[mythtv-users] Importing recordings after losing entire database and reinstalling

[Kevin Kuphal]

David Bennett wrote:
> Well, during my computer upgrade I manage to fry my hard drive (not
> the video drive, but the Linux Root)
>
> I have lost everything on it and am left with my /video partition.
> I have tried to find some answers on how to import this video back
> into my new mythtv setup, but only come up with importing .avi's etc.
>
> I am guessing that I have lost the show information etc. But is there
> a script or a method for importing these .nuv files back into mythtv
> so I can watch them from the "watch recordings"?
>
> I don't suppose any of the program information is stored in the .nuv
> files? (didn't think so!)
>   
Run the myth.rebuilddatabase.pl script in the contrib folder.  It will 
prompt you for what it cannot determine on it's own.

Kevin