[mythtv-users] MythTV backup
Brad DerManouelian
myth at dermanouelian.com
Fri Apr 4 15:17:13 UTC 2008
Mike Perkins wrote:
> There's a potential problem here, though. Suppose the worst happens and you lose
> all or some of your recordings, but the database can be recovered.
>
> The rebuilt database now has in it recordings it thinks you have, but you don't.
> You may want to re-record all or just some of them. How do you tell Myth that,
> sorry, these don't actually exist anymore, particularly as you may have a huge
> list, some of which may or may not still exist? Is there a script which does
> this, perhaps?
>
> And how do you tell Myth that certain programs it thinks you have, or had, you
> now want to re-record?
>
> Mike Perkins
If it's a couple of programs, jut scroll through your watch recordings
and delete/allow to re-record anything that says it's not there. If it's
a LOT of recordings, I use myth.find_orphans.pl.
-Brad
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