[mythtv-users] Updated mythlink.sh
Attached is a modified version of mythlink.sh based on the original
script created by Dale Glass that's currently shipped in the contrib
directory of mythtv. Since I'm neither a Perl- nor a shell-scripting
expert, I'm posting it here to get some feedback and will submit it for
replacement of the original once any issues that may be identified are
worked out. (I chose the users list because many non-MythTV devs have
much better Perl/shell skills than I, and it allows more people to play
with the script.)
I've made many changes to Dale's script--to the point the current script
bears little resemblance to the original (although nearly all of his
code can be found in there). The changes include:
- Provides multiple easily-configurable views
- System specific information is specified as environment variables
- Uses '-' to separate portions of the filename (instead of '_' since '_'
is used to replace special characters (such as the space character))
- Shows recording year
- Shows end time
- Separates date and time info
- Removes trailing separator (i.e. for movies, which have no subtitle)
- Adds an optional extension (for specifying filetype to Windows)
Current views include views sorted by record time, title/subtitle,
recgroup/title, category/title, and title/original airdate. Comments in
the script explain how to add views, and modifying/removing views is
very straightforward. The only required edits should be (barring
bugfixes) to the environment variables at the top of the script.
Feedback is appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike
BTW, regarding the original airdate view:
The most useful view has recently become the original airdate view. Now
(in relatively recent CVS/SVN) original airdate has become (at least
semi-)reliably populated. (This is true for DataDirect users--I don't
know if it's also true for people using other grabbers.) It's great to
be able to use Samba/NFS to download copies of the recordings to my
laptop when going on trips and have the recordings sorted in the order I
should watch them.
Note that if you have NULL or -00-00 values, they will appear as
-00-00. Eventually, through attrition, most recordings will have
original airdate data. For those existing recordings that you plan to
keep and that lack original airdate data, you can use episode lists at
TV.com to edit the originalairdate field of the recorded table. (I did
so semi-manually. For movies and shows that didn't matter (i.e. Nova),
I set the missing originalairdates to the starttime of the recording,
and most other titles only had a few episodes needing info (since the
season is over :). For my 99 CSI recordings, I just used vi to
transform the All Seasons episode list into a bunch of SQL statements
that did the edits for me.)
#!/bin/sh
# mythlink.sh
#
# Creates readable symlinks referring to MythTV recordings
#
# Based on the script mythlink.sh by Dale Gass
#
# Modified by Mike Dean
# - Provides multiple easily-configurable views
# - System specific information is specified as environment variables
# - Uses '-' to separate portions of the filename (instead of '_' since '_'
#is used to replace special characters (such as the space character))
# - Shows recording year
# - Shows end time
# - Separates date and time info
# - Removes trailing separator (i.e. for movies, which have no subtitle)
# - Adds an optional extension (for specifying filetype to Windows)
### Modify these values for your installation ###
# The location of the MythTV Recordings (with ugly filenames)
MYTH_RECORDINGS_PATH=/var/storage/mythtv
# The path in which the views (pretty links) will be created
VIEWS_PATH=/var/storage/mythtv/views
# The extension added to the end of the links, including the period.
# For no extension, specify '' for the value.
EXTENSION='.mpg'
# Enables output for debugging (set to 0 for no output)
DEBUG=0
### The following directory names and formats may be customized ###
# Formats may consist of any combination of
# ${title}, ${subtitle}
# ${date}, ${starttime}, ${endtime}, ${originalairdate}
# ${category}, ${recgroup}
# Files will be sorted alphabetically so the appropriate fields on which you
# would like to sort should be placed at the beginning of the format
# Formats of the individual fields were chosen to minimize confusion caused by
# use of different sorting algorithms by clients (i.e. alphabetically versus
# alphanumerically).
# To add a custom format, simply include a directory name and format in the
# environment variables below. (Whitespace separates the values.)
# The names of the directories containing the views
DIRECTORIES='time
title
group
category
original_airdate'
# The formats used for the respective directories specified above
FORMATS='${date}-${starttime}-${endtime}-${title}-${subtitle}
${title}-${date}-${starttime}-${endtime}-${subtitle}
Re: [mythtv-users] Updated mythlink.sh
Michael T. Dean wrote:
Attached is a modified version of mythlink.sh based on the original
script created by Dale Glass that's currently shipped in the contrib
directory of mythtv.
Originally posted version had a small quote problem. It worked, but I
think only because BASH was being nice. This one should be more robust...
