how do I bring back TV recordings?

[rnewman]

I just did a fresh install of windows and sagetv.
I backed up tv recording files and put them in same directory
but Sagetv does not see them!
How can I force sagetv to list them in recordings?
Thanks,
Ray

[ke6guj]

copy your backed up copy of wiz.bin over the new wiz.bin in your sagetv folder.


edit: if you don't have your old wiz.bin, then you really can't bring back your old recordings as "real" recordings. YOu can use nielm's webserver to add the old recordings in a sorta hack way and they will be shown as recordings. However, they will be added in in a way that doesn't match the new wiz.bin format so they won't track the same way. Watched status won't be correct, and they could be re-recorded. If you were using nielm's xml generator, you may be able to do automate some of the importing, but the wiz.bin data will still be off.

[rnewman]

Thanks! I did not back up that file.

I just need to list what the recording is: name/date/description

I never used archive. can I put them there?

Thanks,
Ray

[ke6guj]

Originally Posted by rnewman

Thanks! I did not back up that file.

That is the most important file in the system. I have a script set up to backup my important Sage files daily and keep the last 10 copies. I got the script off the forum.

I just need to list what the recording is: name/date/description

Does it need to be in recordings? If not, then I'd just set them up in an import folder and maybe subfolders for organization if you wanted. YOu could also rename them for better organization.

I never used archive. can I put them there?

Not really. Archive is for recordings that are in Sage that you want to 'archive'. It doesn't move or rename the file any, it just puts it in a Archive menu and Sage won't delete those files to make space on the drive.

If you really want them to show up in recordings then you need to install nielm's webserver, http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8426 . Using the webserver, you can manually add them to your wiz.bin file and then they will show up in recordings, and can be moved to Archive, but they won't exactly match up with your new recordings.

[rnewman]

Sounds good enough.
I do have the program already installed but never used.
Thanks,
Ray