[mythtv-users] deleting bad cutlist

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/03/2007 12:45 AM, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 October 2007 22:19, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>   
>> On 10/02/2007 09:40 PM, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
>>     
>>> grr...
>>>
>>> I created a cutlist and transcoded and grrr.... the cutlist was
>>> incomplete. Fortunately I saved a copy of the old mpg file because I
>>> don't trust my editing skills without any preview tools. So I copy my
>>> backup back but Myth still has the old the cutlist so it thinks the
>>> program is only 8 minutes long, even though the whole 4-hour mpg file is
>>> there.
>>>
>>> So... how do I clear the cutlist and get Myth to recognize the whole 4
>>> hours?
>>>       
>> http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.1
>> search for cutlist
>>     
>
> Thanks. But Myth thinks my 11G recording is only 8 minutes long. I installed 
> phpMyAdmin to browse the database and in the show's 'recorded' table record 
> the 'filesize' field shows 358686724. Is this why Myth thinks the show is 
> only 8 minutes long? Also, the 'transcoded' field is '1', which isn't true 
> anymore.
>
> If I set these two fields will that make Myth recognize the full program 
> length?

Any time you replace a file you have to rebuild the seektable (i.e. with
mythcommflag --rebuild or mythtranscode --buildindex).  Once you fix the
seektable, the length will be correct.  Note that fixing the seektable
does not always reset the filesize.

Mike