[mythtvnz] Some recordings refuse to be deleted

[Paulgir]

On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:06:46 +1300, Steve Hodge <stevehodge at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 15:57, Paulgir <paulgir at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Some of the files seem to be owned by root and in the root group
>> I changed the group to mythtv but can't change the owner.
>> This did not help.I deleted the files in the file manager but can't find
>>  Find_orphans.py - where does that usually hide?
>>
>
> An alternative to changing the owner is to change permissions, e.g. chmod
> 777 <filename>.
>
> If you've deleted the files then deleting the recording in MythTV should
> remove the database entry even though it can't find the recording file to
> delete.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve

I found find_orphans.py on mythtv.org copied it into a text editor and  
saved it in
the home directory.Tried to run it after making it executable - it didn't  
appear to do anything.
I tried deleting the files in Mythtv that I deleted in the file manager -  
the entries reappear
in the list as before.They no longer play when I select them though.