[mythtv-users] Arclight fanart issues in MythVideo

[dargllun]

On 18.11.2010 13:28, Ryan Patterson wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 6:05 AM, dargllun<dargllun at googlemail.com>  wrote:
>> So how can I reliably remove all fanart? Is wiping the configured
>> directories sufficient? Would the pictures possibly also be in the database?
>
> You can start by deleting the files in whatever directory(s) you
> specified for the various fanart/coverart/screenshot/etc storage
> groups.  That will remove the images from your system.  But your
> videos will still have references in the database pointing to the now
> missing files.
>
> To remove the database references do something like the following:
> 1) Configure mythvideo to NOT automatically download metadata/program info.
> 2) Run 'chmod a-rwx -R *' in your mythvideo storage group directory(s).
> 3) Go into mythvideo and scan for files. (they should all disappear)
> 4) Run 'chmod a+rwx -R *' in your mythvideo storage group directory(s).
> 5) Go into mythvideo and scan for files. (they should all reappear)

Thanks, that did work to thoroughly remove all meta data.

Regards
d.