importing videos after move & upgrade

[pwborders]

Unix_guy: You just did the part I needed so I will add the part I have to yours. If you add a /R %1 after the For that copies the metadata you will recurse all the subdirectories of %1. So try this:

FOR /R %1 %%F IN (%1\*.mpg) DO (more < %%F:metadata.xml >> %1\recording-dump.xml)

And drop the directory of all your recordings.

I just had to do this yesterday but I couldn't think of a way to get the <recordings> line in right. Good thinking using the for to do it.

[bemoore]

I tried this on a couple of different directories, but I don't think it worked. The contents of the resulting file is shown below, and it is the same regardless of the directory processed.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<recordings>
</recordings>

Is there something in the .bat file I need to change? My videos are on a secondary NTFS drive.

Thanks.

[pwborders]

I tried this on a couple of different directories, but I don't think it worked. The contents of the resulting file is shown below, and it is the same regardless of the directory processed.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<recordings>
</recordings>

Is there something in the .bat file I need to change? My videos are on a secondary NTFS drive.

Thanks.

Did you add the /R %1 as I stated in my post? If not you would have to drag each individual recording directory one at a time to the batch file. Also each run would recreate the xml file from scratch since the first line recreates the file. If you add the /R %1 as I posted then just drag the topmost directory to the batch file, the same directory you have in gb-pvr config as your recordings directory.

If you still don't get anything you probably don't have the metadata stream for some reason. You can check an individual recording by running the command notepad recordingfilename.mpg:metadata.xml. Be sure and put quotes around the filename if it contains spaces.

[bemoore]

Did you add the /R %1 as I stated in my post? If not you would have to drag each individual recording directory one at a time to the batch file. Also each run would recreate the xml file from scratch since the first line recreates the file. If you add the /R %1 as I posted then just drag the topmost directory to the batch file, the same directory you have in gb-pvr config as your recordings directory.

If you still don't get anything you probably don't have the metadata stream for some reason. You can check an individual recording by running the command notepad recordingfilename.mpg:metadata.xml. Be sure and put quotes around the filename if it contains spaces.

No I didn't put in the "/R" line. I wanted to first try it on one directory at a time to test it out. How do I determine whether I have the metadata stream? I assume that's what the notepad command is for. What should happen if I do the notepad command? I tried it and got a "File is too large for Notepad" error. If I don't have the metadata, is there any way to re-create it?

Thanks.

[Pioneer4x4]

[QUOTE=If I don't have the metadata, is there any way to re-create it?

Thanks.[/QUOTE]
Open config, and goto the plugins tab, and hit export recordings.
then open that file, and remove everything but one show. Then copy that file into every directory with a show that needs imported.

Edit it for the specific recording. like this

<recordings>

<recording>
<filename>E:\Recordings\Criminal Minds\11-9.mpg</filename>
<channel>02 CBS</channel>
<status>READY</status>
<startTime>2005-11-09 18:00:00</startTime>
<endTime>2005-11-09 19:00:00</endTime>
<title>Criminal Minds</title>
<subtitle>11-9 Episode</subtitle>
<description>From Old Card</description>
<uid></uid>
</recording>
</recordings>

just make sure that the path is exactly correct, I usually copy and paste the path from the windows explorer, and hit "\" then paste the filename. That way no typos.
edit times,title,subtitle,description... to taste.

then open config-plugins,import, browse to that file and hope it says "1 recording imported"

[gomjabar]

Im getting this also:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<recordings>
</recordings>

It does this weather I do the directory or the individual folders. This is how I have my batch file set up:

@echo off
rem pause
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%i IN ("<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>") DO ECHO %%i> %1\recording-dump.xml
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%i IN ("<recordings>") DO ECHO %%i>> %1\recording-dump.xml
FOR /R %1 %%F IN (%1\*.mpg) DO (more < %%F:metadata.xml >> %1\recording-dump.xml)
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%i IN ("</recordings>") DO ECHO %%i>> %1\recording-dump.xml
rem pause

I have my videos in a second partition on one hd if that helps.

[gomjabar]

sorry...just checked and I dont have the metadata

[bemoore]

Pioneer4x4,

Thanks for the tips. This will take a while, but I'll give it a shot.

Instead of copying the filename out of Windows File Explorer, you might want to try the following command from the command prompt:

dir /s/b *.mpg > dirlist.txt

This will generate a file named dirlist.txt with all the .mpg files and their full path IDs. This file will contain a listing of all the .mpg files in the directory where you do the command along with the subdirectories.

[smeghead]

I'm having a similar problem as bemoore.

Some of the files were included in the output recording-dump.xml but some were not. I "unremmed" the rem pause statement at the end to see what was going on. For the mpg files that were put in the recording-dump.xml file there were no errors reported. For each of the mpg files that didn't work the following error line was shown: "The system cannot find the file specified."

I used the original batch file (without the /R %1) to get it working on a single folder first. Thing is that the 5 files in the folder were recorded one after another on the same channel. In the UK Hallmark had a special "Spooks" episodes - all 6, one after another (I deleted one so only 5 files left).

[pwborders]

I'm having a similar problem as bemoore.

Some of the files were included in the output recording-dump.xml but some were not. I "unremmed" the rem pause statement at the end to see what was going on. For the mpg files that were put in the recording-dump.xml file there were no errors reported. For each of the mpg files that didn't work the following error line was shown: "The system cannot find the file specified."

I used the original batch file (without the /R %1) to get it working on a single folder first. Thing is that the 5 files in the folder were recorded one after another on the same channel. In the UK Hallmark had a special "Spooks" episodes - all 6, one after another (I deleted one so only 5 files left).

The error "The system cannot find the file specified" means that the metadata stream was not there for that particular mpg file. I had one that was that way as well but all the rest worked. Can't say why one file recorded along with all the others doesn't have the metadata stream anymore.