[mythtv-users] Accidental DB Overwrite

Thomas Mashos thomas at mashos.com
Tue Sep 1 20:38:15 UTC 2015


On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 1:30 PM Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hoi Jason,
>
> Tuesday, September 1, 2015, 10:10:59 PM, you wrote:
>
> > So I just realized this afternoon that my DB got overwrote.  I thought my
> > backups were running but apparently they were not.  So my recordings
> > currently only show up to Aug 25.  So everything thats recorded over the
> > last 6 days doesn't show up.  Is there a way to have myth rescan the
> > current recordings storage and attempt to do a repair of the recordings?
> > BTW I have since fixed my DB backup and its back to running at full steam
> > once again.  Thank you all in advance for your help with this.
>
> You're best bet is importing them in the video database. You'll have
> to identify what file is what, rename them to a name recognizable by the
> video module (movie name or series name plus season episode) and place
> them in your video directory.
>
> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>
> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
> Het eeuwige dilemma
> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>
> De lerende Mens
>
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This made me wonder, how many days of past program data is kept. If the
program data is there, it would seem feasible to be able to match when a
recording took place on what channel and pull the correct data from it.
-- 
Thomas Mashos
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