VideoArchive request

[PeterM]

Jeff,
Thanks for the new version of VideoArchive (for 0.90). The plug-in is awesome - I really missed it for the few days since 0.908 came out...
One request though: I have already run out of space on my 300GB archive disk. Is there any chance to have several different disks specified for archiving, and the archive utility picking the one with most space?
Ore alternatively, would it be possible to have a utility to move recordings from the primary location to another disk, but retaining show descriptions etc.?
Thanks,
peter

[Jeff]

To "move" the archive do the following. I have not tried this myself but it should work.

1. Close GBPVR
2. Copy the video archive.mdb file from your old archive location to your new location. You should also probably create a back up just in case.
3. Launch the config.exe application and configure the Videos plug-in entry.
4. Add your old archive path to the list of Video paths.
5. Enter your new archive path (the one you copied the archive database to).
6. Exit the config app and restart GBPVR.

That should do it. The archive db only stores the file name, not the full path name so you can move files around without problem (of course you also can't have 2 files with the same name, but that should never happen with recordings since the names include the show name as well as the recording date and time).

My disk is getting full too, so I may have to do this myself in a few more weeks.

Jeff

[PeterM]

Thanks, I may try that, but it does not solve the problem fully, since I will be deleting recordings in the archive after watching. So it would be a lot better if there was a possibility to more dynamically move files around, or have them placed on one of several disks.
I guess I could find a utility to make several disks look like one huge disk. Anybody who knows a good one?