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stephen_agent at jsw

Mar 5, 2010, 6:49 PM

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Mythvideo 0.22 filename mangling

Mythvideo introduced a number of new features in 0.22, and after using
it for a while, I have found that I do not like some of them. I have
disabled Jamu. But the thing that I find most annoying is the mangled
file names. Clearly the files I have downloaded do not follow the
conventions that Mythvideo is expecting, and the resulting mangled
names are really annoying. So far, I have not found any way to turn
this off and just get the real file names. Is that possible?

If not, then I think I will need to get the source for mythvideo and
do a fix for myself. Does anyone know how to get the source for the
JYA version of mythvideo, and how to build packages from it after I do
a build so that I can handle the updating in a sane manner?

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Mar 5, 2010, 7:04 PM

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Re: Mythvideo 0.22 filename mangling [In reply to]

Wouldn't it be easier to customize jamu (I'm pretty sure its python)

Jason

On 6 March 2010 15:49, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent [at] jsw> wrote:
> Mythvideo introduced a number of new features in 0.22, and after using
> it for a while, I have found that I do not like some of them. I have
> disabled Jamu. But the thing that I find most annoying is the mangled
> file names. Clearly the files I have downloaded do not follow the
> conventions that Mythvideo is expecting, and the resulting mangled
> names are really annoying. So far, I have not found any way to turn
> this off and just get the real file names. Is that possible?
>
> If not, then I think I will need to get the source for mythvideo and
> do a fix for myself. Does anyone know how to get the source for the
> JYA version of mythvideo, and how to build packages from it after I do
> a build so that I can handle the updating in a sane manner?
>
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stevehodge at gmail

Mar 5, 2010, 7:13 PM

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Re: Mythvideo 0.22 filename mangling [In reply to]

On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Stephen Worthington <
stephen_agent [at] jsw> wrote:

> Mythvideo introduced a number of new features in 0.22, and after using
> it for a while, I have found that I do not like some of them. I have
> disabled Jamu. But the thing that I find most annoying is the mangled
> file names. Clearly the files I have downloaded do not follow the
> conventions that Mythvideo is expecting, and the resulting mangled
> names are really annoying. So far, I have not found any way to turn
> this off and just get the real file names. Is that possible?
>
> If not, then I think I will need to get the source for mythvideo and
> do a fix for myself. Does anyone know how to get the source for the
> JYA version of mythvideo, and how to build packages from it after I do
> a build so that I can handle the updating in a sane manner?
>

You don't need to alter the source, just the theme. The filename is already
available to the theme so it's just a matter of replacing the title with the
filename in the title box (or adding it as a new box).

I found I had to do a bit of messing around to get everything working
smoothly, in particular I had to modify the theme quite a bit (mainly
because it's a widescreen theme but I'm using a 4:3 resolution) but now I
think it looks great (see screenshot attached - note the full filename at
the bottom). So long as your naming convention allows Myth to correctly
interpret the series and episode number it's very painless: I just save the
file, scan (which you can now do in MythVideo) find what I want to watch and
hit 'w' to get the details and image.

Cheers,
Steve

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stephen_agent at jsw

Mar 5, 2010, 7:53 PM

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Re: Mythvideo 0.22 filename mangling [In reply to]

On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:04:36 +1300, you wrote:

>On 6 March 2010 15:49, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent [at] jsw> wrote:
>> Mythvideo introduced a number of new features in 0.22, and after using
>> it for a while, I have found that I do not like some of them. I have
>> disabled Jamu. But the thing that I find most annoying is the mangled
>> file names. Clearly the files I have downloaded do not follow the
>> conventions that Mythvideo is expecting, and the resulting mangled
>> names are really annoying. So far, I have not found any way to turn
>> this off and just get the real file names. Is that possible?
>>
>> If not, then I think I will need to get the source for mythvideo and
>> do a fix for myself. Does anyone know how to get the source for the
>> JYA version of mythvideo, and how to build packages from it after I do
>> a build so that I can handle the updating in a sane manner?

