[mythtv-users] Question on how to purge old recordings

[Kevin Kuphal]

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 3:44 PM, *malcolm* <malcolm.torrent at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Due to the recent errors running mythfilldatabase seen in the UK.
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/370065#370065
>
> I need a new version of xmltv. I don't want to just patch the backend as it
> really could do with an overhaul as it is based on FC4 and has been solid
> since deployment.
>
> I suspect that my recording directory is cluttered with uneccessary files
> from failed transcoding, interupted transmissions etc.
>
> Therefore before I back up all the data (and the database) I'd like to
> remove as many uneccessary recording files as possible (I have ~1TB
> recordings).
>
> That is a long winded way of asking:
> "Does anyone know a method of purging a recordings directory for files /
> recordings that are no longer referenced in the database.?"


There is a myth_find_orphans.pl script or something named similarly in the
contrib folder of the source code or should have been installed/included
with your distribution package.  Find it and use it.

Kevin
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