[mythtv-users] This program was previously recorded... but it wasn't!

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Nov 22 05:20:33 UTC 2006


On 11/21/2006 03:36 PM, Jeff Simpson wrote:
> So lately myth has been failing to record the things I want to see,
> telling me that "This program was previously recorded and is still
> available in the list of recordings". This is not true, since these
> are new showings, and they are not in the list of recordings.
>
> For example, Heroes last night wasn't going to record, and now House
> isn't set to record. I set duplicate check to be 'None", thinking that
> it would prevent it from even checking if there was one recorded
> already.
>
> While adjusting the settings on MythWeb (changing duplicate check
> method and where to check for duplicates), I was able to make it
> record. When I change the settings back to what they were initially,
> it doesn't disable the recording.
>
> This has happened a few times now, and I'm lost for what it could be.
> Maybe my "previously recorded" database is screwy? Anybody know where
> I can look in the logs for information? thanks

Make sure you run optimize_mythdb.pl (and set it to run in a daily cron 
job) to fix any database errors.

Mike


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