[mythtv-users] Video insertion to match schedule database

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Pete Ashdown <pashdown at xmission.com> wrote:
> Forgive me if this has been answered before.  After much searching, I
> haven't been able to find an exact answer.
>
> I want to pull MPEG files from another device and insert them into the
> MythTV database & storage with channel and recorded time, so it will
> properly correspond to the downloaded SchedulesDirect schedule, as if the
> inserted video had been recorded by mythtv-backend itself.  I'd also like to
> have them commskipped.  Is this possible and if so, how?

I have seen scripts to do similar things, but matching to the schedule
will be difficult if it is somewhat after the event, although popular
sites like thetvdb.com have 'original air date' in their database.