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Dpaul: /* Making MythTV LiveTv recordings invisible to LinuxMCE */

2009-04-14T01:08:20Z

Making MythTV LiveTv recordings invisible to LinuxMCE

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	== Making MythTV LiveTv recordings invisible to LinuxMCE ==		== Making MythTV LiveTv recordings invisible to LinuxMCE ==

	For those who watch a lot of live TV, you'll notice that LinuxMCE adds all of those LiveTV recordings to the LinuxMCE DB. Not only does this fill up the database, but it makes browsing media quite ugly. ~~Also, a~~ side effect of deleting recordings through LinuxMCE is that the recordings cannot be deleted or expired from MythTV ~~- That causes~~ the list to grow ~~beyond being manageable~~. There is an easy way to solve these issues.		For those who watch a lot of live TV, you'll notice that LinuxMCE adds all of those LiveTV recordings to the LinuxMCE DB. Not only does this fill up the database, but it makes browsing media quite ugly. A side effect of deleting recordings through LinuxMCE is that the recordings cannot be deleted or expired from MythTV, causing the list of recordings to grow out of control. There is an easy way to solve these issues.

	== Locating and editing the SaveMythRecording.sh file ==		== Locating and editing the SaveMythRecording.sh file ==

2009-04-14T01:03:54Z

Making MythTV LiveTv recordings invisible to LinuxMCE

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	== Making MythTV LiveTv recordings invisible to LinuxMCE ==		== Making MythTV LiveTv recordings invisible to LinuxMCE ==

	For those who watch a lot of live TV, you'll notice that LinuxMCE adds all of those LiveTV recordings to the LinuxMCE DB. Not only does this fill up the database, but it makes browsing media quite ugly. There is an easy way to solve ~~this~~.		For those who watch a lot of live TV, you'll notice that LinuxMCE adds all of those LiveTV recordings to the LinuxMCE DB. Not only does this fill up the database, but it makes browsing media quite ugly. Also, a side effect of deleting recordings through LinuxMCE is that the recordings cannot be deleted or expired from MythTV - That causes the list to grow beyond being manageable. There is an easy way to solve these issues.

	== Locating and editing the SaveMythRecording.sh file ==		== Locating and editing the SaveMythRecording.sh file ==

2009-04-14T01:02:38Z

Conclusion

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	== Conclusion ==		== Conclusion ==

	Now when browsing Media, LiveTv recordings will not show in the Video list. Your recordings will never be expired or deleted by MythTv, and MythTv will continue functioning without errors. All LiveTv recordings and scheduled recordings can still be expired and deleted through the MythWeb interface without impacting LinuxMCE.		Now when browsing Media, LiveTv recordings will not show in the Video list. Your recordings will never be expired or deleted by MythTv, and MythTv will continue functioning without errors. '''All LiveTv recordings and scheduled recordings can still be expired and deleted through the MythWeb interface without impacting LinuxMCE.'''

2009-03-20T14:07:27Z

←Older revision		Revision as of 14:07, 20 March 2009
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			[[Category:Tutorials]]

	== Making MythTV LiveTv recordings invisible to LinuxMCE ==		== Making MythTV LiveTv recordings invisible to LinuxMCE ==

2009-03-20T04:28:45Z

Conclusion

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	== Conclusion ==		== Conclusion ==

	Now when browsing Media, LiveTv ~~recording~~ will not show up in the list. Your recordings will never be expired or deleted by MythTv, and MythTv will continue functioning without errors. All LiveTv recordings and scheduled recordings can still be expired and deleted through the MythWeb interface without impacting LinuxMCE.		Now when browsing Media, LiveTv recordings will not show in the Video list. Your recordings will never be expired or deleted by MythTv, and MythTv will continue functioning without errors. All LiveTv recordings and scheduled recordings can still be expired and deleted through the MythWeb interface without impacting LinuxMCE.

2009-03-20T03:52:36Z

Locating and editing the SaveMythRecording.sh file

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	mv $3/$4 $dir/$4		mv $3/$4 $dir/$4
	touch $3/$4 \| chown mythtv:public $3/$4		touch $3/$4
			chown mythtv:public $3/$4

	echo "$(date) $0-$1-$2-$dir-$4" >> /var/log/pluto/donerecording.log		echo "$(date) $0-$1-$2-$dir-$4" >> /var/log/pluto/donerecording.log

2009-03-20T03:51:50Z

Locating and editing the SaveMythRecording.sh file

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	The first thing to do is make the directory that will hold the recordings:		The first thing to do is make the directory that will hold the recordings:

	mkdir /home/public/data/videos/~~tv_shows~~		mkdir /home/public/data/videos/tv_shows_0

2009-03-20T03:51:29Z

Locating and editing the SaveMythRecording.sh file

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	#!/bin/bash		#!/bin/bash

	dir=/home/public/data/videos/~~tv_shows~~		dir=/home/public/data/videos/tv_shows_0

	mv $3/$4 $dir/$4		mv $3/$4 $dir/$4

2009-03-20T03:32:45Z

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	~~[[Category:Tutorials]]~~

	== Making MythTV LiveTv recordings invisible to LinuxMCE ==		== Making MythTV LiveTv recordings invisible to LinuxMCE ==

2009-03-20T03:25:11Z

Making MythTV liveTv recordings invisible to LinuxMCE

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	[[Category:Tutorials]]		[[Category:Tutorials]]

	== Making MythTV ~~liveTv~~ recordings invisible to LinuxMCE ==		== Making MythTV LiveTv recordings invisible to LinuxMCE ==

	For those who watch a lot of live TV, you'll notice that LinuxMCE adds all of those LiveTV recordings to the LinuxMCE DB. Not only does this fill up the database, but it makes browsing media quite ugly. There is an easy way to solve this.		For those who watch a lot of live TV, you'll notice that LinuxMCE adds all of those LiveTV recordings to the LinuxMCE DB. Not only does this fill up the database, but it makes browsing media quite ugly. There is an easy way to solve this.