[mythtv-users] Can't use 'delete and allow rerecord' for recordings when the file is missing

[David George]

On 02/20/2009 09:11 PM, jarpublic at gmail.com wrote:
> I lost all of my recordings, but that is a story in another thread. I 
> want to clear out all of the recordings from the database now, so that 
> when they come on again they will be recorded rather being skipped 
> because mythtv thinks they are previously recorded. My plan was to 
> select them in the watch recordings and the choose 'delete and allow 
> rerecord'. However, my only option for recordings with the source file 
> missing is 'delete'. I tried using the 'delete+record' option in 
> mythweb but that fails and does nothing. I am aware of the 
> mythtv.find_orphans script, but from what I can tell it just removes 
> the orphaned recordings from the recorded table. If I do that will the 
> shows still be in the previously recorded table and thus will not 
> record when they are aired again? Will the find orphans script work 
> for me. Or is there some manual way of removing these from the 
> previously recorded table?

myth.find_orphans worked great for me after I patched it to allow 
re-record.  I posted my patch in ticket 4677 and it has been committed, 
but you need to be running trunk to get it.  The patch should work 
against fixes if you want to download and apply manually.  I also added 
a dryrun option so you can see what it is going to do before it does it.

Link to thread about this: 
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/316801#316801
Link to ticket: http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/4677

HTH,
David