[mythtv-users] Lost Recordings and Database

[Bill Meek]

On 1/10/23 16:56, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 10/01/2023 20:53, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
>> Hoi Simon,
>>
>> Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 9:20:27 PM, you wrote:
>>
>>> Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> The helpful replies so far (especially how this can be achieved using
>>>> the API) are suggesting how to remove knowledge of the missing
>>>> recordings from the database so that they may be recorded again in the
>>>> future.
>>>>
>>>> They do not go as far as creating a recording rule for each missing
>>>> recording so that they are automatically recorded when next broadcast.
>>>> Is this what you are after?
>>
>>> I was thinking along the same lines as I have “a few” missing files
>>> after a self inflicted loss of a recordings directory a few years
>>> ago. But I’ve never had enough impetus to sit down and create new
>>> recording rules for them (quite a few were “find and record one
>>> showing” rules which self-delete after a successful recording).
>>
>>> Simon
>>
>> I guess you mean "Record this showing" If you select "Record One
>> showing" the rule stays active and would in theory be able to
>> rerecord.
>>
> Nope. If you schedule, as I do, using mythweb, one of the options is, indeed, "Find and record one showing of this title."
> 

The attached is old, but it still works. The OP can try it with:

   add_recording_rule.py --host localhost --title='CSI: Vegas'

and it will say what would happen (but do nothing). Adding the
We Really Mean It switch (--wrmi) will actually create the
rule.

It uses the Services API and it could be a template for what
needs to be done here.

These can be selected from the command line:

TYPES = (
     "Single Record",
     "Record All",
     "Record One",
     "Record Daily",
     "Record Weekly",
)

Start with: add_recording_rule.py --help

-- 
Bill
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