Best way to copy "Recordings" to "Videos"?

[Brent94Z]

Hey Guys!

I have some documentaries that I recorded off of TV so they are in my Recordings area. I'd like to save/keep these documentaries. I'm trying to "clean up" a bit and would like to put these recordings into my "Videos" area in their own folder since I view "Recordings" as just TV that I watch and then delete and have no desire to save.

I think I have read how to do this but would like to get confirmation first to see if this is the best/actual way to do it before I screw something up

I read there is a property called "enable_converting_imported_videos_to_tv_recordings".

Here is what I think I need to do...
1. Shutdown Sage and Service.
2. Change the above mentioned property to FALSE.
3. Copy recordings I want move to the new import folder.
4. Restart Sage.
5. Verify the documentaries were correctly copied to the "Videos" area.
6. Delete these out of "Recordings".

Am I correct in thinking that doing the above will allow me to make Sage think that one of my recordings is now a "video" and ignore the embedded data so it won't automatically show back up in the "Recordings" area? Plus, since I deleted them as "watched" they won't automatically record again if one of my favorites.

Thanks! Just want to make sure I do this right the first time

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by Brent94Z

Hey Guys!

I have some documentaries that I recorded off of TV so they are in my Recordings area. I'd like to save/keep these documentaries. I'm trying to "clean up" a bit and would like to put these recordings into my "Videos" area in their own folder since I view "Recordings" as just TV that I watch and then delete and have no desire to save.

I think I have read how to do this but would like to get confirmation first to see if this is the best/actual way to do it before I screw something up

I read there is a property called "enable_converting_imported_videos_to_tv_recordings".

Here is what I think I need to do...
1. Shutdown Sage and Service.
2. Change the above mentioned property to FALSE.
3. Copy recordings I want move to the new import folder.
4. Restart Sage.
5. Verify the documentaries were correctly copied to the "Videos" area.
6. Delete these out of "Recordings".

Am I correct in thinking that doing the above will allow me to make Sage think that one of my recordings is now a "video" and ignore the embedded data so it won't automatically show back up in the "Recordings" area? Plus, since I deleted them as "watched" they won't automatically record again if one of my favorites.

Thanks! Just want to make sure I do this right the first time

3b. Rename File... otherwise sage will still recognize it as the recording.

So that would work.. however, there's an easier way:

1. Navigate to Videos -> Menu Options -> Advanced Options -> TV Recordings in Import Directories are: Imports
2. Rename File
3. Setup -> Scan Imported Media

This will bring the new entry into the Videos section. It sometimes will take a while for it to disappear from recordings though.. you can manually delete the entry from there.

[Brent94Z]

Gotcha on the 3b.

Is your #1 doing the same thing and changing the property to FALSE like I mentioned... just doing it via the remote instead of editing the text file?

Thanks, Fuzzy!

I did notice you had a plugin which I think does the opposite of what I'm trying to do. How hard would it be for you to "flip" your plugin? LOL

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by Brent94Z

Gotcha on the 3b.

Is your #1 doing the same thing and changing the property to FALSE like I mentioned... just doing it via the remote instead of editing the text file?

Thanks, Fuzzy!

I did notice you had a plugin which I think does the opposite of what I'm trying to do. How hard would it be for you to "flip" your plugin? LOL

Yes, #1 does the same, except sine it's within sage, it doesn't require shutting down/restarting sage.

As for the plugin, I'm sure I could at some point, just haven't had any time to do any plugin stuffs lately.

[Brent94Z]

Good deal

Thanks for the help, Fuzzy!