"Error Could not create a symlink to /var/lib/mythtv/videos..."

[Jaakan Shorter]

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/User:Jaakan
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=776014

clean install of Mythbuntu 8.04 x64
MythWeb > MythVideo ( after you have imported say a DVD )

"Error Could not create a symlink to /var/lib/mythtv/videos, the local MythVideo directory for this hostname (pvrbox). Please create a symlink to your MythVideo directory at data/video in order to use the video portions of MythWeb."

this is a typo in the the installation if you pick non-advance user setup/install
the default folder is /var/lib/mythtv/videos but the 2 s.links go to /var/lib/mythtv/video

quick fix
ssh to the mythbox or open a term on your mythbox
# cd /var/www/mythweb/data/
# sudo rm ./video
# sudo ln -s /var/lib/mythtv/videos ./video
# sudo rm ./video_covers
# sudo ln -s /var/lib/mythtv/videos ./video_covers

[MarcRandolph (mrand)]

I remember running into this as well with my Mythbuntu 7.10 system that I upgraded to 8.04.
High visibility easy fix, assuming it hasn't already been done.

[MarcRandolph (mrand)]

Should have been released with 8.10 since it was fixed in mythplugins according to the following note:

This bug was fixed in the package mythplugins - 0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1
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mythplugins (0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
 * New upstream checkout. Fixes:
   - (LP: #256027)
   - (LP: #236297)
 * Add 12_fix_screensaver_in_mythgame.dpatch (LP: #264591)
 * debian/mythweb.postinst: fix symlink to MythVideo data folder in MythWeb
   (LP: #248563)
 -- Michael Haas <email address hidden> Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:59:06 +0200