[mythtv-users] Importing recordings after losing entire database and reinstalling

[Steve Adeff]

On Wednesday 18 January 2006 21:12, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> David Bennett wrote:
> > Well, during my computer upgrade I manage to fry my hard drive (not
> > the video drive, but the Linux Root)
> >
> > I have lost everything on it and am left with my /video partition.
> > I have tried to find some answers on how to import this video back
> > into my new mythtv setup, but only come up with importing .avi's etc.
> >
> > I am guessing that I have lost the show information etc. But is there
> > a script or a method for importing these .nuv files back into mythtv
> > so I can watch them from the "watch recordings"?
> >
> > I don't suppose any of the program information is stored in the .nuv
> > files? (didn't think so!)
>
> Run the myth.rebuilddatabase.pl script in the contrib folder.  It will
> prompt you for what it cannot determine on it's own.
>
> Kevin

I could modify my TV.com script to accept arbitrary filenames and ask for the 
show title and season/episode number if this is something folks would fine 
usefull in this situation?

-- 
Steve