[mythtv-users] How do I remove all recordings from the database?

[Nick Morrott]

On 27 July 2017 at 10:33, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 08:35:26 +0100, you wrote:
>
>>Is it as easy as "DELETE FROM recorded;" and then remove all the mpg and
>>png files from mythtv/recorded?
>>
>>Any other data to tidy up?
>
> Yes, lots.  For example, the recordedprogram and recordedseek tables.
> There are probably others.  If you want to delete everything, I know
> of no easy way of doing it.  Deleting all recordings of one program is
> easy - just add them to a playlist and the delete from the playlist
> menu.

To delete *all* recordings from the Watch Recordings playlist
(0.27-fixes/MythCenter theme):

i) select the All Programmes group -> menu -> add to playlist
ii) menu ->playlist options->delete->yes

Depending on your expiration settings, you might want to repeat this
after showing the Deleted programmes group to delete-from-disk
everything immediately.

Cheers,
Nick