Auto copy recordings to network drive

[nc_pvr]

Hi,

Ok, I'm trying to do the following :

I want to set up GB-PVR on a low-end system that has not a lot of HDD space, just enough to record 2-3 one hour shows. When the recordings will be done, I want to transfer the files to my main PC which has more space and I will use it to watch the shows via an MVP on the living Room TV.

Why don't I use my main PC you ask ? Because I recently changed my mobo and it has proved unstable a bit and I did experience some crash while the PC was recording a show. I lost part of the recording. I use my main PC for Internet, Games, etc...

Can I set up something in the post-processing bat file to auto-copy the recordings one completed from the low-end PC to a network drive ?

Thank you !

[Jeff]

The video archive plug-in includes a utility that will do this However, the recordings information will be lost from the main gbpvr database and only available in the video archive plug-in psot move.

Jeff

[nc_pvr]

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the heads-up on VA. One question : can you tell VA to move the recordings to the archive right after recordings finishes ? Or is the lowest possible value is one day ?

Thanks !

[neilraymond]

Hi

I had to do a similar thing, so I wrote a small program to rename the file in the gbpvr database. Syntax is:

renamer.exe [-noverify] <old filename> <new filename>

It will check that the new file exists before renaming the file in the database, this can be disabled with the -noverify option.

A batch file something like this should do the job:

Code:

echo Processing %1
setlocal
set NEW_PATH=\\<ip of other computer>\videos
set NEW_NAME=%NEW_PATH%\%~nx1

move %1 %NEW_NAME%
renamer.exe %1 %NEW_NAME%
endlocal

Extract the exe file to the gbpvr directory.

Disclaimer: You'll probably want to test this before running it automatically - I've only ever used it on my machine and it's not that thoroughly tested so don't blame me if it causes problems! :eek: That said, I would expect it to!

Hope this helps

Neil

[nc_pvr]

Hi,

I can't seem to be able to open your zip file. Can you repost ? Thanks !

[neilraymond]

I managed to download it fine, but I'll post it again anyway.

Alternatively try downloading it from here

http://www.neilraymond.plus.com/renamer.zip

[Jeff]

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the heads-up on VA. One question : can you tell VA to move the recordings to the archive right after recordings finishes ? Or is the lowest possible value is one day ?

Thanks !

1 day is the lowest value.

Jeff