythTV system, and any other content
>> (whether temporary or meant for long-term archival) belongs in Video Library
>> (and due to its ability to allow user organization, it's easy enough to
>> separate out the temporary and long-term content in Video Library).
> So is there a plan to put ALL recordings into the video library?
> (that's a wee bit what the above sounds like a prelude to.)

MythTV will continue to put recordings into Watch Recordings.  Users who 
want to archive recordings long term (and who live in areas where doing 
so is legal) can then choose to move any they want to Video Library.

Watch Recordings is good for a first-in/first-out organization of 
recordings that need to be watched to make room for future recordings.  
Video Library is good for large collections of videos and for long-term 
archival of video.  We won't be losing either of them.

Mike