Re-initialising/clearing the media database...

[colinjones]

Can anyone suggest a simple and safe way to completely clear the media database (pluto_media) that won't screw up the keys/indices/etc so that I can rescan in my entire media share without having to rebuild? There are a number of messed up attributes and coverart, so I want to start from scratch and check what it scans in from the id3s...

[tschak909]

be sure to go to launch manager, and shut down core and media station.

then from a console:

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mysql -uroot

drop database pluto_media;
quit

cp /usr/pluto/database/media.sqlcvs .

/usr/pluto/bin/sqlCVS -r media import



That will re-flash your media database with a fresh copy from the release.

-Thom

[colinjones]

Cool! And that's perfectly safe?

Also, playlists are in a separate db aren't they?

[Marie.O]

Playlists are in pluto_media as well 

[colinjones]

Shit - gonna have to look at jon's backup utility afterall.... I wonder if that expects the keys to remain the same or just records the full path/filename? I would assume the latter as there is no guarantee of the keys...

[Marie.O]

The playlist it self stores the keys only.

[colinjones]

Doesn't that mean that if you clear the database that all the keys could potentially be different when it is refilled? Perhaps I should contact Jon on this as he would have had to think this through anyway (maybe he converts to paths on the export...)

[bundie]

be sure to go to launch manager, and shut down core and media station.

then from a console:

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mysql -uroot

drop database pluto_media;
quit

cp /usr/pluto/database/media.sqlcvs .

/usr/pluto/bin/sqlCVS -r media import



That will re-flash your media database with a fresh copy from the release.

-Thom

Hi guys,

Tried this last night, but borked my pluto_media database. After some hours of dispair found out i had to add "-D pluto_media" to the sqlCVS command, so in my case the last line should read:

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/usr/pluto/bin/sqlCVS -D pluto_media -r media import


And system is back to normal now, with a clean pluto_media database...

Reint.

[tschak909]

oo sorry, yeah.. um... apologies...

-Thom

[bundie]

No probs,

It reminded me again of the importance of backups... and not fooling around with a perfect working system too much! 

Greets,
Reint.

[alx9r]

I too am contemplating doing this.  I have a question about video files that use the .id3 sidecar files:

Does anyone know if _all_ attributes for video files are indeed stored in the .id3 files? 

I was poking around one of my .id3 files with taglib and found title, an image, and some other attributes, but couldn't find the "Media Sub-type" and "File Format" fields. 

Alex

[tschak909]

Those two fields you speak of are stored outside the attributes database, and are therefore currently not handled by UpdateMedia. We need to extend this.

-Thom

[alx9r]

Those two fields you speak of are stored outside the attributes database, and are therefore currently not handled by UpdateMedia. We need to extend this.

Thanks.  Good to know.

[tschak909]

Actually, verifying this.. sorry.. I went back through UpdateMedia again, and it is indeed stored, but as a miscellaneous attribute.

-Thom

[alx9r]

Actually, verifying this.. sorry.. I went back through UpdateMedia again, and it is indeed stored, but as a miscellaneous attribute.

Do you mean as a miscellaneous attribute in the .id3 file?