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With the Mytharchive settings pointing to good directories, I was able to create a video DVD of a couple of Star Trek episodes. When I went through the process, I didn't see the "delete ISO after disc burn" setting any more. Is it gone in Mythtv 0.20 or was it moved to a different place?

Author:	neutron68 [ Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:34 pm ]
Post subject:	Mytharchive in R5E50 - how to setup?
I'm trying to use the Archive Files menu item to make a video DVD of a couple of 1 hour standard definition programs I recorded. After I get to the elast of the Create DVD menu screens, I select the programs to burn and say go. Then Myth goes to the gray text progress screen and sits there doing nothing - with no text running down the screen, no hard drive light, no dvd-writer light - NOTHING. If I look at the running processes with "top" there is no mythburn running, etc. Video DVD creation worked fine in R5D1, with the same hardware setup on my end, so I have conclude that Mythburn is broken in R5E50. Is this a known problem with a fix or workaround?? Eric

Author:	tjc [ Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:50 pm ]
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Try this: mhawkshaw wrote: Go to Setup -> Media Settings -> Archive Files Settings Set MythArchive working directory to /myth/archive Set DVD drive to /dev/cdrom As always, make sure that the directory exists and has the right ownership and permissions.

Author:	paulh [ Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:24 pm ]
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Also check you have set up a valid work directory that MythArchive can use and that you have the two required python modules installed. http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mytharchive#FAQ

Author:	neutron68 [ Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:43 pm ]
Post subject:	isn't python included with R5E50??
paulh wrote: Also check that you have the two required python modules installed. http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mytharchive#FAQ Thanks for all the suggestions. I checked to make sure that the work and share directories existed - they didn't. When I entered Mytharchive settings, I unknowingly screwed up. I put in directories that didn't exist yet. I figured the system would create them for me - WRONG! I had entered /myth/archive/temp for the temp directory and /myth/archive/share for the share directory. I just changed them to /myth/archive and /myth/archive. On the last suggestion, I'm using R5E50 as is comes "out of the box". I just used the "locate python" command and found a directory /var/lib/python-support/python2.4/ so I believe that Mytharchive's "Python - v2.3.5 or later" requirement was met for me by Cecil. Eric

Author:	tjc [ Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:04 pm ]
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The missing directories had me scratching my head after upgrading to the first versions with MythArchive. Not only didn't I have the directories, I didn't have the DB settings.

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Author:	paulh [ Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:50 am ]
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neutron68 MythArchive requires two extra python modules that aren't normally included in a standard install of python but I'm sure Cecil will have included them. I was just being sure. I'm not sure you have set the share directory setting properly. I don't use KnoppMyth so I'm not sure where it puts things but it should point to the directory that contains MythArchives scripts, theme files and intro movies etc. Usually something like /usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/

Author:	neutron68 [ Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:32 pm ]
Post subject:	/usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/ directory
paulh wrote: I'm not sure you have set the share directory setting properly. I don't use KnoppMyth so I'm not sure where it puts things but it should point to the directory that contains MythArchives scripts, theme files and intro movies etc. Usually something like /usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/ I think you nailed it. I just looked into the /usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/ on my machine and it is already filled with files that are part of Mytharchive. Since that directory looks to be THE proper place to point the Mytharchive share directory settings, why weren't they set to that by default? That would make a lot of sense, wouldn't it - for the installer to enter default settings that make sense?

Author:	tjc [ Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:27 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: /usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/ directory
neutron68 wrote: why weren't they set to that by default? Because it was an upgrade, and the settings weren't in your old DB, and we don't have a fixup yet that knows all the DB settings that you "should" have and intelligently adds them if they're missing. Want to write one?

Author:	cecil [ Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:45 pm ]
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Perfect answer.

Author:	neutron68 [ Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:18 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: /usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/ directory
tjc wrote: neutron68 wrote: why weren't they set to that by default? Because it was an upgrade, and the settings weren't in your old DB, and we don't have a fixup yet that knows all the DB settings that you "should" have and intelligently adds them if they're missing. Want to write one? It sounds like installer-making is more complicated than I imagined. Since you told the forum that you didn't have valid settings in your Mytharchive settings, and had to correct them, you must have done an upgrade too. To answer your querry, No, I can't write an installer fixup. I'm having enough trouble relearning how to update device drivers after a each new release. So, is the /usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/ the best directory to point the Mytharchive share directory? Or doesn't it matter? With the Mytharchive settings pointing to good directories, I was able to create a video DVD of a couple of Star Trek episodes. When I went through the process, I didn't see the "delete ISO after disc burn" setting any more. Is it gone in Mythtv 0.20 or was it moved to a different place?

