[mythtv-users] Entry missing from Recordings list

[Michael T. Dean]

On 11/22/2013 02:57 AM, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:55:25 -0500, you wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a predicament where Myth 0.26 recorded a show, but did not
>> create an entry in the recordings list.  Is there an easy way to
>> insert an entry into the recordings list?  The myth.rebuilddb.pl
>> script does not appear to be included with 0.26 and I'm getting a
>> "Can't locate Time/Format.pm" error when running
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Myth.rebuilddb.pl

FWIW, you shouldn't use that as it's know to put in bad information and 
not put in all required information.  Watch Recordings is a place where 
recordings made by MythTV--and information inserted by MythTV about 
those recordings--is stored.

>> I believe the problem arose because we were watching the show on
>> livetv using tuner 2 while the same program was being recorded by
>> tuner 1.  As a result, I have a temporary file of the show in a livetv
>> directory and another file in a television directory.  Mythcommflag
>> successfully scans the file, so I'm presuming that there are some
>> entries for the recording in the database, however it's not visible in
>> the menu or through mythweb.
>>
>> Thoughts?
> Have you checked what your group filter is set to?  Media Library>
> Watch Recordings>  M (or remote Menu key)>  Change Group Filter.  I
> think if you have it set to Default instead of All Programs, the
> LiveTV recordings will not be listed.  I do not have any LiveTV
> recordings at the moment, but I think that when I do, there is also a
> LiveTV filter setting that shows up in the list to select.
>
> In 0.27, the group filter setting is visible at the top of the list of
> programs, which I find very useful, having several times been hunting
> for a missing program because of a wrong group filter setting.

Yes, the problem is almost definitely that the recording was put in the 
"wrong" recording group (Live TV) due to a known bug that occurs when 
watching a show in Live TV that's also being recording.  MythTV will 
/never/ create a recording file and "forget" to create a database 
entry.  Also, if you still have the file, that means there's still 
metadata for it in the database, so it's just a matter of finding it.  
And, if you don't find it in the Live TV group, check Deleted.

So, just switch to the Live TV (or Deleted)recording group, find the 
show, then MENU|Storage Options|Change Recording Group.

If that doesn't work, the supported approach is not to cram information 
into the database to put that recording into Watch Recordings, but to 
move it (that video file) and any others you want kept with it into the 
area of MythTV that allows you to manage files/file names--the Video 
Library.

Mike