[mythtv-users] Archive some recordings to other drive

Greg greg12866 at nycap.rr.com
Sun Jul 11 17:36:00 UTC 2010


On 07/11/2010 12:22 PM, mythtv at derdev.com wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:33:09 -0700, Alan Murrell<lists at murrell.ca>  wrote:
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>> On 07/11/2010 07:02 AM, mythtv at derdev.com wrote:
>>      
>>> Is there a tool that does this within Mythtv?  If not, what's an
>>> appropriate maneuver?
>>>        
>> Couldn't you manually move the MPEG file (or whatever format you record
>> in) to the drive containing your drive with your movie/video files, and
>> rename it appropriately?  The "TVDB" plugin should be able to grab the
>> metadata for it to enter into the database, and so you have the
>> description, plot summary, cover picture, etc.
>>
>> -Alan
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> What's the appropriate method to delete the Recordings entry if I move the
> .mpg?
> Does Myth check that the .mpg must exist before it removes the database
> record?  If not, then it really *is* that simple, right?
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You can copy the recording to it's new destination,then delete in the 
normal way.. I believe also there is a find orphan script.. I think most 
of the maintenance scripts have been moved out of contrib to the mythtv 
wiki..



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