Selection is invisible when importing archived recordings.

[BBagger]

When you try to import an archived recording it is hit-and-miss (mostly miss - 99.5% of cases) whether or not you actually succeed in getting the recording imported. Most of the time you get the message: "The selected file is not a valid archive file".

I have tried the function with MythAeonNox 28.1, Mythbuntu 28.20, Mythcenter-wide 1.7, Terra 1.4 and Steppes 27.40 and they all work as expected.

FYI: mythfrontend.real --version Please attach all output as a file in bug reports. MythTV Version : v0.27.4-30-g3b43903 MythTV Branch : fixes/0.27 Network Protocol : 77 Library API : 0.27.20141016-1 QT Version : 4.8.6 Options compiled in: linux profile use_hidesyms using_alsa using_oss using_pulse using_pulseoutput using_backend using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_bindings_php using_crystalhd using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend using_hdhomerun using_ceton using_hdpvr using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_libcrypto using_libdns_sd using_libfftw3 using_libxml2 using_lirc using_mheg using_opengl using_opengl_video using_qtwebkit using_qtscript using_qtdbus using_sdl using_taglib using_v4l2 using_x11 using_xrandr using_xv using_profiletype using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_bindings_php us

mytharchivehelper --version Please attach all output as a file in bug reports. MythTV Version : v0.27.4-30-g3b43903 MythTV Branch : fixes/0.27 Network Protocol : 77 Library API : 0.27.20141016-1 QT Version : 4.8.6 Options compiled in: linux profile use_hidesyms using_alsa using_oss using_pulse using_pulseoutput using_backend using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_bindings_php using_crystalhd using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend using_hdhomerun using_ceton using_hdpvr using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_libcrypto using_libdns_sd using_libfftw3 using_libxml2 using_lirc using_mheg using_opengl using_opengl_video using_qtwebkit using_qtscript using_qtdbus using_sdl using_taglib using_v4l2 using_x11 using_xrandr using_xv using_profiletype using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_bindings_php using_mythtranscode using_opengl using_vaapi using_vdpau using_ffmpeg_threads using_mheg using_libass using_libxml2

[angelaschmid]

The ArcLight MythArchive theme files seem not to be in sync with the latest fixes. You could ask on the mythtv-users list if someone made adaptions to the theme files.

A side-by-side compare between .mythtv\themes\Arclight\mytharchive-ui.xml and mythtv\mythplugins\mytharchive\theme\default-wide\mytharchive-ui.xml, showed different widget variables. Adapt them and try, e.g.

<textarea name="title" from="basetextarea">
should be
<textarea name="title1" from="basetextarea">

<textarea name="subtitle" from="basetextarea">
should be
<textarea name="title2" from="basetextarea">

<textarea name="isotitle_text" from="basetextarea">
should be
<textarea name="title" from="basetextarea">

Line 392
        <textarea name="title" from="basetextarea">
should be
        <textarea name="title_text" from="basetextarea">

Line 554
        <textarea name="videotitle" from="basetextarea">
might be
        <textarea name="title1" from="basetextarea">

etc..

There are three files, which might need to be modified: mytharchive-ui.xml mythburn-ui.xml mythnative-ui.xml

If you managed to make the proper changes to the theme files, please post them here and I will merge them.

As a quick solution you could delete the three files from the ArcLight theme, the MythBuntu-wide files will be used instead.

[BBagger]

Thank you for your reply with suggestions. Unfortunately I am rather busy the next couple of days, so I don't have the proper time to follow up right away, but I will follow up and report back.

[BBagger]

I have tried to follow your suggestions. I made the following changes to ~/.mythtv/themes/Arclight/mytharchive-ui.xml:

