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jac1dHello all.  Upgrading from a very old version of mythbuntu (11.x branch, looking for version now) to the latest, due to the SD conflict.  Actually not upgrading per se, going to do a fresh install on a new HDD but want to pull in the history of shows we've already recorded and possibly some existing recordings.  Is this feasible?18:51
jac1dI am way back in ancient history with:  Installed: 0.22.0+fixes23893-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu318:53
jac1don Karmic18:53
tgm4883hmm18:53
tgm4883jac1d: I think you have to upgrade your DB to 0.24 first18:53
jac1dSo the system is in "production", in that the family is depending on it.  I was planning on dropping a new HDD in today, seeing how far I can get with the fresh install and then reverting this evenign if I need to.  If I upgrade the .22 production system I could wind up inbetween working versions.  Can I "upgrade" it once I export it with the backup and restore tool?  (just reasding up on that now) or will the tool not even work that fa18:56
gedakcjac1d:  In 2013 I did an upgrade from mythbuntu 11.04 to mythbuntu 12.04.  Just yesterday I upgraded from 1204 to 1404.  I documented my 1104 to 1204 migration process at http://gedakc.users.sourceforge.net/documentation.php.  I've yet to document the 1204 to 1404 migration.19:01
gedakcThe specific doc for the 1104 on HDD to 1204 on SSD migration is at:  http://gedakc.users.sourceforge.net/display-doc.php?name=pvr-migrate-mythtv19:03
jac1dThank you19:23
jac1dI was just discussing it with my wife, I'm tempted to sacrifice my recordings history on the alter of precious weekend family time19:24
jac1dWe're moving from a cable servifce to just dual tuner off air and NetFlix so the liklihood of recording "old" stuff is considerably lower than it would otherwise be19:24
gedakcSince the recordings are .mpg files, if you encountered problems with upgrading, you could instead do a new install and then copy the .mpg files to the videos folder to watch from there.  'Just a suggestion.19:26
gedakcOf course you'd be missing the TV Show name information.  The date the show was recorded is embedded in the .mpg filename.19:27
jac1dThere is a script that I had a hand in making about 10 years ago that will create a symlink directory of human readable names20:09
jac1djust looking for it now, it crept in to most distros over the years20:09
jac1dIn this case: /usr/share/doc/mythtv-backend/contrib/user_jobs/mythrename.pl --link /var/lib/mythtv/pretty/20:18
jac1dcreates entries that look like:20:18
jac1dlrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 2014-10-26 13:11 The Voice - 2014-10-20, 8-00 PM - The Battles, Part 3.mpg -> /var/lib/mythtv/recordings/2171_20141020200000.mpg20:19
jac1dmaking it easier to manager20:19
jac1d*manage20:19
jac1dI am off to forage for a big HD, I think I'll leave the old OS disk in place, and use it to acces the old recordings, but otherwise put the new OS on a small SSD Ihave left over from a junked PC and find a 1-3TB drive around the shop to use for the data disk, off to hunt20:22
jac1dthanks all20:22
gedakcYou're welcome.  Best wishes for a smooth, successful install.  :-)20:30
jac1dOh one last question20:42
jac1dI have an older Command IR, I recall it was a bit of a challenge to get it going, do you know if there is native support for that now (oh and found a 2TB drive under a pile of stuff on my desk that had a backup so old I forgot it and bought a new drive some time in the last year... so that is getting repurposed and almost ready to go - burning DVD now).  So yes, Command IR II is the model, any thoughts?20:43
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jac1dGah having issues22:23
jac1dSomething about not being able to mout a swap partition... I'm sitting on the screen where it looks like the OpenOffice grapohics and says the install wil be done soon but I've been sitting there for about 15 mintues22:23
jac1dIs it downloading updates here from the net and all is well or am I in some weird error state that isn't being reported to the UI?22:23
qwebirc97905Just installed 14.04.1 and it's not populating my program guide. Can I run a mythfilldatabase in such a way as to get the schedules direct response in a file to inspect?23:20
qwebirc97905alternatively, if there is a utility I can run on my mythbuntu or Windows 7 to test the JSON response that would be great.23:21
qwebirc97905trying thist: https://github.com/SchedulesDirect/mfdb-json/tree/API-2014053023:23

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