[mythtv] How to watch old recordings after upgrading to svn?

[Michael T. Dean]

Ashley Bostock wrote:

>I've upgraded from 0.18 fixes branch to svn revision 7626, programs I've
>recorded tonight are playing fine but all old recordings are a bit messed
>up.
>
>Using mythfrontend no 0.18 recorded programs will play and none of them show
>previews in the watch recordings screen, where as all the svn recordings are
>working fine. Using mythweb if I go to the recorded programs page it takes
>about 5mins to show the page and when it does "most" of my old recordings
>are listed under the date of "Thu Jan 1, 1970" and with no preview image. I
>have only 3 out of 29 of the old recordings showing under the correct date
>with a preview.
>
>I know recordings for dvb are now stored with the mpg extension and in a
>different name format, so do I need to run some form of update script to fix
>up my 0.18 recording names and their db entries?
>  
>
That's done automatically by Myth when you start the newer version.

Are you running the same version of Myth for the frontend and backend 
and plugins (including MythWeb) (even if it's a combined 
frontend/backend, this could be an issue).

Mike