separate recording and season-dump.xml

[pBS]

i would love to see the season recordings and recording info in separate dumps, as it makes it really hard to separate afterwards,have to get an xml parser working,and hope it doesn't take a ton of code to do..
could easily import from another machine with a batch file if they're separate, as it is, it imports season recordings also...which is not usable..
plus for those just importing old dumps...not needing extra season info as it's old..

sure, i can edit the file but it makes scripting import very hard to do...
and just seems to make sense to separate them as they serve different purposes..

[and most people don't change season recordings daily, so wouldn't need multiples backed up for season recs.[tho not opposed to that]
and maybe put them into a 'backup' subdir for cleanliness..

any changes in this area for next release?
[before i muffle thru making a program to do it the hard way]

[sub]

All I can give you is a maybe. I've already bit off far too much for the next release.

[pBS]

sounds good...i'm almost done with my script anyways...

my PCH died...
so i had to make another pvr for other room, and most of my recording is done on main server..so wanted these to show up on both machines for viewing..

Good news, the Intel g45 is finally perfect in win7 offering full acceleration and smoothness.. [and very decent pic quality]
can't wait to see the new features..

[scb147]

On top of this, can the season recordings dump save the "priority" value? When you import recordings back in, the priority not saved in the dumped XML. So you need to manually edit the database to get the priorities set up.

[pBS]

i second that....forgot about that part...
i have to backup the whole db cuz the dumps don't include everything necessary..
then i have to delete everything not related to recordings to get a fresh start..
you could save both season and priority/recording group settings to one file..recordings to another..
then users could import them separately but fully...

it would really be a life saver for many, so hope it makes the 'definitely to-do' list..

[Graham]

Would it be possible to roll your own?

A batch file using an sqlite exe to "selct blah where blah ..." piped into a txt file might be easier than all that xml stuff.

[pBS]

finally figured out how to remove season recordings with vbscript...

Code:

Set objXml = CreateObject("MSXML2.DomDocument")
objXml.async = false
objXml.load( "recording-dump.xml" )
objXml.selectNodes ( "/recordings/recording[status='SEASON'] ").removeAll
Call objXml.save( "recording-dump-no-season.xml" )
Set objXml = Nothing

nice and simple looking right? lol
i had to find that trick from a google translated page...bad forum spaces and all..arrggh..
but now it works great!

Njoy till Sub gets the fix in...
now i just have to add net-path adjustments...

[pBS]

Would it be possible to roll your own?

A batch file using an sqlite exe to "selct blah where blah ..." piped into a txt file might be easier than all that xml stuff.

been there done that, it's really complicated, several tables of data to store, and dos doesn't like some of the chars and can't shuffle them around properly...
so a real solution would be much better..

i do have scripts to grab single shows, or send them from server from postprocessing..
but still run into occasional char that stuffs up the works..["&" among others]
i could just build a autoit .exe to handle the datatypes properly..
maybe just setup a temp link inside sqlite to other db and copy data between tables..
that would get around the odd chars,sqlite would do the shuffling..
but that's only for my importing into another pvr...

still need the extra info for backups tho...so still a wish...