[mythtv-users] I am an idiot - deleted everything without DB backup - a question...

[Michael T. Dean]

On 09/07/2007 08:42 AM, Bruce Nordstrand wrote:
> Yup, I am an idiot. Rebuilding 3 Myth machines by moving hardware around 
> etc, in my haste I reinstalled the based system over the top of the old 
> one....*before* I backup up my database. All my recordings are fine, 
> just the DB has been nuked. My question is....
>
> Once I have repopulated the listings lineup, is myth.rebuilddatabase.pl 
> the right thing I should be using to put the recordings back into the DB?
>   

Yes, if you feel doing so is really worthwhile.  You'll have to type in
the start time, end time, title, subtitle (episode title), description,
... for /every/ single recording.  If it were me, I'd just stick them
all into MythVideo (and perhaps remove those shows from Previously
Recorded), so that re-runs get re-recorded (at which point they could be
deleted from MythVideo).

> Just goes to show, no matter how much of a hurry you are in, always 
> backup first......

Definitely.  I actually have a DB backup command in my master backend's
shutdown script.  That way, I don't forget.  :)

Mike