[mythtv-users] recordings restored from backup, how to fix database?

[Ryan Patterson]

On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 7:45 PM Phill Edwards <philledwards at gmail.com> wrote:
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> ryan.goat at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> My mythtv recordings partition was irrecoverably corrupted.  But I
>> have a backup from six months ago.  I don't have a corresponding
>> database backup.  So I want to align the existing database to match
>> the recordings on the HDD.
>>
>> Any HDD recording or DB entry that doesn't have a corresponding DB
>> entry or HDD recording should be deleted.  That is all I need and I'll
>> be happy.
>>
>> I remember there used to be a "fix myth database" script.  Has that
>> been maintained?  Would it do what I need to do?
>
>
> Is this what you were thinking of?
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Find_orphans.py

Yes.  That is the exact script I was talking about.  Thank you.
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Ryan Patterson
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