Save reoccuring recordings when deleting old channels

[dshoup]

I'm trying to get rid of some old channels that still show in all areas of GBPVR (I've removed them from the TV guide, but the still are shown in the digital mapping when configuring capture sources and some other places in GBPVR). I was planning to do this by deleting all 3 capture sources based on Sub's suggestions (http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=40946). However, doing this deletes all my reoccurring recordings...a real problem this time of year as many of these do not currently appear in the EPG because we are not in the active TV season so I can not even re-program them manually.

I saw suggestions for getting around this here (http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=29008), but it does not seem to work for me...I still lose all the reoccurring recordings (perhaps I'm doing something wrong...I empty the EPG via command line, open the config utility and delete the tuners, close then reopen the config utility, reinstall the tuner, update the epg via the tuner configuration screen, then map digital channels, then close the config utility and open PVRX2 and use the system utility to update...should I do this differently).

I've even tried exporting the old database's RECORDING_SCHEDULE table with SQLite Browser as a cvs and then reimporting into the new database (deleting and reconfiguring the tuners)...but then I can not even enter the Recordings utility in PVRx2 (I'm guessing there is either a formatting issue or the ID numbers fail to match other tables in the database).

Is there a better way to get rid of these extra channels without losing these reoccurring recordings? Anyone have suggestions?

[philly_phenom]

I always have to delete my capture sources when comcast moves everything around.

To keep your recuring recordings, before clobbering everything, export your recordings to an xml file (you can do this from the plugins tab in the config ap)

After this, you can delete all your capture sources (I always just copy empty.db3 over top of gbpvr.db3) & set everything up from scratch.

Once you've finished all your tweaking, import your recordings from the file you saved at the beginning & then do a guide update.

[dshoup]

Boy...you talk about a guy making things harder than they need to be.... Thanks...worked like a charm. I did not realize the export/import recordings handled more than just the things that were already recorded in the past. Thanks again!