[mythtv-users] Can't use 'delete and allow rerecord' for recordings when the file is missing

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/20/2009 11:21 PM, jarpublic at gmail.com wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Michael T. Dean
> <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>   
>> On 02/20/2009 09:11 PM, jarpublic at gmail.com wrote:
>>     
>>> I lost all of my recordings, but that is a story in another thread. I
>>> want to clear out all of the recordings from the database now, so that
>>> when they come on again they will be recorded rather being skipped
>>> because mythtv thinks they are previously recorded. My plan was to
>>> select them in the watch recordings and the choose 'delete and allow
>>> rerecord'. However, my only option for recordings with the source file
>>> missing is 'delete'. I tried using the 'delete+record' option in
>>> mythweb but that fails and does nothing. I am aware of the
>>> mythtv.find_orphans script, but from what I can tell it just removes
>>> the orphaned recordings from the recorded table. If I do that will the
>>> shows still be in the previously recorded table and thus will not
>>> record when they are aired again? Will the find orphans script work
>>> for me. Or is there some manual way of removing these from the
>>> previously recorded table?
>>>       
>> Hit Delete, then in the "Are you sure" prompt, choose "Yes, Delete and
>> allow re-record."
> I couldn't get the allow re-record to work when the source files
> weren't present. I made a playlist of all the recordings, then I used
> the playlist options to choose delete and allow re-record. It let me
> select it but it had no effect.

Yeah, delete through a playlist won't work if the files don't exist.  I
plan to "fix" this one day.

>  The same thing happened when I did it
> in mythweb.