[mythtv-users] Question about using backup myth mysql dumps...

[stuart]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 11/22/2009 10:34 PM, stuart wrote:
>> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>> On 11/22/2009 07:41 PM, Nick Rout wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Michael T. Dean  wrote:
>>>>> On 11/22/2009 12:28 PM, stuart wrote: 
>>>>>> In my hast, I have created a bunch of orphaned recordings (100+).
>>>>>> Information about them still exists in the old mythtv data base, 
>>>>>> but I
>>>>>> think putting the old mythtv data base back into mysql would be a
>>>>>> mistake as the data base dump is months old. So, I've come to the
>>>>>> conclusion the best thing to do is wade through the recordings, 
>>>>>> rename
>>>>>> the keepers to something a human can read and place them into a 
>>>>>> mythtv
>>>>>> video directory.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, I can't help but think it might be possible to still use the
>>>>>> old mythtv data base dump to rename these files to something a human
>>>>>> can read!  (That would be waaaay faster then spot checking them with
>>>>>> video player!)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone have ideas on how to do this (i.e. use an old mysql data base
>>>>>> dump to rename mythtv recordings)?
>>>>>>       
>>>>> I'd argue that it would be better, easier, and you'd retain more and
>>>>> better information if you restored the old database, then went through
>>>>> and deleted all the shows whose files are missing.
>>>>>     
>>>>
>>>> But what about shows that have been added into the database since the
>>>> old database was backed up?
>>>
>>> Don't you have a current database you can just back up?
>>
>> Why yes, but ... I don't remember seeing any mythtv howto's on merging 
>> old and new data base dumps.
>>
>> Also, (didn't want to bore you) I have cleaned up the recording rules 
>> a fair bit since the old data base dump (seams a lot of people were 
>> just pressing "record" in the program listings creating multiple rules 
>> for the same shows!).
>>
>> A friend suggested there might be a way to harvest each orphaned 
>> recording's information from the old data base and use "INSERT" to 
>> place the information into the new data base.  It is trivial to create 
>> a clean list of orphaned recording files.  What I don't know is how to 
>> extract from the old dump and insert into the new.
> 
> So the orphans are orphaned files for which someone deleted your 
> database metadata?
> 
> Mike

Yes,
I most likely ran myth.find_orphans.pl w/the 
delete-data-base-entry-if-you-cant-find-a-file option and somehow erased 
the data base entries of 100+ files. Since then I have spent time 
cleaning up my recording rules plus now there are 2 months of fresh 
recordings in the data base. I find it tantalizing that information 
still exists for these orphaned recordings in older data base dumps. 
But I am not sure how to selectively move each recording's information 
forward into the new data base.