[mythtv-users] Scan does not work

[Mike Holden]

On 17 January 2017 at 11:47, James Linder <jam at tigger.ws> wrote:

>
> > On 17 Jan 2017, at 8:18 am, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
> >
> >> I?m using the (suse) distro rpm, which says very little: mythbackend
> version:  [v0.28] www.mythtv.org
> >>
> >> I have scanned my videos in the past. I renamed some to show season and
> episode. I rescaned with
> >> mythutils ?scanvideos on the backend machine.
> >> On various frontends the videos have kept the old name.
> >> I dump the database and can see the new names, so scan did do
> *something*.
> >>
> >> Poking around
> >>
> >> select title,filename from videometadata;
> >> +---------------------------------------+-------------------
> --------------------+
> >> | title                                 | filename
>         |
> >> +---------------------------------------+-------------------
> --------------------+
> >> | DMCatsNSharks1                        | DMCatsNSharks5_7.avi
>         |
> >> | DMCtlAltDel15                         | DMCtlAltDel157_5.avi
>         |
> >> | DMDoctorIsOut16                       | DMDoctorIsOut7_8.avi
>         |
> >> | DMEducation14                         | DMEducation7_4.avi
>         |
> >> | etc etc
> >> +---------------------------------------+???????????????????+
> >>
> >> So the TITLE is the original name
> >> and FILENAME is the current name
> >>
> >> what is going on?
> >> Can the scan be dropped and scan done again?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> James
> >
> > IIRC a video scan will not update unless the file's hash value changes.
> >
> > Scan an empty directory, then rescan the real one.  But I don't know if
> > your renames will survive.
>
> Yup that makes sense of the above - thanks
>
> I tried a test case, I can fiddle the title then play or delete, that
> seems simpler than scan with bells (empty directory, then files again etc)


Alternatively, if it's just a small number of videos, Press I (Info), then
choose the Video Info button (not sure of exact name, not at a Myth just
now), then choose the Reset button. This will clear out the info, and you
can then refresh the info for that video (I use the W button to trigger
this, but not sure whether I configured that key myself, or whether it is
standard mapping).
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