[mythtv-users] Restoring backup after transcode

[John Pilkington]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 10/05/06 11:01, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> 
>> You can delete the transcoded recording
>>
> through the Watch/Delete Recordings screen of the mythfrontend UI
> 
>> , then use 
>> myth.rebuilddatabase.pl to insert the original recording.  If you name 
>> the show appropriately (i.e. what the transcoded recording was 
>> called--including the .nuv extension--assuming you don't rename 
>> recordings with mythrename.pl), it will find the title, subtitle, 
>> description from the database and the channel and starttime from the 
>> filename.
>>
> 
> Guess that wasn't very clear from my first description.
> 
> Mike

OK, thanks.  It's useful to know.

I find that I may not want to do much mpeg2 to mpeg4 transcoding after 
all, because mytharchive apparently converts back to mpeg2 to write to 
DVD -- but thanks all the same!

John