[mythtv-users] upgrade to 0.23, transition to storage groups and videometadata

[george.smith at arcor.de]

Raymond,

Thank you very much. The transition to storage groups worked perfectly. Thanks also for the tip on starting fresh with the TV shows to get the more elaborate metadata.

George

> Message: 14
> Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 18:56:23 -0400
> From: Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] upgrade to 0.23, transition to storage
> 	groups and videometadata
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
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> On 5/28/2010 17:36, george.smith at arcor.de wrote:
> > I just upgraded to 0.23. Mythweb tells me that it "now requires use of the
> Videos Storage Group", and we use mythweb exclusively for viewing videos. I
> haven't been using storage groups for videos yet, and am wondering how to
> make the transition without losing all the metadata I've put together over
> the years.
> >    
> 
> When you upgrade to 0.23, all your existing content will be hashed.  If 
> you then move that content over to a directory defined in the 'Videos' 
> storage group, MythVideo will be able to recognize that it is the same 
> file in a new location, and update the location stored in the database 
> to match.
> 
> > The fields I have are: intid, title, director, plot, rating, inetref,
> year, userrating, length, showlevel, filename, coverfile, childid, browse,
> playcommand, category. Am I missing an update to the database?
> >    
> 
> Yes.  You are running an old schema (pre-0.22), and will be updated the 
> first time you run the MythVideo plugin.  Title, subtitle, season, and 
> episode are only parsed for newly scanned videos.  Old videos from prior 
> to 0.22 will only have the title set.  It's generally suggested to start 
> fresh, or at least remove all existing TV shows when upgrading, so you 
> can reprocess the title and pull newer (better) metadata.
> 
>