Index: mythplugins-trunk/mythvideo/mtd/logging.cpp
===================================================================
--- mythplugins-trunk.orig/mythvideo/mtd/logging.cpp	2010-02-14 20:44:28.000000000 -0600
+++ mythplugins-trunk/mythvideo/mtd/logging.cpp	2010-02-14 20:44:43.000000000 -0600
@@ -28,15 +28,7 @@
 
 bool MTDLogger::Init(void)
 {
-    QString logfile_name = gContext->GetSetting("DVDRipLocation");
-    if (logfile_name.isEmpty())
-    {
-        VERBOSE(VB_IMPORTANT, LOC_ERR +
-                "You do not have a DVD rip directory set. Run Setup.");
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    logfile_name += "/mtd.log";
+    QString logfile_name = QString("/var/log/mythtv/mtd.log");
 
     if (!log_to_stdout)
     {
Index: mythplugins-trunk/mythvideo/mythvideo/globalsettings.cpp
===================================================================
--- mythplugins-trunk.orig/mythvideo/mythvideo/globalsettings.cpp	2010-02-14 20:44:35.000000000 -0600
+++ mythplugins-trunk/mythvideo/mythvideo/globalsettings.cpp	2010-02-14 20:44:43.000000000 -0600
@@ -292,8 +292,7 @@
     gc->setValue(false);
     gc->setHelpText(QObject::tr("If set, the MTD (Myth Transcoding Daemon) "
                     "will log to the window it is started from. "
-                    "Otherwise, it will write to a file called  "
-                    "mtd.log in the top level ripping directory."));
+                    "Otherwise, it will write to /var/log/mythtv/mtd.log"));
     return gc;
 }
 
