[mythtv-users] find_orphans.py not working as expected

[Gary Raposo]

On 2020-05-13 2:30 p.m., Bill Meek wrote:
> On 5/13/20 12:58 PM, Gary Raposo wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> During this extended period of physical distancing, I decided to 
>> rebuild my MythTV system. Overall it was a fairly smooth process and 
>> I'm now running MythTV 31 (installed from the RPM Fusion repo) on 
>> Fedora 31. Everything seems to be working as expected except for 
>> find_orphans.py. On my previous system I was using the old 
>> myth.find_orphans.pl so this is my first experience with 
>> find_orphans.py. My ultimate goal is to schedule find_orphans.py to 
>> run on a regular basis so that it will send an email if it encounters 
>> any issues.
>>
>> I've copied the code from https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Find_orphans.py 
>> (find_orphans.py (for v31+)) and it runs but the results are a little 
>> confusing. Basically find_orphans.py returns every single recording 
>> as "Recordings with missing files".
>>
>> $ ./find_orphans.py
>> Recordings with missing files
>> ...
>>    odysseus: Saturday Night Live - SNL At 
>> Home                                10201_20200510032700.ts
>> ...
>> Count:         127
>> Please select from the following
>>   1. Delete orphaned recording entries
>>   2. Refresh list
>>  >
>>
>> I can confirm that the relevant files are in the recordings directory 
>> (e.g., 10201_20200510032700.ts). I can see and play the recording via 
>> mythfrontend as well as mythweb. Everything seems to be in order 
>> except for the find_orphans.py output.
>>
>> Is anyone else having issues with find_orphans.py? I'm not proficient 
>> with Python so looking for any tips, tricks, or guidance on how to 
>> get find_orphans.py working.
>
> "Works for me". Begin guess mode.
>
> New host (and/or new hostname)? What do these return:
>
>   curl --header 'Accept:application/json' localhost:6544/Myth/GetHostName
>   hostname
>
> As to scheduling, the program is interactive (so you must say yes to 
> things to be deleted.)
>
Good point about the interactive model. I may have to rethink the 
scheduling bit. I'd still like to be able to run find_orphans.py 
manually at the very least.

The output of those commands look good:

$ curl --header 'Accept:application/json' localhost:6544/Myth/GetHostName
{"String": "odysseus"}
$ hostname
odysseus

Gary