>Wouldn't it be easier to customize jamu (I'm pretty sure its python)
>
>Jason

I have Jamu disabled, and the name mangling is still happening. So it
must be done as part of the main mythvideo code.

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stevehodge at gmail

Mar 5, 2010, 8:01 PM

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Re: Mythvideo 0.22 filename mangling [In reply to]

On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Stephen Worthington <
stephen_agent [at] jsw> wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:04:36 +1300, you wrote:
>
>
> >On 6 March 2010 15:49, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent [at] jsw>
> wrote:
> >> Mythvideo introduced a number of new features in 0.22, and after using
> >> it for a while, I have found that I do not like some of them. I have
> >> disabled Jamu. But the thing that I find most annoying is the mangled
> >> file names. Clearly the files I have downloaded do not follow the
> >> conventions that Mythvideo is expecting, and the resulting mangled
> >> names are really annoying. So far, I have not found any way to turn
> >> this off and just get the real file names. Is that possible?
> >>
> >> If not, then I think I will need to get the source for mythvideo and
> >> do a fix for myself. Does anyone know how to get the source for the
> >> JYA version of mythvideo, and how to build packages from it after I do
> >> a build so that I can handle the updating in a sane manner?
>
> >Wouldn't it be easier to customize jamu (I'm pretty sure its python)
> >
> >Jason
>
> I have Jamu disabled, and the name mangling is still happening. So it
> must be done as part of the main mythvideo code.
>

Yes, it's in the scanning code I believe. It tries to parse the filename
into series title, season number, episode number, and episode title from the
filename. But as I said, you can just change the theme to show the filename
rather than the title.

Cheers,
Steve

stephen_agent at jsw

Mar 5, 2010, 8:25 PM

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Re: Mythvideo 0.22 filename mangling [In reply to]

On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 17:01:04 +1300, you wrote:

>On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Stephen Worthington <
>stephen_agent [at] jsw> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:04:36 +1300, you wrote:
>>
>>
>> >On 6 March 2010 15:49, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent [at] jsw>
>> wrote:
>> >> Mythvideo introduced a number of new features in 0.22, and after using
>> >> it for a while, I have found that I do not like some of them. I have
>> >> disabled Jamu. But the thing that I find most annoying is the mangled
>> >> file names. Clearly the files I have downloaded do not follow the
>> >> conventions that Mythvideo is expecting, and the resulting mangled
>> >> names are really annoying. So far, I have not found any way to turn
>> >> this off and just get the real file names. Is that possible?
>> >>
>> >> If not, then I think I will need to get the source for mythvideo and
>> >> do a fix for myself. Does anyone know how to get the source for the
>> >> JYA version of mythvideo, and how to build packages from it after I do
>> >> a build so that I can handle the updating in a sane manner?
>>
>> >Wouldn't it be easier to customize jamu (I'm pretty sure its python)
>> >
>> >Jason
>>
>> I have Jamu disabled, and the name mangling is still happening. So it
>> must be done as part of the main mythvideo code.
>>
>
>Yes, it's in the scanning code I believe. It tries to parse the filename
>into series title, season number, episode number, and episode title from the
>filename. But as I said, you can just change the theme to show the filename
>rather than the title.

Thanks - that sounds a lot easier. I never even thought about it
being a theme option. So I can just get the source for the theme I
use and make my own personalised version.

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stevehodge at gmail

Mar 5, 2010, 8:43 PM

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Re: Mythvideo 0.22 filename mangling [In reply to]

On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Stephen Worthington <
stephen_agent [at] jsw> wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 17:01:04 +1300, you wrote:
>
> >Yes, it's in the scanning code I believe. It tries to parse the filename
> >into series title, season number, episode number, and episode title from
> the
> >filename. But as I said, you can just change the theme to show the
> filename
> >rather than the title.
>
> Thanks - that sounds a lot easier. I never even thought about it
> being a theme option. So I can just get the source for the theme I
> use and make my own personalised version.
>

Yes. Themes are just collections of xml files and images so you don't even
need to actually get any source. There's good info on wiki.mythtv.org to get
you up and running.

Cheers,
Steve

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