[mythtv-users] myth.rebuilddatabase.pl recovers recordings with truncated playtimes

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/19/2007 04:03 PM, JS Boyd wrote:
> I used myth.rebuilddatabase.pl to recover some orphaned recordings, but 
> when I try to play back those recordings they all have very short 
> playtimes even though the file sizes are correct.
>
> For instance, a 59:01 minute show will have a displayed 2:17 length and 
> Myth will only play the recording to that truncated length. I notice 
> that myth.rebuilddatebase.pl plugs in "endtime" and "progend" database 
> fields set to "1969-12-31 17:00:00" on recovered shows, so I fixed 
> that... but it did not lengthen the time displayed via "i" during 
> playback or the length the program will actually play.
>
> So where is Myth getting the value that determines how long a recorded 
> program is?

Check out the myth.rebuilddatabase.pl in SVN trunk.  It works and 
properly sets the runtime.

Mike