[mythtv-users] Re:Copying recordings into /var/lib/mythtv

[jose rubio]

On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 22:18, wallabystew at shaw.ca wrote:
> >>On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 23:42:04 -0600, wallabystew at shaw.ca wrote: 
> 
> >>Ok, lets say a person was to want to reinstall and had a brilliant idea to >>copy his precious recorded programs (World Cup Rugby) to another PC while >>he reinstalled his Myth box. Then copied them back. I was thinking it >>would be easy, but no! After copying back into /var/lib/mythtv they do not >>show as watchable shows in the TV section of Mythtv. How would I get >>Mythtv to see those recorded programs for me to be able to watch? Do I >>have the right folder? I thought that was where I copied them from in the >>first place. 
> >> 
> >>Thanks, 
> >> 
> >>Frank 
> 
> >Try running the myth.rebuilddatabase.pl PERL script that is in the contrib 
> >directory. It will update your database based on the files present. 
> 
> Sounds great. I searched for this directory and script on my myth box but only found Contrib folders without the Myth.rebuilddatabase.pl file. would there be a package I need to install to get the script and relevant other files to run it?
> 
> thanks,
> Frank
> 
Don't know what dist. you are using but it should have been there.
You could go into the myth page and download the tarball, untar it and
it will be there but that will be too much of a waste of banwidth for a
small file.  Here it is attached.


-jose-
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