[mythtv-users] Cannot edit after manual entry in recorded table

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/25/2006 01:44 PM, Michael Sherman wrote:
> I had a recording that was deleted through auto-expire accidentally  
> (forgot to turn it off for this important show), so I had to go  
> through a whole series of trials, but I ended up getting a Myth  
> recording of the show through the use of the manual recording  
> option.  So, using a backup of my mythconverg database, I was able to  
> re-insert the entries in the recorded and the recordedprogram tables  
> (which had the proper title, description, etc).  I then moved  
> the .mpg to the proper filename.  I can play the file just fine now,  
> and it shows up in the correct group with the rest of the shows from  
> this series.  All of that is good.
>
> However, when I went to try to cut out the commercials, I hit 'e' but  
> nothing happened.  So, is there some default entry I need to make in  
> the recordedmarkup table?  Am I missing something else that I should  
> have done to manually insert this recording?
>
> Thanks for any tips.

Run

mythcommflag --rebuild

on the file.

Also, for next time, you don't need to do a manual recording.  Assuming 
duplicate checking was the reason it wouldn't record again, you can just 
remove the episode from your Previously Recorded list using the 
frontend's Previously Recorded page...  It's much safer than editing the 
database directly (and easier, too!).

Mike