[mythtv-users] problems with data

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Sep 11 02:51:07 UTC 2007


On 09/10/2007 10:00 PM, Bill Omer wrote:
> It's an old database.  It has lots of really old data i'm sure.  I
> would like to wipe the database and start again from scratch, but I
> really don't want to have to set all the schedules again, especially
> the carefully set priorities.
>
> Is there a way to backup just the schedules and priority settings?  I
> don't care about previous recording info, or even retaining current
> recordings.

The MythTV spring cleaning:

http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.7

(though in reality, I recommend only doing it once every few springs or
so :).  But it gets current recordings, and recording history, too.

Mike


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