Archiving

[browned]

I have looked everywhere and can't seem to find any conclusive instructions or guides on how to archive recordings to another drive or network share.

I have a small Windows 7 VM with NextPVR setup, it currently records to the SSD C drive which has only 22GB of space. I want to move the recorded files to a network share quickly after recording finishes. Is there a plugin or some simple steps I can follow to get this process working?

Thanks

[psycik]

I had a script for doing just this. But I was moving files overnight rather than after recording...then updating the db with it's new location.

You could probably adapt it to use the post_processing.bat file which is what you need to hook into to run it after recording.

[browned]

I had a script for doing just this. But I was moving files overnight rather than after recording...then updating the db with it's new location.

You could probably adapt it to use the post_processing.bat file which is what you need to hook into to run it after recording.

sounds good, where can I find said script if it is available for public consumption?

Thanks

[psycik]

Here It is here:

Code:

@Echo Off
@for /f "Tokens=1-4 Delims=/ " %%i in ('date /t') do  @set dt=%%l-%%k-%%j
@for /f "Tokens=1-4 Delims=/ " %%i in ('date /t') do  @set dm=%%l-%%k
@for /f "Tokens=1" %%i in ('time /t') do @set tm=-%%i
@set tm=%tm::=-%
@set dtt=%dt%%tm%
rem
set source=%1
set title=%2
set destPath=\\aragorn%~p1
set sourcePath=%~dp1
set filename=%~n1
set dest=%source:c:=\\aragorn%
set log=C:\Users\tv\Documents\Batchjob\Logs\MoveRecordings.log
echo dest=%dest%
echo ================================================================================ >> %log%
echo Post Processing started: %dtt% for %title% >> %log%
echo source=%source% >> %log%
echo destination=%destPath% >> %log%
echo xcopy %sourcePath%%filename%.* %destPath% /z /j /y /i >> %log%
xcopy "%sourcePath%%filename%.*" "%destPath%" /z /j /y
if %errorlevel% equ 0 GOTO :OK
GOTO :ERROR

:OK
echo Successful Copy, deleting source file: %source%  >> %log%
echo Successful Copy, deleting source file: %source%
del "%sourcePath%%filename%.*"
Echo Running nScript helper on %source% to %dest%
Echo Running nScript helper on %source% >> %log%
"C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\NScriptHelper" -Rename %source% %dest%
goto :EOF

:ERROR
echo Error when copying %source% error was: %errorlevel%
GOTO :EOF
:EOF
echo End Processing of %source% >> %log%

So this will move a single file. You could adapt it to run from post_processing.bat

[jksmurf]

I have looked everywhere and can't seem to find any conclusive instructions or guides on how to archive recordings to another drive or network share.

The bacth file is probably best for doing this autmatically, but I find the Wiki has a reasonable descripiton

Under here http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...Recordings scroll down until you see the section entitled "The Recording Details Popup" which shwois a screen Grab showing "Archive".

To set up NPVR so that you have multiple directories, which generates the ability for the Archive prompt, go into settings as per here:

http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?....Recording

k.

[browned]

Thanks psycik, a few mods and the script is working well. Even managed to use robocopy and slow the network transfer a little so it doesn't impact on live tv as much.

Cheers