Move Recorded TV folder (1 Viewer)

[Kevin Bell]

Hi,

I've had MediaPortal working as a backend and recording programmes for several months, I use Kodi on a Raspberry PI2 as the front end.

I've now run out of space for the recordings and would like to move them to a new disk.

There are several hundred recorded TV files which I don't want to lose.

Whats the easiest and quickest way of moving the Recorded TV folder - I'm hoping I can move it and simply reassign the path in the TV Configuration - is it that easy?

Thanks.

 

[HTPCSourcer]

Hi,

Whats the easiest and quickest way of moving the Recorded TV folder - I'm hoping I can move it and simply reassign the path in the TV Configuration - is it that easy?.

Indeed, it is that easy.

• Move the files to the new location
• Change the path in the TV Config
• (I don't think it is necessary, but you might restart the TV Service just to be sure here...)
• In the same dialogue, click "Remove invalid entries". This will delete the references to your recordings in their previous location.
• Select all files and click "Import selected files"

Note if you are using plugins like MovingPictures or MyFilms to manage TV recordings, additional setup is needed there too.

 

[Kevin Bell]

Is it really that easy? What can go wrong??

(I'll be in trouble if the wife loses her recordings of Ghost Adventures...)

 

[HTPCSourcer]

This is failsafe. You can always add recordings to the database in the described way.

And now, jump!

 

[Kevin Bell]

OK, I'll do it.

If I get into trouble, I'll just tell her some bloke off the internet told me to do it!

Thanks for you help.

 

[alexfon]

I think, you will lose EPG data stored in database for recordings.

 

[HTPCSourcer]

I think, you will lose EPG data stored in database for recordings.

Programme descriptions are stored in a separate XML - together with the recording itself. Obviously this needs to be moved together with the recorded shows. I thought this to be self-explanatory, since they are stored together with the ts files with the same name.

 

[Kevin Bell]

I will move the lot together, I'll simply move the folder in one go.

 

[alexfon]

I think, you will lose EPG data stored in database for recordings.

Programme descriptions are stored in a separate XML - together with the recording itself.

Ok. This is a new Information for me. In my recordings folder I cannot find such a XML. All description is comming from the Clickfinder plugin since I am using MP. Perhaps this is the reason. Last time I tried do move recorded files without changing the path in MP DB I lost all this Information.

 

[HTPCSourcer]

In my recordings folder I cannot find such a XML. All description is comming from the Clickfinder plugin since I am using MP.

That is not correct. Clickfinder or not - xml files are always written, regardless of data coming from Clickfinder or the DVB-S stream. I am using Clickfinder myself and xml's with content info are generated for all recordings.