So I finally upgraded to Jaunty a few days ago and I am having problems getting MythTV to recognize the partition that I want to store my recordings on. First off, I am pretty much a newbie when it comes to Ubuntu, so it may be something really obvious I am overlooking.

I did a clean install of Ubuntu 9.04 on my system partition but left my original partition for storing my Myth recordings untouched. Then when I started configuring the backend, I designated a default storage group as /media/disk (the mount point of my old MythTV partition). I get an error stating "cannot create a file /media/disk//.test - directory is not writable?" I then discovered that the system would not let me write or delete any files from the partition. So I backed up all my old recordings and then reformatted the partition using GParted, but the system is still stating that I do not have permissions to alter the files on the partition. Also, when I check the properties for the partition, under the permissions tab it says "The permissions of "disk" could not be determined.

Can anyone here help me out? I just want to designate this partition as the recording folder and if possible save (or re-import) my old recordings. I am hoping there is something simple I am overlooking here . . .

Thanks,
Josh

OK, so I posted the above too quickly. I did some poking around and figured out how to set permissions in Ubuntu. I no longer get the error when setting the default storage group. I have also learned that to import old myth recordings into a new install, one needs to save the database files in addition to the video files. Doh! Does anyone know if there is any way to import the video files into the new Myth install without having the old database files.

At least I am learning as I go. . . .

I think if you do that running mythcommflag. I'm pretty sure I did it once before. Check man page.

This is one of those features that Myth should have, but doesn't. You can't get those files back into View Recordings, but you can put them into your Archive directory. Then run Video Manager and it will autorecognize that the files are there. All ID and commercial info will be lost, but at least you can watch them.

Quantumstate: just to be clear, is the Archive directory the same as the default directory for storing recordings?

Np. In mythtv-setup you should set up a Storage Directory for archiving shows you want to keep permanently, so they don't clutter up your viewing menu. I recommend something like /home/{user}/Videos with subdirectories Movies, Series, Specials, Pr0n, etc. Then when you set up your Video Manager to use that dir it will automatically scan for anything new in there when you run it. For Myth of course you should have /home/{user}/TV with subdirs DB-backups, LiveTV, and Recorded.

I always debate whether to keep repeating stuff like the above, as knowledge here is always lost to those who come after. What's the use? The same questions are asked over and over.

Also a gander at the MythVideo wiki page (http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythVideo) can help. :D

thanks guys.

sorry to be one of those asking the "same old questions."

I have spent a lot of time looking at the various Myth wikis, but there is a ton of information there and to the newbies some of it is, well, a bit incomprehensible. The wikis seem to be largely written for those who already have a solid understanding of linux.