[mythtv-users] Upgrading to .12 RPMS
Cedar McKay
cedar at aliandcedar.com
Tue Nov 4 01:51:48 EST 2003
>
> 2) Can I really just keep my 160GB HD that is my /tv FS with all the
> recordings and somehow "re-insert" them in to the DB with that perl
> script from the contrib directory? Is all the show info encapsulated
> in the filenames?
>
Show info is not encapsulated. You have two options if you want to keep
your shows. What I would do is make a backup of your database like
this:
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-21.html#ss21.5
Then after you have reinstalled restore your database. Or if you
suspect that your database is screwed you can use the
myth.rebuilddatabase.pl from the source mythtv/contrib directory to
reinsert your files. However, this will lose show info and name info.
best,
cedar
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