I had to move my server to another computer

Channels DVR Server Troubleshooting
#1

Now when I plug my DVR drive into my new computer my Channels DVR server sees the drive but it's not recognizing all the tv programs recorded on it.
Am I missing something? What would I need to do to be able to watch all my shows?
Thanks!
Len

#2

See https://getchannels.com/docs/articles/migrate-dvr-to-new-computer/

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#3

I don't have access to the old server database. I only have whats on the drive.
Is there any way to get the new computer server to recognize all the programs I had recorded?

#4

The root directory holding the recordings should have these directories:

  • Database
  • Images
  • Logs
  • Movies
  • Streaming (optionally)
  • TV

The Database directory will have your time-stamped backed-up database files.

Edit: To elaborate, here's an ASCII tree of what that directory structure looks like:

|--Database
|  |--backup-YYYYMMDD.HHMMSS
|  |  |--recorder.db
|  |  `--settings.db
|  `--backup-YYYYMMDD.HHMMSS (present for as many backups you have)
|     |--recorder.db
|     `--settings.db
|--Images (thumbnail previews generated of recordings)
|  |--preview-${fileID}.jpg
|  `--preview-${fileID}.jpg
|--Logs
|  |--comskip (present if commercial detection is enabled)
|  |  |--${fileID}
|  |  |  |--comskip.ini
|  |  |  |--video.edl
|  |  |  |--video.ffmeta
|  |  |  |--video.ffsplit
|  |  |  |--video.log
|  |  |  |--video.mpg (link to original recording)
|  |  |  |--video.txt
|  |  |  `--video.vdr
|  |  `--${fileID}
|  |     |--comskip.ini
|  |     |--video.edl
|  |     |--video.ffmeta
|  |     |--video.ffsplit
|  |     |--video.log
|  |     |--video.mpg (link to original recording)
|  |     |--video.txt
|  |     `--video.vdr
|  `--recording
|    |--${fileID}
|    |  `--recording.log
|    `--${fileID}
|       `--recording.log
|--Movies
|  |--Movie (Year) YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM.mpg
|  `--Movie 2 (Year) YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM.mpg
|--Streaming (various cache directories for streaming and/or remuxing)
|  |--cache
|  |--channels-cache-123456789
|  `--m3u8
`--TV
   |--TV Show
   |  |--TV Show S01E01 Episode YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM.mpg
   |  `--TV Show S01E02 Episode 2 YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM.mpg
   `--TV Show 2
      |--TV Show 2 S02E01 Episode YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM.mpg
      `--TV Show 2 S02E02 Episode 2 YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM.mpg
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