[mythtv-users] importing old videos

Tony Rein trein at one.net
Tue Mar 1 05:07:30 UTC 2005


On Saturday 26 February 2005 04:46 pm, Ben Steeves wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a bunch of files from a previous Myth installation I'd like to
> import into a new installation.  I have a backup of the old
> mythconverg database -- what tables to I need to import from the old
> DB into the new DB in order to get the files to show up in
> mythfrontend?

I just had this come up. I ended up doing the following:

* Booting to the previous Myth installation
* Using a Web browser on the local network to get a list of recorded programs
 via MythWeb, and printing the list.
* Rebooting to the new installation
* Using the printout and figuring out which disk file was which program
 You probably already know this, but the filename Myth gives a disk
 file for a recording is formed from the channel number, date, and
 starting/ending times for the recording. For example, a file named
 "1008_20050228120000_20050228130000.nuv" would have been
 recorded on channel 8, starting Feb. 28, 2005 at 12:00 Noon and
 going until 1:00 PM.
* Renaming the files with names that reflect the content.
* Moving the files into my MythVideo directory.

This is probably not exactly what you had in mind -- the recordings show up in 
the list of videos, and not in the list of recorded programs, but you can 
watch them.

--Tony


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