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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: mridang_agarwal on May 18, 2006, 11:28:52 pm

Title: backup
Post by: mridang_agarwal on May 18, 2006, 11:28:52 pm

How can i backup muy media center library without using any thrd party tools? Which folder/file would i have to copy?

Title: Re: backup
Post by: mata7 on May 19, 2006, 01:19:14 am

what i do is, i go File/Library/BackupLibrary , i can backup to any HDrive then if i need to restore it, File/Library/RestoreLibrary

Title: Re: backup
Post by: mridang_agarwal on May 19, 2006, 06:06:02 am

Nah, that wouldn't do cause I wanted my library to back up every night from DOS. I thought the library was a particular file that i could back up by copying and then restore it by copying it back to the original location. Is there another way?

Title: Re: backup
Post by: MrHaugen on May 19, 2006, 07:11:19 pm

You can probably go to the library folder shown below and take a manual backup. The zip file from the "in-program backup" seems to contain the same files, but without the sub folders. You might want to take backup of them as well. They contain playlists etc.

C:\Documents and Settings\"username"\Application Data\J River\Media Center 11\Library

Title: Re: backup
Post by: KingSparta on May 19, 2006, 07:42:26 pm

not sure but mc11.exe has Media Core Commands

http://www.jrmediacenter.com/DevZone/CommandLine.html

MCC_BACKUP_LIBRARY

is in the list if this works could this not be scheduled?

Title: Re: backup
Post by: avpman on May 20, 2006, 10:01:48 pm

Quote from: KingSparta on May 19, 2006, 07:42:26 pm

not sure but mc11.exe has Media Core Commands

http://www.jrmediacenter.com/DevZone/CommandLine.html

MCC_BACKUP_LIBRARY

is in the list if this works could this not be scheduled?

Running from the command line does not seem to work. I tried it with MC loaded and also not running. No backup is created. A bug?

Title: Re: backup
Post by: modelmaker on May 21, 2006, 02:59:31 am

You could try this free backup tool: http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp#Download

You can schedule it to do just about any kind of backup as often as you want. This site has a bunch of other useful tools as well.

Title: Re: backup
Post by: KingSparta on May 21, 2006, 08:50:10 am

Quote from: avpman on May 20, 2006, 10:01:48 pm

Running from the command line does not seem to work.

I got the same result

Title: Re: backup
Post by: avpman on May 21, 2006, 10:06:20 am

Quote from: KingSparta on May 21, 2006, 08:50:10 am

I got the same result

Actually, this does work - somewhat. The actual command line parameter is numeric as indicated on the dev page. The section in which the backup command is located is the "20000" section. The backup command is 11th in the list so it's command parameter is 20011 and the correct command line is mcc /MCC 20011

However, here's where it "somewhat works".
1) MCC Must be running for the command to work and
2) The "save as" dialog box appears, requiring manual intervention. So automating the command isn't possible  :(