[mythtv-users] HELP: HD died will need to delete all recordings

[Tom Dexter]

On 10/23/18, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 10/22/2018 10:47 PM, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>> On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 21:15:36 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>>> Damn...one of the drives in my backend died so I'll loose all my
>>> recordings.
>>>
>>> Is there some shortcut to effectively do a delete and allow re-record
>>> on everything? I have a LOT there and will really need this.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Tom
>> Delete yes, re-record no, not that I know of.  For deleting recordings
>> that have missing recording files, use the "find_orphans.py" script:
>>
>> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Find_orphans.py
>
> find_orphans.py automatically deletes and _allows_ re-record, but you
> are correct that it will not create new rules to record the shows that
> are deleted (nor will any other mechanism for deletion). Any existing
> rules the cover the shows that get deleted will result in re-recording
> of the episodes.  However rules that no longer exist (i.e. "this
> showing" or "find and record once" or ... rules) will need to be created
> again.  Generally, though, those one-off rules tend to be for
> "opportunistic" recording of something less important, so probably
> aren't too much of a concern.
>
> Mike

Thanks for the clarification! Yea, that sounds fine. I'm not looking
to have it re-record anything where we used "record only this showing"
or the like, so that's fine. Thanks again.

Tom