Tvheadend

Hi,

no one that can give me a clue? A link to a Manual or at least a "use the search button"?
I am realy alone with that problem?
Can not be......

I repeat my questions:
If i set up a new TVHeadend System and put all records from my old TVHeadend to the Recording Path of the new System, how can i "import" this old records to the new System so that i can see it with XBMC under "Live TV/Recordings"?

And (less important): Which Folder i have to backup, so that i can restore it to my new setuped TVHeadend?

I want to push my Questions.
No Idea?
Now i have setup TVHeadend again on a new System and i have to do the whole Configuration again.
If anyone can give me a hint, i would so happy.

Frank

Moving your configuration from one machine to another is possible, but the adapters have to match precisely since the adapter name is used a lot in the directory/file structure that describes the muxes, services and channels. If they don't match precisely, you'd need to write a routine that would rename everything (and potentially edit a file or two as well).

Have a look at /home/hts/.hts/tvheadend/dvbadapters, ../dvbmuxes, ../dvbtransports and similar.

For records of previous recordings, have a look in /home/hts/.hts/tvheadend/dvr/log. You're likely to have a mixture of files that describe both upcoming and completed recordings, although you can see the format is slightly different (e.g. the previous ones include the name of the recorded file; the upcoming ones clearly don't because there isn't a file yet).

I suppose it's possible that you can move these between systems, restart tvheadend and it'll read them in. I doubt it, though, as things are never that simple...

Many thanks for your help!
But you will laugh, it is that simple. :-)

I tested it yesterday with one File and it does like you mentioned.

Great, so i have a solution for booth my problems.

Maybe the progger of TVHeadend will have a heart for us and spend a import function in a future version of that great piece of software.

Sorry, its not so easy.....

After i spend several Hours in creating of Log Files, i restart my tvheadend server and it deletes all new created Files, only 2 or 3 leave there.
Does the server save this data also anywhere else?

Frank

Not to my knowledge. I guess you could always use cron to back them up, or even intercept tvheadend with a script that backs them up, starts the process and puts them back, something like that.

What's your log retention time set to? Could that be relevant? (Configuration -> Recording -> DVR log retention time)

Shame on me......
That was the solution.
Now i have most of my records right in place.

A big "Thank you" to you!

All's well that ends well (I hope)!