PVRX2 command line switch for config.xml

[Scifidude]

I'm using a laptop as a client. (1.4.7)

Occasionally, if I'm going out of town for a few days, I file transfer several shows I may want to watch from my PVR server to the laptop's Video Library folder so I can play them locally, without being connected to the server.

In order to do this I need to redo the configuration by unchecking "Configure this machine to act as a client", otherwise PVRX2 crashes when it starts up because the server doesn't exist. When I return home and want to use the laptop as a client again I have to redo the configuration again.

I looked at the command line options in the wiki and didn't see any that appeared to be able to set the path to the config.xml file.

I believe it would be worthwhile to have a "-config path\to\config.xml" command line switch. That way we could create shortcuts to start PVRX2 using different config settings.

This would also be of benefit if you're trying to solve a problem by changing the config. You could have your good config in the C:\Progr...\GBPVR\GOOD folder and make modifications to the one in C:\Progr...\GBPVR and always have a shortcut that points back to the "good" config.

Scifidude

[martint123]

I made a batch file that copies a "server.xml" or "client.xml" to config.xml and then runs pvrx2 with shortcuts on the desktop to cover situations where my normal client PC has to act like a server for an hour or so.

[stustunz]

i was just playing with this last night
if you copy the whole gbpvr folder to another location and start it from that folder you can run 2 config files
short cut to the pvrx2.exe
i have only been doing this on a client machine it dont think it would work on a server as it wouldnt adjust the correct database

to change directories for second short cut you need to set directories in config then copy that config file over to the new folder as it will always only adjust the main config file(C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR)

you could also use vidimport to add the files to recordings then copy over the database also

[pBS]

that's not safe, some plugins use the registry to get gbpvr install dir..
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\devnz\GBPVR InstallDir
but you can just modify that in batch too with reg.exe...
tho probably easier to just swap config.xml
or edit that client line in config.xml, only the enabling line needs changing..
and don't forget to restart rec. service after...