how to import mpgs into Recordings->Ready list?

[Wakalaka]

You could use the 'import recordings' feature in the config app. To see the file format, look at the recordings-dump.xml file.

I don't find this option, where is it?

[stustunz]

its in config under plugins bottom right corner

[Wakalaka]

its in config under plugins bottom right corner

I find it now ... I'm blind. What do I do if I don't have a recording-dump.xml?
Is there a way I can create one by hand?

[stustunz]

i think you can if you look at the structure by opening the one(recording-dump.xml) that you will find in your gbpvr folder
use notepad to edit/look at it
i havent tried
i did think about using word to import my folders/file names then turn it into the same file structure but am not sure if it would work

[sub]

There should be one in your gbpvr directory, but if there isnt then hit the 'export recordings' button to generate a recordings-dump.xml.

[ApexHack]

Does it ask for the xml file or does it need to be called recordings-dump.xml? I'm still working on building an xml file to try.

[stustunz]

just asks to look for a xml file
so you can call it whatever

[pBS]

I want to do this because when I upgraded from 0.99.6 to 1.00.16 I lost all of my recordings from Recordings->Ready, and want to put them back. It's also better because of the show groups so you don't have so many videos to browse through.

do you use ntfs on your recordings drive? if so, the descriptions should still be attached to the files if they haven't been copied to a fat32 drive..
do a "notepad showname.mpg:metadata.xml" to see if they exist..
there's an auto-import batch file or a import program to use if they are still attached.. check the wiki for 'import'

[stustunz]

thats the bugger
sorry bit slow how do you do this exactly?
do a "notepad showname.mpg:metadata.xml" to see if they exist..?????

[pBS]

if the show filename is "show.mpg", run from a cmd line:
notepad show.mpg:metadata.xml

that's it..
if it says not found..they aren't there..
to see if you have the syntax right, you can add one to any file like this:
echo test>>file.ext:metadata.xml
then try the command on that file..it should come up then, showing the command was correct..then try it on your show.

i wrote a batch file to build a recordings-dump.xml from all files in recordings subdir..
run it with the path to your files.. eg: recoverrecordings.bat e:\recordings
if they are there there will be stuff in resulting file..
then go into config/plugins tab and import them..

RecoverRecordings.bat

Code:

@echo off
echo.
echo. Generating Recording Import data for all shows in %~1\ to
echo.    %~1\recording-dump.xml
echo.
echo  Errors logged to "no-metadata.log"
echo.
echo                     Please Wait....[up to 5 mins]
echo.
if %1=="" goto :error
set dumpdir="%~1\"
set orgdir=%cd%
cd /d %dumpdir%
del /q no-metadata.log>NUL 2>NUL
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%a IN ("<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>") DO ECHO %%a > "%dumpdir%recording-dump.xml"
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%j IN ("<recordings>") DO ECHO  %%j >> "%dumpdir%recording-dump.xml"
FOR /F "usebackq tokens=*" %%F IN (`dir /b /s *.avi *.mpg`) DO call :add "%%F" 2>>no-metadata.log
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%x IN ("</recordings>") DO ECHO %%x >> "%dumpdir%recording-dump.xml"
goto :next

:add
FOR /F "usebackq tokens=*" %%F IN ("%~1:metadata.xml") DO (
if NOT "%%F"=="<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>" (echo    %%F >>"%dumpdir:~1,-1%recording-dump.xml")
if "%%F"=="</recording>" echo.>>"%dumpdir:~1,-1%recording-dump.xml")
)
::pause
goto :eof

:next
echo.
echo Done.
echo.

:end
FOR /F "usebackq tokens=1,2,3,* delims=<>" %%F IN ("%dumpdir:~1,-1%recording-dump.xml") DO (if "%%G"=="filename" (call :nameit "%%H")
)
pause

cd /d %orgdir%
::start "Result" notepad "%dumpdir:~1,-1%recording-dump.xml"
goto :eof

:error
echo error.. mustadd path eg. recoverrecordings.bat e:\mpg
pause
goto :eof

:nameit
echo  Found:   %~nx1
goto :eof

use quotes on input path..