[mythtv-users] Sudden issue with failed video scans

Karl Newman newmank1 at asme.org
Fri Nov 1 05:10:20 UTC 2013


On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 6:30 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>wrote:

> On 10/31/2013 9:08 PM, Mark wrote:
>
>> I'm suddenly having this issue:
>>
>> When trying to scan for changes on videos,
>> I am getting an error that i didn't before a day ago.
>>
>> "failed to scan sg video hosts
>>   - my backend hostname -
>> if they no longer exist please delete them"
>>
>> I have seen some postings about this being common on a move to a new
>> backend, but this is on a current stable 0.27 install and no changes have
>> been made, not in any directories, or the mythconverg db.  I've added video
>> files, but the scan doesn't complete and the new videos are not available
>> for viewing.
>>
>> The ONLY thing I can think of that happened lately is a power failure (my
>> kid turned off the server) but i haven't had any trouble getting it running
>> again, only this one weird error.
>>
>> Any hints where to start looking?
>>
>
> Did your hostname somehow change?
>

Possible database corruption due to the shutdown? Try running
optimize_mythdb.pl (check the mythtv contrib/maintenance directory).

Karl
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