[mythtvnz] Undeletable recordings

[Paulgir]

On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 11:02:20 +1200, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Paulgir <paulgir at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:07:51 +1200, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Paulgir <paulgir at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:51:07 +1200, Stephen Worthington
>>>> <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 11:04:48 +1200, you wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Folks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have found a few of my earliest recordings won't delete using the
>>>>>> menu
>>>>>> 'Delete Forever" option.I prefer to delete this way for
>>>>>>
>>>>>> recordings I am done with, rather than wait for expiry.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They disappear from the Deleted items view for a minute or so and  
>>>>>> then
>>>>>> reappear.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it ok to delete the files from the recordings folder manually?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You can, but you need to fixup the database.  There is a nice script
>>>>> here:
>>>>>
>>>>>   http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Find_orphans.py
>>>>>
>>>>> that does the job for 0.24 and 0.25.
>>>>>
>>>>> But you might like to first check the permissions on the files that
>>>>> will not delete.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What exactly does find_orphans.py do?
>>>> I have run it in the past and it didn't seem to do anything.
>>>
>>>
>>> It finds lists of orphaned recordings (ie in the database but no
>>> corresponding file) and orphaned files (file exists but corresponding
>>> db entry) and gives you a chance to delete them,
>>
>>
>> So does it output a list in terminal or create a text file?
>> When I ran it'I did not seem to get any response.Maybe there weren't any
>> orphans to report
>
> It is entirely command line based. Are you on 0.24 or 0.25? Maybe it
> doesn't work with 0.25?
>
> Anyway your problem is likely to be ownership or permissions with the
> files concerned. Fix that and you should be able to delete them in the
> normal way.
>
> _______________________________________________
I'm on 0.25.I issued the command in the F2 run dialogue with the "run in  
terminal box checked ,if I remember correctly.
I will try to run it directly in terminal.