[mythtv-users] How to remove name-changed recording from the database?

[John Pilkington]

On 24/06/10 09:55, John Pilkington wrote:
> Hi:  I have sometimes renamed a recording to remind me that it was
> imperfect. Later I have used the Watch Recordings screen to delete it.
> The file goes away but its new name is still shown, with the messages
> 'There are no recordings in your current view' and 'There are no
> recordings in this display group'. Deleting then does nothing.
>
> I've tried to apply Mike's 'long and involved process' for Orphans,
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/428508#428508
>
> but without success - I haven't, for example, seen a Deleted group,
> although I have one defined - with no regex entry - in frontend setup.
>
> Any suggestions? Running current ATrpms 0.23-fixes 25138
>
> TIA
>
> John P

I'm afraid I was mistaken here: I thought the recording files had been 
deleted, but MythArchive identifies them and can build them into a DVD. 
  I just can't get at them through Watch Recordings.  I'd like to clear 
up the database confusion somehow!