Restoring Kodi Library after LE10 Upgrade

    Getting ready to migrate to LE10 from 9.2 and noted the need to do a backup in the release notes. Doing a fresh install of LE10 and rebuilding Kodi's library are no big deal. But I'm assuming I cannot just restore the .kodi directory. What I really want to preserve are the list of watched and in-progress shows. What is the best way to do that?

    Thank You!

    Quote from StoneWall

    What I really want to preserve are the list of watched and in-progress shows. What is the best way to do that?

    Hi,

    Different Kodi versions use different media database, even if you will restore the video database created with LE 9.2 (Kodi v18 - Leia: MyVideos.116), will be ignored and the LE 10 will create a new DB (Kodi v19 - Matrix: MyVideos.119). Don't know if exist any tool to migrate-convert the database. More info you can find here: https://kodi.wiki/view/Databases

    Don't know if in case of upgrade, from LE 9.2 to LE 10, the databases will be converted... Because in the LE 10 is with major changes, the upgrade not recommended. If you have time... maybe can try after LE-9.2 backup, to upgrade to LE10, find the database folder, save it, make a fresh LE10 install, restore the database folder...

    Quote from VLouis

    Don't know if exist any tool to migrate-convert the database. More info you can find here: https://kodi.wiki/view/Databases

    I didn't find any either, but you did give me an idea ... I saved the 116 db before the LE10 install. The data I was most interested in was in the files table. After re-scanning the library, it was a simple matter to rebuild that table within 119.

    Everything is now back in order. Thank you for your assistance.