Migrating DVR recordings from Tvheadend 4.2 to 4.3

Zilog Jones · July 11, 2023 at 2:11 PM

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?

petediscrete · July 11, 2023 at 3:10 PM

In the TVH web UI where are the recordings shown as being saved.

Zilog Jones · July 11, 2023 at 3:32 PM

They are showing under DVR -> Finished Recordings. I installed LE 10 and TVH 4.3 yesterday

petediscrete · July 11, 2023 at 3:47 PM

No what path are they being shown to be saved to. You’ll find that in the Configuration section in TVH.

Zilog Jones · July 11, 2023 at 3:59 PM

It's /storage/recordings, the new recordings are going into the same place as the old ones.

petediscrete · July 11, 2023 at 4:29 PM

If you switch back to 4.2 can you see the recordings that you created in 4.3 and 4.2

Zilog Jones · July 11, 2023 at 4:48 PM

No, sure why would it? If I run 4.2 it only shows what was recorded in 4.2 as it only sees what is in ~/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/service.tvheadend42/dvr/log

petediscrete · July 11, 2023 at 5:24 PM

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

Zilog Jones · July 11, 2023 at 9:13 PM

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.

petediscrete · July 11, 2023 at 9:25 PM

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

Zilog Jones · July 12, 2023 at 6:28 PM

I think found the problem - I needed to add an "owner" tag to the older recordings which didn't seem to have this. Once this was done, they appeared in Kodi.

petediscrete · July 12, 2023 at 6:31 PM

Quote from Zilog Jones

I think found the problem - I needed to add an "owner" tag to the older recordings which didn't seem to have this. Once this was done, they appeared in Kodi.

Where did you discover that information from.

Zilog Jones · July 12, 2023 at 6:40 PM

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.

petediscrete · July 12, 2023 at 7:39 PM

Here https://tvheadend.org/boards/5/topics/26241

here

Recovering from disk failure - Tvheadend

and here for anyone coming across this post. You can see the owner list in the Owner tab.