[mythtv-users] Non-existant Videos in MythVideo Database

[John Pilkington]

On 21/02/15 10:44, Dave Pearson (Lists) wrote:
>     -----Original message-----
>     *From:*	Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>

>     As I recall the way to get the video scan to work is to move the
>     Video Storage
>     Directory to a temporary empty directory and scan. This should reset
>     the
>     database info. Now move the directory back and rescan and it should
>     pick up
>     everything.
>
>     --
>
>     Mike Perkins
>

> Hi Mike,
>
> It's a good suggestion, which I've just tried - renamed
> /media/myth/video to /media/myth/video_old and created an empty
> /media/myth/video, then ran a scan from the frontend on this new, empty,
> folder and every video was removed except the troublesome, non-existant
> videos, that DEFINITELY are not in the empty video folder.
>
> It's really quit odd.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave.

I believe the video directories can be defined either within mythtvsetup 
(for storage groups) or within the frontend setup screens.  Is there 
confusion here?  Might Mythweb be implicated too?

John