[mythtv-users] Entry missing from Recordings list

[Stephen Worthington]

On Sat, 23 Nov 2013 07:34:31 -0600, you wrote:

>On 11/23/2013 7:25 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> 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
>How does one move recordings to the Video Library?

Just move the recording file to a directory that is in the video
library instead of one that is in the recordings storage groups.  You
should also rename the file to whatever you like to reflect what is in
it.

The video library can be set up to have storage groups (which are
accessible from all frontends), or it can be set up for direct access
to directories via the normal filesystems.  The latter is necessary
when you have some files that will not play in mythfrontend and you
need to have an alternate player program (such as mplayer) set up to
play them.  I think it is possible to have both setups at the same
time if you need to.  As I have only combined backend/frontend setups,
I am not sure if each frontend can have the direct filesystem access
defined separately for it, or whether you have to set up the
filesystem on each frontend to have the same paths to the files.