[mythtv-users] Suggestions

[John Sturgeon]

Kevin Kuphal wrote:

> Stuart Morgan wrote:
>
>> It isn't, it has only happened to me once and I have no idea why. It 
>> might never happen again - yet if it does it would be nice if I could 
>> deal with it through Myth and not need to use external software.
>>  
>>
> This delete issue is fixed in CVS.  Workaround is to touch the missing 
> filename so that there is a file to delete.  This behavior was changed 
> to prevent the system from deleting all your metadata during an 
> auto-expire when your media folder was unmounted for whatever reason.  
> The fix now looks for a zero filesize in the DB which indicates a 
> bogus recording.  A good recording that is unmounted for whatever 
> reason would have a non-zero filesize in the DB.
>
> Kevin
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Did I read this right?  Are you saying that if I touch the missing file, 
thus creating a zero length file, that mythbackend will clean it up for 
me and I don't have to go into the UI to delete it?  If that's true, 
then that's fantastic!

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