[mythtv-users] undeletable missing recordings

[Michael T. Dean]

On 08/28/06 21:15, Robert May wrote:

>On 8/28/06, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>On Aug 28, 2006, at 6:02 PM, Robert May wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,  I have a few entries in my recorded shows list but the files seem
>>>to have gone missing.  I can't just delete these from the list though.
>>> I try but they come back.  How can I delete these?
>>>
>>touch /path/to/recorded/files/filename_of_missing_file
>>
>>Then delete.
>>
>>However, you should be able to delete by going into recorded
>>programs, selecting the program and quickly right-arrowing to the
>>options to delete it.
>>

With relatively-recent 0.19-fixes (r10505 and above, from mid-July) or, 
soon, with 0.20, you can delete the show normally from Watch 
Recordings/Delete Recordings.

>> I noticed that MythWeb won't delete the
>>recording from the database if it can't find the file to remove. Not
>>sure if this is a bug or not.
>>    
>>

Not a bug.  That's the desired behavior--at least until someone does an 
enhancement to add a confirmation prompt.

>I thought I could do the quick select and delete thing but apparently
>I'm not the fastest clicker in the west.
>

It's actually not so much being fast as knowing the exact sequence of 
events that cause it to become unselectable.  However, your upgrading to 
a more recent revision will probably take less time than reading about 
how to do a delete.

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/188846#188846
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/187842#187842
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/188566#188566

>  How do I figure out the file
>name? Mythweb links these to
>"http://192.168.1.2/mythweb/data/recordings/file not found"
>
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/194780#194780

Mike