end result is that I now have a working Mythvideo. Thank you again for the help.
-dvh Dean Vanden Heuvel wrote: >thanks for the quick reply and the help. I took your advice and did the >"Delete from videometadata" manually (mysql told me 30 records were >deleted). Then I tried to access the video listings via mythweb (this >also caused thrashing before...). Now, Mythweb responds very quickly >and informs me (as expected) that there are no videos to list. Looks >like we are on the right track. I will try the rescan of the directory >in a bit...my kids are watching the TV now, so I can't get my hands on >it to mess with it. thanks again for the help. > >-dvh > >Robert Johnston wrote: > > > >>On 4/16/05, Dean Vanden Heuvel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>I have been using Mythtv for over a year now, and I have never done much >>>with Mythvideo. In fact, I had mapped the video directory to be the >>>same as that used for recordings. When I would enter mythvideo, the >>>display would show many videos, with long indecipherable names...the >>>names that Myth gives to its recordings. >>> >>>Today, I remapped the directory to a new dir, and dropped an "avi" file >>>into it. When I tried to enter mythvideo to see the listing, it took >>>many minutes before the screen appeared...then there were no listings. >>>My CPU is very busy during the wait, and using another networked >>>computer, I ran "top" and learned that it is Mysql that seems to be >>>thrashing for some time. >>> >>>I have searched the list here for some advice, but I haven't found >>>anything quite the same. Any ideas as to what might be causing the problem? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Of course. >> >>MythVideo is trying to find all those video files that used to be in >>the directory. >> >>Make sure you go into Settings/Utilities -> Video Manager first, which >>will rescan the videos directory and make the necessary updates to the >>MythVideo tables. >> >>It might be worth doing a "Delete from videometadata" in MySQL to kill >>all that old data before getting MythVideo to scan the new directory. >> >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >mythtv-users mailing list >[email protected] >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
