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Author:  speedsix [ Sat May 06, 2006 4:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Why do I have .nuv files mixed in with .mpg in /myth/tv?
I thought Myth did away with .nuv in 0.19?

Confused :?


Thanks

Dom
Author:  ryanpatterson [ Sat May 06, 2006 8:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why do I have .nuv files mixed in with .mpg in /myth/tv?
speedsix wrote:
I thought Myth did away with .nuv in 0.19?

Confused :?


Thanks

Dom

Any shows that you transcode to a diferent format from mpeg will be stored as .nuv's. Also any recordings from before you upgrade will still be stored as .nuv's.
Author:  tjc [ Sat May 06, 2006 8:36 pm ]
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Most likely dummies to satisfy something that still thinks all the videos are stored as NUV files... We had an issue a while back with some of them not getting cleaned up...
Author:  grante [ Sun May 07, 2006 9:51 am ]
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tjc wrote:
Most likely dummies to satisfy something that still thinks all the videos are stored as NUV files... We had an issue a while back with some of them not getting cleaned up...


Does "had an issue a while back" mean that it's supposed to have been fixed? Or does it just mean that somebody noticed the problem a while back.

I just upgrade a little over a day ago, and I've already got a bunch of orphaned "dummy" .nuv files. The files just contain a string that says

"Creating dummy file for <show title>".

The problem is that the "dummy" .nuv files don't get deleted when the show is deleted, so they just continue to accumulate.
Author:  grante [ Sun May 07, 2006 10:06 am ]
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I found it. After upgrading to R5B7, it looks like somebody somewhere decided that running /usr/local/bin/mythlink.sh was a good idea. That script is creating the bogus .nuv files.

Adding an "exit" command at the top of mythlink.sh prevents the dummy files from being created.

Then all you have to do is delete /myth/pretty and the bogus .nuv files by hand.
Author:  tjc [ Sun May 07, 2006 10:07 am ]
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I've posted a script called cleanup_orphans.sh which helps takes care of the issue. I believe it was tracked to something that the /usr/local/bin/mythlink.sh script was doing, although I never confirmed that personally. Here is the thread with the script: http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9511&highlight=cleanup_orphans

OBTW - The script can now be considered well tested so you don't need to worry about the warnings in that thread.
Author:  grante [ Sun May 07, 2006 11:33 am ]
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tjc wrote:
I've posted a script called cleanup_orphans.sh which helps takes care of the issue. I believe it was tracked to something that the /usr/local/bin/mythlink.sh script was doing, although I never confirmed that personally.

Thanks. Yes, it was mythlink.sh. I found the line in mythlink.sh that was creating the dummy files with that exact same string. Since those files were created at the same times as the links in /myth/pretty, that pretty much proves it was mythlink.sh that created the bogus "dummy" files.
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Here is the thread with the script: http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9511&highlight=cleanup_orphans
OBTW - The script can now be considered well tested so you don't need to worry about the warnings in that thread.

I just deleted the most recent N *.nuv files by hand, and then short-circuited mythlink.sh so it doesn't do anything at all now. I didn't particularly want all of the /myth/pretty links either.
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