GBPVR Database... updater?

[Rich]

Okay, I messed around with my channels on my software today (after like 6 months of everything being great) and I wasn't thinking... deleted the old Channel stuff and poof, there goes the DB... whether it was supposed to or not, I dunno... I had GOBS of stuff in there... Now it just shows since I messed with the channel thing tonight...

So this is slightly a request/question... Is there a possibility of making a program independant of GBPVR I suppose, that could select .mpgs/directories and manually add them to the database so they'll show up?

For instance, I've got my Battlestar Galactica directory... all 10 episodes from season 2 so far... I'd like to view them again through GBPVR... A proggie that could select that dir, and then just add them to the database, as though they were recorded would be great.. I don't need the episode info... I'm sure it's long since gone now... But you could have the groups remade (based on dir. name) and when the show aired for instance... Just a place holder enough to go through and select a file...

I'm sure it isn't too hard... I'm gettin' decently good at C# and .NET... but lack the database and c# skill to make my own... and I figure that maybe somoene's already found a cheat/work around?

Thanks!

[stefan]

One thing you can do is to add move them to another directory, and then add that directory as a "video" directory in the config app. You will then be able to access them through the "video" button in the menu (unless you have disabled that button in the config app->plugins).

[sub]

Its a bit manual, but you could do the following...

If you try click the 'export recordings' button, it'll create a xml file which will show you what format file you need to reimport the recordings. All you need to do is modify the file to point to all your recordings, then click the 'import recordings'.

[stefan]

*smile* Never thought of that =)

[jasjol]

Hi see this thread where you can read about using Xrecord and the dat files to make your episoded show up in recordings including description

http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=7567

[Pioneer4x4]

Its a bit manual, but you could do the following...

If you try click the 'export recordings' button, it'll create a xml file which will show you what format file you need to reimport the recordings. All you need to do is modify the file to point to all your recordings, then click the 'import recordings'.

I have done this many times, it works well! I record some shows off of On Demand, and add them in this way also.

[sixgun]

Its a bit manual, but you could do the following...

If you try click the 'export recordings' button, it'll create a xml file which will show you what format file you need to reimport the recordings. All you need to do is modify the file to point to all your recordings, then click the 'import recordings'.

I am trying to move my GBPVR to another (better) machine. I tried the export button in the config program to get the xml format with the intention of editing it manually to import my recordings into the new machine (including season records).

But, all i get it this :-

Code:

<recordings>
</recordings>

Can anyone let me have a recordings-dump.xml they have so i can get at the format?

Thanks.

[sixgun]

I managed to find the format in another thread. I have also knocked up a little program that will allow me to just copy all my recordings to the new server and import them into the recordings in GBPVR

It's a bit rudimentary, but seems to generate the correct xml.

If anyone is interested i could polish it up a bit.

[Murdock]

Yes I Would I Just Moved Mine To A New Box This Weekend And Had To Make Everything Exactly The Same Before I Would Import The Recordings This Would Have Helped Greatly...

[airberger]

I managed to find the format in another thread. I have also knocked up a little program that will allow me to just copy all my recordings to the new server and import them into the recordings in GBPVR

It's a bit rudimentary, but seems to generate the correct xml.

If anyone is interested i could polish it up a bit.

That would be awesome - I started trying the "manual" method the other day before realizing it would take me as long to enter the data as it would to just watch the shows.