[mythtv-users] Deleted recordings in limbo after upgrade to 0.25

[Michael Watson]

On 7/10/2012 1:44 AM, Dave Brown wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 6:09 PM, <cats22 at comcast.net 
> <mailto:cats22 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     On 05/14/2012 12:32 PM, cats22 wrote:
>     >> On 05/14/2012 11:18 AM, cats22 wrote:
>     >>> Before my upgrade from 0.24 to 0.25 the default storage group
>     was 95%
>     >>> used, but about 50% of it was deleted recordings. I use the
>     option of
>     >>> keeping deleted recordings until the space is needed.
>     >>>
>     >>> After upgrade, two days later I noticed there was nothing
>     showing in
>     >>> the deleted group in the frontend. I also noticed that newly
>     deleted
>     >>> recordings showed in the deleted group for about 5 minutes then
>     >>> disappeared.
>     >>>
>     >>> I checked mythweb and saw that there were about 160 deleted
>     recordings
>     >>> showing there.
>     >>>
>     >>> I changed the frontend setting for how long to keep deleted
>     recordings
>     >>> from 0 to -1 so that future deleted recordings are kept until
>     space is
>     >>> required.
>     >>>
>     >>> Now the default storage group is 80% used and still there are
>     some 160
>     >>> recordings showing as deleted in MythWeb but none showing as
>     deleted
>     >>> in the front end.
>     >>>
>     >>> Since the usage went from 95% to 80% it must have purged some
>     but not
>     >>> all of the deleted recordings.
>     >>>
>     >>> How do I get the 160 deleted recordings to show in the
>     frontend, in
>     >>> sync with MythWeb, and how to I get it to save those 160 deleted
>     >>> recordings until space is needed?
>     >> In Watch Recordings, if you hit MENU (once or twice, as
>     required), then
>     >> Change Group Filter, does it list "Deleted" as an available
>     recording
>     >> group?  If so, select that and you should see the deleted
>     recordings.
>     >
>     > Yes "Deleted" is an available recording group. When I select
>     that I see only 1 recording, this is one I deleted after setting
>     the >"time to keep deleted recordings" to -1. The other 160 or so
>     deleted recordings do not show there, but they do show in >MythWeb.
>
>
>     >OK, then what do you mean by "MythWeb"?  Which area?  The "Recorded
>     >Programs" page?  Or are you saying that the backend status page
>     (which
>     >has nothing to do with MythWeb, but is also available in MythWeb)
>     lists
>     >a lot of "Space Used by Deleted Recordings"?
>
>     >Mike
>
>     Sorry about the quoting, I am using a web client which does not
>     seem to handle it.
>
>     In Mythweb, "Recorded Programs" page, there is a drop down list
>     where you can select the recording group. It has options for "all
>     recordings", "default" and "deleted".
>
>     When I select "deleted" I see some 160 programs listed. As I
>     mentioned originally, these do not show in the front end when I
>     select the "deleted" group there.
>
>     I am not sure what the backend status page says now. Before
>     conversion it was showing some 50 GB available on each drive. I
>     have altogether around 3 Terabytes spread over three drives.
>
>     Peter
>
>
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>
> Sorry to revive such an old thread but im having the same issue. This 
> started in 0.25 and continues in 0.26. In mythweb>recorded 
> programs>deleted programs is about 384 recordings.  However, in the 
> frontend there is only 1 which ive just deleted.  Space on my 1TB 
> drive is almost full and I can access the recordings from mythweb.
> Does anyone have any ideas??
>

Just a thought.  Have you tried the flush_deleted_recgroup.pl ??

It lives at "/usr/share/doc/mythtv-backend/contrib/maintenance/" on a 
uBuntu system.