[mythtv-users] How do I remove recordings without files

[Nick Morrott]

On 05/03/2009, Henrik Beckman <henrik.list at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ie got a bunch of these
>
>  2009-03-04 13:05:11.587 ERROR when trying to delete file:
>  /GetPlaybackURL/UNABLE/TO/FIND/LOCAL/FILE/ON/media/2098_20081123180345.mpg.
>  File does
>  n't exist.  Database metadata will not be removed.
>
>  How can I remove them.

A common way to remove files that can't be removed through the MythTV
interface is to recreate the missing file(s) using touch in your
recordings directory.

E.g.:

$ touch 2098_20081123180345.mpg

Then go back to MythTV, and delete the recording(s).

Nick

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