[GLLUG] Looking for some open source projects (local) to aid in

[Richard Houser]

That sounds like a mismatch between the tool's design and how you are
using it.  How about you change the process to simplify the task?
Users are prevented from adding files wherever they please, but
presence of a file in a certain directory causes it to get moved to
where it belongs.

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 5:12 PM, vanek <vanek at acd.net> wrote:
> Richard Houser wrote:
>>
>> In my defense, you did ask on a LUG mailing list.......  Windows makes
>> everything more difficult, but Fuse is available on BSD, and a port is
>> underway for OpenSolaris.
>>
>> I'm personally using Mythtv primarily for the backend flexibility, and
>> the video approach there appears to be look at the video directories,
>> see if anything is missing from the database, and if so, attempt to
>> pull it in.  Why look at something if you already scanned it?
>>
>>
>
> Because new files may "drop" into the XBMC domain via two means:
> 1. a user could manually add (or delete) a video file to any one of the
> repositories at any time;
> 2. a program may move a video file into one of the file repositories (e.g.,
> a torrent program).
> And, as I did a poor job explaining before, the scanner in XBMC works well
> if and only if you
> follow its rigid directory structure. Thus, if you place a new file into
> XBMC's domain, the scanner
> will notice it and try to parse it but will likely fail at recognizing it if
> all files are not manually organized
> into their proper directories.
> On top of that, many of the video files have to be renamed until the scraper
> recognizes the movie/TV show.
> This means a single scan is not enough in those cases where the video file
> was mis-named.
> I'm not sure I answered your question, but let me know if I didn't.
>