[mythtv-users] lost recordings and database orphans

[Greg Woods]

On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 02:23 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:

<a long and involved process>

Yeah, I was afraid it would be something like this, but thank you very
much for all the detail. I'm certain I could never have figured that out
for myself. I'll probably give it a shot when I can set aside a block of
time (maybe after work today).

One more question: is there a more brute force and easier way? Is there
a way I could clean things out completely by removing the remaining
recording files and then emptying a few tables? I realize I would lose
what recordings I still have, but it might be a lot easier and more
reliable to use this approach. At least I would then have a database
that was consistent with reality.

I suppose I could accomplish that by just wiping the entire database,
but then I would have to recreate all my settings as well and I'd prefer
to avoid that, especially since I just spent a few hours dealing with
the Comcast analog-to-digital conversion and redoing all my channels. I
don't want to have to do THAT again.

--Greg