Mike
#!/bin/sh
# mythlink.sh
#
# Creates readable symlinks referring to MythTV recordings
#
# Based on the script mythlink.sh by Dale Gass
#
# Modified by Mike Dean
# - Provides multiple easily-configurable views
# - System specific information is specified as environment variables
# - Uses '-' to separate portions of the filename (instead of '_' since '_'
#is used to replace special characters (such as the space character))
# - Shows recording year
# - Shows end time
# - Separates date and time info
# - Removes trailing separator (i.e. for movies, which have no subtitle)
# - Adds an optional extension (for specifying filetype to Windows)
### Modify these values for your installation ###
# The location of the MythTV Recordings (with ugly filenames)
MYTH_RECORDINGS_PATH=/var/storage/mythtv
# The path in which the views (pretty links) will be created
VIEWS_PATH=/var/storage/mythtv/views
# The extension added to the end of the links, including the period.
# For no extension, specify '' for the value.
EXTENSION='.mpg'
# Enables output for debugging (set to 0 for no output)
DEBUG=0
### The following directory names and formats may be customized ###
# Formats may consist of any combination of
# ${title}, ${subtitle}
# ${date}, ${starttime}, ${endtime}, ${originalairdate}
# ${category}, ${recgroup}
# Files will be sorted alphabetically so the appropriate fields on which you
# would like to sort should be placed at the beginning of the format
# Formats of the individual fields were chosen to minimize confusion caused by
# use of different sorting algorithms by clients (i.e. alphabetically versus
# alphanumerically).
# To add a custom format, simply include a directory name and format in the
# environment variables below. (Whitespace separates the values.)
# The names of the directories containing the views
DIRECTORIES='time
title
group
category
original_airdate'
# The formats used for the respective directories specified above
FORMATS='${date}-${starttime}-${endtime}-${title}-${subtitle}
${title}-${date}-${starttime}-${endtime}-${subtitle}
${recgroup}-${title}-${date}-${starttime}-${endtime}-${subtitle}
${category}-${title}-${date}-${starttime}-${endtime}-${subtitle}
${title}-${originalairdate}-${subtitle}'
### These values most likely do not need modification ###
# The name of the MythTV database
MYTH_DB=mythconverg
# The database username and password
MYTH_DB_USER=mythtv
MYTH_DB_PASSWD=mythtv
export MYTH_RECORDINGS_PATH VIEWS_PATH EXTENSION DEBUG DIRECTORIES FORMATS
for dir in ${DIRECTORIES}
do
rm -rf ${VIEWS_PATH}/${dir}/*
done
mysql -u${MYTH_DB_USER} -p${MYTH_DB_PASSWD} ${MYTH_DB} -B --exec select
chanid,starttime,endtime,title,subtitle,recgroup,category,originalairdate from
recorded; /tmp/mythlink.$$
perl -w -e '
my $mythpath=$ENV{MYTH_RECORDINGS_PATH};
my $viewspath=$ENV{VIEWS_PATH};
my $extension=$ENV{EXTENSION};
my $debug=$ENV{DEBUG};
my $dirs=$ENV{DIRECTORIES};
my $fmts=$ENV{FORMATS};
my @directories=split(/\s+/,$dirs);
my @formats=split(/\s+/,$fmts);
if (!-d ${viewspath}) {
mkdir ${viewspath} or die Failed to make directory: ${viewspath}\n;
}
foreach (@directories) {
if (!-d ${viewspath}/$_) {
mkdir ${viewspath}/$_ or die Failed to make directory:
${viewspath}/$_\n;
}
}
;
while () {
chomp;
my
($chanid,$start,$end,$title,$subtitle,$recgroup,$category,$originalairdate) =
split /\t/;
$start =~ s/[^0-9]//g;
$end =~ s/[^0-9]//g;
$subtitle = if(!defined $subtitle);
my $filename = ${chanid}_${start}_${end}.nuv;
do { print Skipping ${mythpath}/${filename}\n; next } unless -e
${mythpath}/${filename};
$end =~ /^()/;
my $endtime = $1;
$start =~ /^()()/;
my $date = $1;
my $starttime = $2;
$originalairdate =~ s/[^0-9]//g;
$originalairdate = if(($originalairdate eq ));
for ($i = 0; $i @directories; $i++) {
my $directory = $directories[$i];
my $link=$formats[$i];
$link =~ s/(\${\w+})/$1/gee;
$link =~ s/-$//;
$link =~ s/ /_/g;
$link =~ s//+/g;
$link =~ s/[^+0-9a-zA-Z_-]+/_/g;
$link = $link . $extension;
print Creating $link\n if ($debug);
unlink ${viewspath}/${directory}/${link} if(-e
${viewspath}/${directory}/${link});
symlink ${mythpath}/${filename}, ${viewspath}/${directory}/${link} or
die Failed to create symlink ${viewspath}/${directory}/${link}: $!;
}
}
' /tmp/mythlink.$$
rm /tmp/mythlink.$$
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