---

diff mytharchive-ui.xml* 100c100 < </h2> <pre><code>> <textarea name="isotitle_text" from="basetextarea"> 392c392 < <textarea name="title1" from="basetextarea"> --- > <textarea name="title" from="basetextarea"> 399c399 < <textarea name="title2" from="basetextarea"> --- > <textarea name="subtitle" from="basetextarea"> 553c553 < <textarea name="title1" from="basetextarea"> --- > <textarea name="videotitle" from="basetextarea"> ------</code></pre> <p>but the result was disappointing: same error message.</p> <p>Your "etc..." makes me think that you did not specify all the changes I should make. </p> <p>I tried the quick solution you suggested: remove the three files, and that <b>did</b> work.</p> <p>I think I will stick to that solution until somebody more competent than I can make the proper changes.</p> </div> </div> <div class="comment"> <div class="user"> <a rel="noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://github.com/angelaschmid"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1541271?v=4" />angelaschmid</a> commented <strong> 9 years ago</strong> </div> <div class="markdown-body"> <p>I made a side-by-side compare and guessed what could match.</p> <p>Try running: mythfrontend -loglevel debug -v "gui" Look for missing variables.</p> <p>Get the mythtv source and look for the changes made in the past for the reference mythbuntu theme: git diff origin/fixes/0.22 HEAD mythtv\mythplugins\mytharchive\theme\default-wide\mytharchive-ui.xml</p> <p>Otherwise ask in mythtv-users, maybe someone already made working changes, or ask if someone knows the mapping from old to new version.</p> </div> </div> <div class="comment"> <div class="user"> <a rel="noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://github.com/BBagger"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10798696?v=4" />BBagger</a> commented <strong> 9 years ago</strong> </div> <div class="markdown-body"> <p>I have made an observation which may or may not be relevant:</p> <p>On my backend/frontend - which is where I do the archiving - the version of Arclight is 27.1 whereas the version on my workstation/frontend is 27.5.</p> <p>Is that significant? and have I been barking up the wrong tree? A diff on the files we are talking about here shows no differences</p> </div> </div> <div class="comment"> <div class="user"> <a rel="noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://github.com/angelaschmid"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1541271?v=4" />angelaschmid</a> commented <strong> 9 years ago</strong> </div> <div class="markdown-body"> <p>As long as you are on the combined BE/FE, things should be fine. The latest mytharchive changes also exist on 27.1. Running different versions is not supported, because of API changes.</p> <p>cd mythtv (within the git directory) git diff origin/fixes/0.22 HEAD mythplugins/mytharchive/theme/default-wide/mytharchive-ui.xml should show you all changes since 0.22.</p> </div> </div> <div class="comment"> <div class="user"> <a rel="noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://github.com/BBagger"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10798696?v=4" />BBagger</a> commented <strong> 9 years ago</strong> </div> <div class="markdown-body"> <p>I have done as you asked me to do, but I'm afraid that you have succeeded in making me confused at a rather high level now. The diff looked like a patch but when I tried to apply it all changes were rejected. Since I lack the necessary knowledge to interpret the diff I'll leave it to the expert - you - to do so. It is on <a href="http://pastebin.com">pastebin</a> here: <a href="http://pastebin.com/expUGumY">mytharchive.diff</a></p> <p>Likewise I have done the run with debug logging you asked for. I could see no obvious errors, so again I'll leave it to you to interpret it. I have uploaded two runs to Pastebin: one with the Arclight files you have mentioned present in ~/.mythtv/themes/Arclight (<a href="http://pastebin.com/mNp2hEZ3">mythfrontend-with-files.log</a>) and another for a run where the three files are deleted from said location (<a href="http://pastebin.com/ikWyBRsZ">mythfrontend-without-files.log</a>)</p> <p>Finally I don't think there is much point in asking on the mythtv-users list for any adaptions since the last commit to the default mytharchive-ui.xml file was on March 14, 2012 - almost 3 years ago.</p> <p>I hope this will enable you to find a solution to this problem.</p> </div> </div> <div class="comment"> <div class="user"> <a rel="noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://github.com/angelaschmid"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1541271?v=4" />angelaschmid</a> commented <strong> 9 years ago</strong> </div> <div class="markdown-body"> <p>The diff from default-wide should show you the changes made in the reference theme. The changes need then to be interpreted and adjustments have to be made to Arclight (no diff patching).</p> <p>Reading the logs, I saw that mythnative-ui.xml was used. So adaptions are needed there.</p> <p>Asking on the mythtv-users list for help: maybe someone already made updates and can provide them, or someone can help you, who also needs this functionality.</p> </div> </div> <div class="comment"> <div class="user"> <a rel="noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://github.com/BBagger"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10798696?v=4" />BBagger</a> commented <strong> 9 years ago</strong> </div> <div class="markdown-body"> <p>Have you reproduced the error?</p> </div> </div> <div class="page-bar-simple"> </div> <div class="footer"> <ul class="body"> <li>© <script> document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) </script> Githubissues.</li> <li>Githubissues is a development platform for aggregating issues.</li> </ul> </div> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/jquery@3.5.1/dist/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="/githubissues/assets/js.js"></script> <script src="/githubissues/assets/markdown.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/highlightjs/cdn-release@11.4.0/build/highlight.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/highlightjs/cdn-release@11.4.0/build/languages/go.min.js"></script> <script> hljs.highlightAll(); </script> </body> </html>