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<blockquote data-quote="thlucas" data-source="post: 1020034" data-attributes="member: 111098">I tried that backup approach myself at first, which works if I don't watch very many movies or manually add movies to white / black filters.&nbsp; I even automated the backup to copy the DB file every week.&nbsp; I found that when I went to restore after a crash / reinstall, I would forget to re-flag movies with watched status and set the filters.&nbsp; As for covers, I also have alot of custom covers that I use.&nbsp; I also have a few covers that always download the incorrect cover art, and it's a pain to go i nand reset them.&nbsp;Another advantage is that I can store all of the cover art in the movie location.&nbsp; This allows Windows Media Center to pick up the cover art (ie folder.jpg) when displaying movies in the WMC7 interface.&nbsp; I primarily use MediaPortal for watching movies, but also use WMC7 once in awhile (don't hate me).&nbsp;The tool also has the capability of restoring an entire collection that was backed up on one machine, to a folder structure on another machine.&nbsp; For example, I have an HTPC1 downstairs that uses the following folder structure to store my movies:E:\Movies\movie titleF:\Movies\movie titleG:\Movies\movie titleH:\Movies\movie title&nbsp;I have a an HTPC2 upstairs that uses the following structure to store its movies.&nbsp; Note that HTPC2 has a larger hard drive, so I only need 1 drive instead of 4 drives to house my collection:M:\Movies\movie title&nbsp;In this example, the HTPC2 drive M: will contain all content from HTPC1 drives E:, F:, G:, and H:.&nbsp; By using mapped paths, I can export my collection of movies from HTPC1 to a common location.&nbsp; I can then use import path mapping when importing the collection to HTPC2, which will translate all of the HTPC1 file references to HTPC2 equivalents.&nbsp; This makes it easier to maintain multiple images of MediaPortal.&nbsp;I guess the final thought would be the tool may not be right for everyone, but it definitely fits my needs and hopefully will fit someone else's too.&nbsp;Cheers!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thlucas, post: 1020034, member: 111098"] I tried that backup approach myself at first, which works if I don't watch very many movies or manually add movies to white / black filters. I even automated the backup to copy the DB file every week. I found that when I went to restore after a crash / reinstall, I would forget to re-flag movies with watched status and set the filters. As for covers, I also have alot of custom covers that I use. I also have a few covers that always download the incorrect cover art, and it's a pain to go i nand reset them. Another advantage is that I can store all of the cover art in the movie location. This allows Windows Media Center to pick up the cover art (ie folder.jpg) when displaying movies in the WMC7 interface. I primarily use MediaPortal for watching movies, but also use WMC7 once in awhile (don't hate me). The tool also has the capability of restoring an entire collection that was backed up on one machine, to a folder structure on another machine. For example, I have an HTPC1 downstairs that uses the following folder structure to store my movies: E:\Movies\movie title F:\Movies\movie title G:\Movies\movie title H:\Movies\movie title I have a an HTPC2 upstairs that uses the following structure to store its movies. Note that HTPC2 has a larger hard drive, so I only need 1 drive instead of 4 drives to house my collection: M:\Movies\movie title In this example, the HTPC2 drive M: will contain all content from HTPC1 drives E:, F:, G:, and H:. By using mapped paths, I can export my collection of movies from HTPC1 to a common location. I can then use import path mapping when importing the collection to HTPC2, which will translate all of the HTPC1 file references to HTPC2 equivalents. This makes it easier to maintain multiple images of MediaPortal. I guess the final thought would be the tool may not be right for everyone, but it definitely fits my needs and hopefully will fit someone else's too. Cheers! [/QUOTE]

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