Author:	tjc [ Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:13 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: /usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/ directory
neutron68 wrote: you must have done an upgrade too. It's been a very long time since I've done anything but upgrade the production system. Sadly this tweek fell off my list of stuff to include in the Upgrade Hints. neutron68 wrote: To answer your querry, No, I can't write an installer fixup. I'm having enough trouble relearning how to update device drivers after a each new release. BTW - That was an honest call for volunteers. We need one of these, it should probably use the file of default settings which are loaded into the DB on a fresh install, look for keys which are missing from the settings table and insert an appropriate record. I've actually got a pretty good idea of how to make it work but a severe shortage of spare time and free brain cells. neutron68 wrote: So, is the /usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/ the best directory to point the Mytharchive share directory? Or doesn't it matter? Hang on for a second and I'll hunt down what I'm using... Please note that my temp directory setting may be nonstandard... Code: root@black2:~# mysql mythconverg -e "select * from settings where value like 'MythArchive%'" +-----------------------------------+--------------------------------+----------+ \| value \| data \| hostname \| +-----------------------------------+--------------------------------+----------+ \| MythArchiveAlwaysUseMythTranscode \| 1 \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveChapterMenuAR \| 4:3 \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveCopyRemoteFiles \| 0 \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveDateFormat \| %a %b %d \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveDvdauthorCmd \| dvdauthor \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveDVDLocation \| /dev/dvd \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveEncodeToAc3 \| 0 \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveFfmpegCmd \| ffmpeg \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveFileFilter \| .mpg .mov .avi .mpeg *.nuv \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveGrowisofsCmd \| growisofs \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveMainMenuAR \| 4:3 \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveMkisofsCmd \| mkisofs \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveMpeg2encCmd \| mpeg2enc \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveMplexCmd \| mplex \| black2 \| \| MythArchivePng2yuvCmd \| png2yuv \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveShareDir \| /usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/ \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveSpumuxCmd \| spumux \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveTcrequantCmd \| tcrequant \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveTempDir \| /myth/tmp \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveTimeFormat \| %I:%M %p \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveUseFIFO \| 1 \| black2 \| \| MythArchiveVideoFormat \| NTSC \| black2 \| +-----------------------------------+--------------------------------+----------+ neutron68 wrote: With the Mytharchive settings pointing to good directories, I was able to create a video DVD of a couple of Star Trek episodes. When I went through the process, I didn't see the "delete ISO after disc burn" setting any more. Is it gone in Mythtv 0.20 or was it moved to a different place? Most of the stuff like that has moved to the archive settings page under setup.

Author:	neutron68 [ Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:55 pm ]
Post subject:	auto delete gone?
Thanks for the info tjc. I've got my settings cloned to yours and it works well. I looked around the setup screens for Mytharchive and did not see any reference to deleting ISO or temporary files. I remember that Mythburn had a specific control switch to auto-delete the temporary files used in making a DVD. That is a smart feature and I'd like to have it again. Has that auto-delete switch been removed or hidden? It necessary to manually edit a configuration file somewhere? Insight appreciated!

Author:	paulh [ Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:12 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: auto delete gone?
neutron68 wrote: I looked around the setup screens for Mytharchive and did not see any reference to deleting ISO or temporary files. That could be because there isn't one MythArchive will remove all work files the next time it is used to create a DVD or Native archive. In the current SVN version there are additional menu options to play the created DVD directly from the work directory and also to burn another DVD, useful if the burn failed because of a bad disc or you want to create an additional copy, so some of the work files are still needed even after a successful burn. There are some intermediate work files that could be removed but like I say they will all be removed the next time a DVD is created anyway. Are you that short of disc space? Surely you will need that space the next time a DVD is created anyway?

Author:	dweeks [ Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:27 am ]
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My bad. I fixed it. Seems its /myth/archive not /mythtv/archive.

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Author:	neutron68 [ Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:37 am ]
Post subject:	Re: auto delete gone?
paulh wrote: There are some intermediate work files that could be removed but like I say they will all be removed the next time a DVD is created anyway. Are you that short of disc space? Surely you will need that space the next time a DVD is created anyway? You make a good point - that same temporary hard drive space will be used for the next DVD creation, so it's effectively not available to use for recordings anyway!