[mythtv-users] Entry missing from Recordings list

Zig jzigpublic at gmail.com
Sat Nov 23 13:34:31 UTC 2013


On 11/23/2013 7:25 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 11/22/2013 02:57 AM, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:55:25 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have a predicament where Myth 0.26 recorded a show, but did not
>>> create an entry in the recordings list.  Is there an easy way to
>>> insert an entry into the recordings list?  The myth.rebuilddb.pl
>>> script does not appear to be included with 0.26 and I'm getting a
>>> "Can't locate Time/Format.pm" error when running
>>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Myth.rebuilddb.pl
>
> FWIW, you shouldn't use that as it's know to put in bad information 
> and not put in all required information.  Watch Recordings is a place 
> where recordings made by MythTV--and information inserted by MythTV 
> about those recordings--is stored.
>
>>> I believe the problem arose because we were watching the show on
>>> livetv using tuner 2 while the same program was being recorded by
>>> tuner 1.  As a result, I have a temporary file of the show in a livetv
>>> directory and another file in a television directory. Mythcommflag
>>> successfully scans the file, so I'm presuming that there are some
>>> entries for the recording in the database, however it's not visible in
>>> the menu or through mythweb.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>> Have you checked what your group filter is set to?  Media Library>
>> Watch Recordings>  M (or remote Menu key)>  Change Group Filter.  I
>> think if you have it set to Default instead of All Programs, the
>> LiveTV recordings will not be listed.  I do not have any LiveTV
>> recordings at the moment, but I think that when I do, there is also a
>> LiveTV filter setting that shows up in the list to select.
>>
>> In 0.27, the group filter setting is visible at the top of the list of
>> programs, which I find very useful, having several times been hunting
>> for a missing program because of a wrong group filter setting.
>
> Yes, the problem is almost definitely that the recording was put in 
> the "wrong" recording group (Live TV) due to a known bug that occurs 
> when watching a show in Live TV that's also being recording.  MythTV 
> will /never/ create a recording file and "forget" to create a database 
> entry.  Also, if you still have the file, that means there's still 
> metadata for it in the database, so it's just a matter of finding it.  
> And, if you don't find it in the Live TV group, check Deleted.
>
> So, just switch to the Live TV (or Deleted)recording group, find the 
> show, then MENU|Storage Options|Change Recording Group.
>
> If that doesn't work, the supported approach is not to cram 
> information into the database to put that recording into Watch 
> Recordings, but to move it (that video file) and any others you want 
> kept with it into the area of MythTV that allows you to manage 
> files/file names--the Video Library.
>
> Mike
How does one move recordings to the Video Library?
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