[mythtv-users] adding files from elsewhere to myth

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Thu Oct 11 22:34:11 UTC 2012


On 10/10/2012 07:42 PM, Joey Morris wrote:
> I put podcast videos into Watch Recordings precisely because I
> consider them first-in/first-out, temporary videos. For example, daily
> TED talks or the twice a week Tekzilla episodes fit more naturally in
> Watch Recordings than the Video Library. I consider them episodes of a
> series that happens to come from the Internet than from my TV tuner.
> As such, mixing them in with the TV series MythTV recorded itself is
> more intuitive than the putting them in the Video Library and
> switching back and forth between Watch Recordings and Video Library to
> see all my recent episodes.
>
> This doesn't seem like an unreasonable use case to me. So instead of
> saying that content not recorded by MythTV belongs in the Video
> Library, I think a fairer assessment is something like this: In some
> circumstances external content belongs in Watch Recordings, but these
> use cases aren't officially supported by MythTV.

But they weren't recorded by MythTV using any of MythTV's Video Sources 
or any of MythTV's channels or any of MythTV listings data or any of the 
other information that's required for storage in the area where Watch 
Recordings pulls its data.  Sticking things like that in Watch 
Recordings only breaks your database (there was just recently a thread 
about a user who was unable to upgrade his database--which was almost 
definitely caused by just such fake information).

You can easily put them in Video Library and--if properly configured ( 
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/519758#519758 + 
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/519768#519768 )--have 
them in a directory, such that they display separately, in a "temporary" 
area.  See, also, my just-sent response to another message in this 
thread for where we're going, eventually (which will make you happy 
without your having to make fake recordings).

Mike


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