<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Tom Harris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thom.j.harris@gmail.com" target="_blank">thom.j.harris@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">My old backend server has been around for quite a few years, and has developed some oddities.. I am building a new system in parallel and starting from a clean MythBuntu install. I don't want to pull any of the system oddities over to the new backend, so I am not doing a full DB export/import.<div>
<br></div><div>But, what I would like to do is to move my unwatched recordings over to the new backend. I've been unable to find any method for doing that. I've only found warnings recommending a complete DB import.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I would also like to pull over the record programs I've already recorded on my old backend, so I'm not inundated with episodes of series that I've already watched. This seems like a relatively straightforward table export/import. But, again I've only seen warnings against partial imports.</div>
<div><br></div><div>These seem like fairly common requirements.. Is there some way to accomplish them which I have not found in searches?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You're looking for a Partial Restore. See here (along with all its caveats): <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Partial_restore_of_a_backup">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Partial_restore_of_a_backup</a><br>
<br></div><div>Karl<br></div></div></div></div>