[mythtv-users] Some recordings do not appear in Watch Recordings but file is on hard drive and was in Upcoming Recordings?

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 9:29 AM, nospam312 <nospam312 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Does anyone know what could be causing some of my recordings to not
>>> appear in the Watch Recordings list.
>>> It only affects some recordings and I have not found a pattern.
>>> If I look in my recordings directory the MPG file is present,
>>> approximately the correct file size and if I double click it it plays
>>> in an external player.
>>> It just looks like MythTV has not added it to the Watch Recordings
>>> list for some reason.
>>> I am using DVB-T cards and Mythbuntu 7.1 with MythTV v0.21.
>
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Why_aren.27t_my_new_recordings_showing_up_in_Watch_Recordings.3F
>
> Should have made it clearer a record is not added to the database
> (recorded table I think) so it does not matter what I do with the
> front end it will never be listed as the record is not their to be
> shown.
>
> Is there anything I can do to try to track down why the record is not
> being added?
>
> As previously said it is completely random/intermitent - I can have 10
> recordings with no problem and then 1 that is not added.  For example,
> it could be recording 3 programmes from the same channel in sequence
> and the 3rd one does not appear.
>
> The file is on the hard drive, it says it has been recorded in
> mythbackend log and I can not see it being a permissions problem as
> the other recordings are added fine.
>
> Thanks

Is it isolated to a particular tuner?

Is it worth ramping the logging up a abit to see if the problem is revealed?

There are some scripts to help fix the database in your contrib
directory. I think this is the one you want.

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Myth.rebuilddatabase.pl