Migrating DVR recordings from Tvheadend 4.2 to 4.3

    I recently upgraded to LE 10, and also set up TVheadend 4.3. I wanted to attempt to migrate my old DVR recordings, so tried copying the files from ~/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/service.tvheadend42/dvr/log to the same path for tvheadend43. In the web UI I can see all the old recordings and metadata, however when I look at "Recordings" in Kodi I can only see those which were created in TVH 4.3.

    Is there anything else I can do to make these visible in Kodi?

    Ok. You seem quite capable in the Linux environment. Not everyone that posts here is.

    You can create a script to import the 4.2 recordings into 4.3. Generally when upgrading versions of TVH as part of the upgrade process you’re supposed to migrate your old recordings. Clearly this didn’t happen in your case.

    If you’d like to read through this link you’ll get a better insight into how this issue can be resolved. https://tvheadend.org/boards/5/topics/29697

    Quote from petediscrete

    Generally when upgrading versions of TVH as part of the upgrade process you’re supposed to migrate your old recordings. Clearly this didn’t happen in your case.

    There's no automated migration process for TVH 4.2 to 4.3 from what I know, the only instructions I could find was "copy the files over and maybe it'll work". When I installed 4.3 it just showed the setup wizard.

    Quote from petediscrete

    If you’d like to read through this link you’ll get a better insight into how this issue can be resolved. https://tvheadend.org/boards/5/topics/29697

    Unfortunately that seems to cover different problems - changing the path of the recordings (path didn't change for me), and going from older versions to 4.2. As I said, TVH can see the old recordings and metadata, the problem is the Kodi TVS client isn't showing them.

    Quote from Zilog Jones

    There's no automated migration process for TVH 4.2 to 4.3 from what I know, the only instructions I could find was "copy the files over and maybe it'll work". When I installed 4.3 it just showed the setup wizard.

    Unfortunately that seems to cover different problems - changing the path of the recordings (path didn't change for me), and going from older versions to 4.2. As I said, TVH can see the old recordings and metadata, the problem is the Kodi TVS client isn't showing them.

    Might be worth taking it up with the addon provider so. I’m not experiencing the problem and wasn’t sure how familiar you were with TVH. Looks like you have your head around things. Remember we don’t have an idea what level of experience users have until they say so https://github.com/kodi-pvr/pvr.hts

    The "owner" column was blank when I looked at the older recordings in the web UI, but for new recordings made in TVH 4.3 they had something ("admin" in my case). So I edited the recordings in the web UI to include this.