[mythtv-users] Re: Mythburn hosed my /video directory

[David Wallace]

You could create /video/tmp and tell mythburn to use that directory...

The easiest way to fix the database would be to DROP it the re-create
and re-populate, IMHO, others may have a more civilized way to clean it
out, though. :)

David


On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 17:18 -0500, William wrote:
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> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Joshua Fechner
> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 4:59 PM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: Mythburn hosed my /video directory
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> 
> OK.  So that was just stupid on my part.  I guess I had read that post some
> time ago but had forgotten about it.  Well, I recorded a show as a test and
> used Mythburn again.  When I did it, it didn't appear to have done anything.
> I checked my /video folder and everything was gone again.  So if I'm correct
> then Mythburn deletes everything in the working folder everytime it runs?
> Is it just me or is that kind of stupid?  Anyway, my second problem is that
> Mythweb still lists all of my former (now deleted) programs under "Recorded
> Programs" even though they don't seem to exist anywhere.  They even show the
> thumbnail.  How do I get rid of them?  That's the last time I use Mythburn. 
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> 
> I am sure there are ways to fix it with mysql commands but one way that
> works is to create a file with the correct filename in your video dir and
> then use the normal delete function to delete everything. I think there is a
> thumbnail file with a matching name created for each program file so look
> for thumbs without programs and touch the missing files. They can be empty.
> 
> BTW - Mythburn is a very complicated install on anything other than a
> knoppMyth system. I am not surprised it didnt work for you. 
> 
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