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

[vanek]

I like the alternate thinking. I could make that work, too.

I talked to two of the xbmc developers and they said they were thinking 
about setting up a directory structure like Boxee's (i.e., a very loose 
directory structure that didn't require the user to sort files into 
special directories), but that it was not a near-future requirement. 
They understand the problem exists, but consider it a minor issue.

Thanks for the suggestion.


Richard Houser wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>      
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