write recording-backup.xml & recurring-backup.xml to the recording drive

[johnsonx42]

I was just helping a guy in the GB-PVR forum trying to recover his database after he lost his C: drive; after restoring an older backup, he needs to repopulate the old database with his current recordings on his recording drive. We're getting there, I pointed him to the RecoverRecordings utility that will build a new Recording-dump.xml by reading the metadata from all his recordings...

It would have been nice of course if the Recording-Dump.xml had been stored with the recordings instead of with the database; if the recordings drive is lost, you don't need the dump anyway, but if the database drive is lost then the dump is lost with it. Kinda silly. The enterprising among us no doubt have some method in place to copy the backup files elsewhere, but I suspect most users never think of that until sometime after they've lost their database.

It's too late for GB-PVR of course, but perhaps NPVR could be made to store the two backup xml's in the recording path by default?

[pBS]

yep, i second that...probably in root of rec dir..

no doubt it will save someone's arse oneday...

[martint123]

I email is to my pvr gmail address daily with BLATT, a command line email tool. Good ol' gmail keeps my backups forever!

[johnsonx42]

yes, I do acknowledge that there are plenty of ways to backup this file if you want to. I'm making the point that NPVR does make a backup already, yet keeps the backup in the same directory with the database. Writing it to the recording path instead at least separates the two which is probably all most users will ever need.

Nice tip about BLATT though, I can think of times I might need such a toy.