[mythtv-users] Cleanup script

[Leighton Brough]

George Nassas wrote:
> On 10-Oct-06, at 9:57 PM, Leighton Brough wrote:
>
>> Is there a easy way to find files which _do_ exist, but don't have 
>>
>> corresponding entries in the database? In this case they'll be wasting 
>>
>> storage, and will never be expired.
>>
>
> That's the myth.rebuilddatabase.pl script from the contrib directory. 
> It doesn't actually rebuild the database in the sense of 
> reconstructing lost columns or anything. Instead it compares the 
> contents of the tv recordings directory with the db and tries to help 
> you recover lost files. You can also use it to import non-myth videos 
> so they'll show up in the TV recordings list.

Great - thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for.

Leighton