[mythtv-users] Is there a way to save front and backend configuration?

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Tue Dec 18 18:25:00 UTC 2012


On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 07:47:26AM +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Paul Stillwell <bigboi at wackywombats.com>wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm about to do a brand new installation of Fedora 17 on a new disk with
> > Mythtv. I am basically replacing the hard drive that I have in there now
> > (that is Fedora 14 with Mythtv installed) with a new drive so all the
> > hardware will remain exactly the same. Once I backup my database, is there
> > some way to save all the configuration options that I have chosen in the
> > frontend and the backend? Is all that info in a text file somewhere or is
> > it in the database backup? It would be nice if there was some way that once
> > I have the new installation that I could make sure that I have all the same
> > options checked in the new install (unless they have been deprecated).
> >
> 
> 
> It is all in the database.
> 
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore

    I have a script for cloning entries in the settings table. I mainly use it
for setting up new frontends. It has a list of "value(s)" and a source and target
hostname and it syncs up the "data" between the two machines.



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