[mythtv-users] WAF through the floor, with lost database!

[Paul Gardiner]

tortise <tortise at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>On 31/12/2013 12:00 p.m., Paul Gardiner wrote:
>> So the dreaded disaster has happened, so now how can I populate
>> mythtv's recordings from all the orphaned files I have. I realise
>> the best I can probably do is make names from channel, date and
>> time, but what tables would I need to update to do so? I'm guessing
>> there are some risks involved if you don't ensure consistency
>> between the various tables.
>>
>> Also, given that I have another separate mythtv system that has
>> been running mythfilldatabase relentlessly for years,
>> is there any way I might turn channels, dates and times back into
>> titles? I'd imagine that past listing info is forgotten, but
>> I've never looked so, just wondering.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>      Paul.
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>Did you put your database backups on a data drive??? (!)


I did, but that wasn't the problem. Somehow mythconverg_backup generated a less than 1k file containing just a few headers, with no actual data, and I noticed only when I came to restore. :-(