[mythtv-users] Wipe MythVideo metadata?

[Phil Bridges]

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
>> On 8/8/2012 10:41, Phil Bridges wrote:
>>>
>>> What's the preferred method to wipe all MythVideo metadata?  I have
>>> many erroneous entries in there, and I'd just like to start from
>>> scratch.
>>
>>
>> Move your videos out of a directory defined in the 'Videos' storage group,
>> or remove your videos directory from the 'Videos' storage group.  Scan for
>> content.  Revert the setting.  Scan again.
>>
>
> Here's what I did:
>
> 1) took out my existing directories in the "Videos" storage group
> 2) added a "temp" directory to my "videos" storage group
> 3) opened mythfrontend, and scanned for changes
>
> The result is that I still have all of the videos available, but now
> most of them don't have coverart associated with them.  I can still
> select the video to play.
>
> As a side note, I do myth-setup over VNC.  I noticed that now (all of
> a sudden) when I drill down through menus, I can't use my keyboard to
> select.  For instance, on the opening mythtv-setup screen, I can use
> my cursor  keys to select "Storage Groups", and I use "Enter" to
> select.  When I get to the Storage Groups page, though, I can no
> longer use my keyboard.  My mouse works for selection, but I can't
> directly type in the box to enter my storage group directory (I added
> the directory through mysql).

OK - even weirder.  I did all of the above from the frontend that
resides on my backend server.  I just went to a remote frontend, and
it lists no videos.  On the other hand, my backend's frontend still
ists a lot of videos (but not all of them).  What gives?