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Author:  darkone6808 [ Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:37 pm ]
Post subject:  "Restore KnoppMyth" button usage
After using the "Restore KnoppMyth" button, I am unable to see the recordings I have made since I pressed "Backup KnoppMyth".

How do I update the database to make all recordings reappear? :?:
Author:  cesman [ Fri Mar 25, 2005 4:09 pm ]
Post subject: 
That should be how it works. Please verify the fs layout is correct in mythtv-setup. Are you certain the backup occured w/o issue? The contents should be in /myth/backup.
Author:  tjc [ Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:37 pm ]
Post subject: 
You restored from your most recent backup, and are now wondering how to undo it? Sorry but you did a bad thing (TM).

There is a script which scans your /myth/tv directory for orphaned recordings and tries to put index entries back in the DB but it doesn't work well enough to be useful for PVR recordings and I don't recall it's name.
Author:  darkone6808 [ Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:11 am ]
Post subject:  just what I need
I would like a script to scan for orphans and new recordings - thats just what I need.

But if it doesnt exsist or doesnt work - its too bad.

I guess I misunderstood the backup and restore function - I thought it applied to the general settings not databases. :(
Author:  Xsecrets [ Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:20 am ]
Post subject: 
where do you think the general settings are stored?
Author:  Greg Frost [ Sun Mar 27, 2005 4:19 am ]
Post subject: 
I think the script works fine for putting PVR-x50 recordings back. What it doesn't do is populate the recorded-markup table correctly, so if you try to skip whilst watching the recording (or even pause) you will have issues. I think you should probably be able to just press play and watch to the end though. Doing commercial cut edits would also be a problem.
Author:  tjc [ Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:56 am ]
Post subject: 
Greg - that's pretty much exactly what's wrong with it. The problem is that a number of other issues stem from that.

Dark - The name of the script is /usr/local/bin/myth.rebuilddatabase.pl
Author:  alien [ Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:33 am ]
Post subject: 
Just a suggestion, but it might be usefull to add a yes/no prompt on mythrestore database. I accidentaly hit it instead of BurnDVD. I ended up "restoring" recordings I had just deleted and could not re-deleted them easily (the opposite of the above problem). I guess I shouldn't complain since that little bug may result in a mythtv "stable" stream :lol:

Don't get me wrong, I think the backup and restore added in knoppmyth are critical components. You just don't want to run it by accident.

Allen
Author:  khrusher [ Tue May 03, 2005 6:04 am ]
Post subject: 
you can change the restore button to post a new menu rather then start the restore...the menu would have a buttons that actually do the backup and restore...

in knoppmyth.xml remove:
Code:
   <button>
   <type>Backup</type>
   <text>Backup KnoppMyth</text>
   <action>EXEC sudo /usr/local/bin/mythbackup</action>
   </button>

   <button>
   <type>Restore</type>
   <text>Restore KnoppMyth</text>
   <action>EXEC sudo /usr/local/bin/mythrestore</action>
   </button>


and add

Code:
   <button>
     <type>BackupRestore</type>
     <text>Backup and Restore</text>
     <action>MENU BackupRestore.xml</action>
   </button>


then create a new file named BackupRestore.xml that includes:
Code:
<mythmenu name="BackupRestore">

   <button>
   <type>Backup</type>
   <text>Backup KnoppMyth</text>
   <action>EXEC sudo /usr/local/bin/mythbackup</action>
   </button>

   <button>
   <type>Restore</type>
   <text>Restore KnoppMyth</text>
   <action>EXEC sudo /usr/local/bin/mythrestore</action>
   </button>

</mythmenu>


Now if you select the wrong button on the knoppmyth menu, you can simply escape back....one extra layer of saftey
Author:  tjc [ Tue May 03, 2005 5:33 pm ]
Post subject: 
Sweet...
Author:  Ralph [ Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Which directory?
I'm missing something crucial here: I've followed the instructions in khrusher's post above, and made the changes in /usr/share/mythtv - but the changes are not appearing in the front end's KnoppMyth menu, so I suspect I'm working in the wrong directory :?:
Author:  tjc [ Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:13 am ]
Post subject: 
There are two of them. Check both...
Code:
root@black2:/usr/share/mythtv/themes# locate knoppmyth.xml
/usr/share/mythtv/knoppmyth.xml
/usr/share/mythtv/themes/classic/knoppmyth.xml
Author:  Ralph [ Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:33 am ]
Post subject: 
Wow, thanks, that did it :D
Intriguingly, as soon as I renamed /usr/share/mythtv/themes/classic/knoppmyth.xml to knoppmyth.xml_old, the front end started to use my modified /usr/share/mythtv/knoppmyth.xml instead, ie. I didn't even have to move the new one into /usr/share/mythtv/themes/classic.
So should I just leave knoppmyth.xml & the new BackupRestore.xml in /usr/share/mythtv, or is it better to move them into /usr/share/mythtv/themes/classic?
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