BackupSettings for Tv Server and Media Portal (4 Viewers)

[romadd64]

Thanks Huha, I will try your solutions.

romadd

 

[huha]

Thanks for all your nice comments. Glad to see that it is being used and working out.
Swede, the installation date should not affect the schedules. However, i am importing only schedules if the scheduled date is in the future as it makes no sense to schedule a timed recording in the past. So if you have scheduled a recording and you are importing the data later on, all schedules from the past are being skipped. You still should find the past recordings in the TVsettings.xml file.
Greetings, huha

 

[Trouty]

Awsome Plugin!!!! I ran the plugin, then unisntalled MP and MPTV completely. Installed RC4, Checked all the settings. The only thing I had to do was add my TV card to the Hybrid group, change Aeon skin version in preferences.xml. Fired up MP - All works like a charm. Smoothest RC transition.
Just for peace of mind, and just in case, I first manually backed up a couple of folders.
1. Aeon wide - due to changes I have made to BasicHome.xmp, and some skin graphics.
2. MP Plugins folder.
3. Thumbs folder, for all logos, moving pictures covers and backdrops.

Before I ran the Backup plugin to import settings, I copied back over over the necessary files and folders from these three folders. The process of installing a new RC is usually a long proces, with channel scanning, and resetting everything. I got the whole process done with in 30min.

Cheers - I love your work

Thanks

Trouty

 

[huha]

New version 0.0.1.1 released

I released a new version 0.0.1.1, which contains only a small bugfix in importing schedules.
If a Tv series was scheduled in the past during import, it was skipped. But a Tv series with a past start date still can be active. I am importing now all schedules without checking the date. Swede, thanks for your post. This may have been your issue. Please note that the date check is still be done for EPG data and only future EPG data are imported.


Trouty, a manual backup of your items 2 and 3 (MP Plugins folder and Thumbs folders) is not needed as it is handled by BackupSettings. They actually got overwritten by BackupSettings. If you have specific skin modifications, you need manually backup them as existing data in the MP program plugin folder will not be overwritten. You can customize this with scripts as described in the manual. Hybrid card mapping settings are not supported by the plugin.

 

[BrownGhost]

can this tool backup, the plugins, and the plugins settings to.
like it makes a compleat backop ?

alto mp tv series, and moving pictures and so in ??

 

[robyf]

I have a problem importing channel. When it comes to import channels I get the following error:

TVChannel failed to add channel 1 name Movies24 exception Stringa non riconosciuta come valore DateTime valido

In english it means the string is not recognised as a correct DateTime value

Roby

 

[mbb]

I had 4 problems during import:

1) I have 13 entries in cards but because I added cards one by one in the past, the old order is not alphabetic
The new TVServer installation detect my cards apparently in alphabetic order? The card IDs didnt match.
I had to import it directly in sql query from my old database

2) the plugin cant write on d:\records\temp29\11\08 temp.something same on my TS folder
to solve the problem I had to create d:\records\temp29\11 folders

3) my main TV provider is cable operator. I use his channel number organisation (movie channels from 120 to 139, sport 140 to 149) I have only the all channel group and I acces to a channel directly by his number on the remote.
the plugin dont keep my number for DVB-C channel but curiously it works for DVB-T and DVB-S.

4) my schedules was not imported (no error message)
I had to import it directly in sql query from my old database and modified wrong idchannels

Your plugin is very usefull and I hope it will be perfect for Christmas like MP 1.0.0

 

[kroton181]

 

[huha]

BrownGhost, there are many TV servev plugins supported, but not all. Please have a look into the manual which lists in detail which plugins ar supported. For MediaPortal Plugins I am copying the whole plugin folder structure and the User directories. All plugins,which do store their setup data here, will be backed up and restored correctly.

robyf, I suspect you have a version incompatibility issue, which means you exported the data with a different version than you imported. The .log file should warn you about version incompatibilities. I recommend you to install the same version which you used for the export. You will find the old BackupSetting.dll file in your backupdata at <your backupfolder>\TV_Program\Plugins\BackupSettings.dll.
Stop the TV server and copy this file into ..\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\Plugins and redo the import. If you cannot find the right version put a post with the version number on and i will post it.

mbb, on item 1 I would try to edit the Tvserver file <backupfolder>\TV_User\TVsettings.xml before the import. The card data are stored at the beginning of the file and you can try to change the card order manaually by moving around the card information in the new order. The plugin will not support a changed card order after the export.
on item 2 I would need the detailed error message from the log file. Was there a system exception? Do you have the correct write access to the recording directories?
On item 3 I would need a part of your <backupfolder>\TV_User\TVsettings.xml posted, namely where a DVB-C channel is exported. I do not have DVB-C, so i cannot directly debug it. I will check my code if the sortorder info is being missed here during export/import.
On item 4) I released a new version today (0.0.1.1). Have you used this version? Did you find your schedules exported in the TVsettings.xml file?

New EDIT: On your item 1 just try to rename the card id number in your TVsettings.xml so that they match your new configuration before the import.

Greetings, huha

 

[mbb]

I used the version 0.0.1.0

I have no write access problem with my admin user (on XP)

I send you my tv.log and my TVsettings.xml