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Registered: June 7, 2008 | Posts: 6 |
| Posted: | | | | Ok I desperately need help!
My problem is that I never backed up my database. I rebooted my OS without making any backups or anything, so now I have no way of restoring my database.
The only backup I have, is a separate XML for every movie in my database, but there's no way to import xml's with dvd profiler. Bulkedit is supposed to allow importing xmls, but it only works with one collection.xml file not a separate xml for each movie.
SO now i'm stuck, what should I do? I just want to get my database back, can anybody help me?? |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![High Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/1.png) | Posts: 5,490 |
| Posted: | | | | and too bad you never uploaded your library to the 'free' online service that Invelos gave you with your paid registration ... back up back up Back up ... ![](/images/emoticons/neutral.gif) and looking over your post again.. I see you mention ' I rebooted my OS ' I guess that means: I formated my Disc drive? Or did your Harddrive pack it in? ,, and you changed over O/S with another drive?? Maybe your old HD still has the Profiler folders on it?? | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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Registered: June 7, 2008 | Posts: 6 |
| Posted: | | | | I know.. so is there anything I can do, besides re-adding my entire collection (1000 dvds)
There really should be XML import option on this thing.. |
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![DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrant DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrant](/images/PUD.PNG) | Muckl | That's my common name. |
Registered: April 9, 2009 | Reputation: ![Great Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/2.png) | Posts: 858 |
| Posted: | | | | Apparently I can't read Just skip this and read Mithi's answer... You have only backuped to XML? Then download and install mediadogg's Bulk Edit plugin (version 2.10 is for DVD Profiler 3.6.1 only). Run the plugin and choose "Load" --> "XML and Validate" to import your backup. Missing data can be downloaded from Invelos via Profile Refresh.For more help and examples about Bulk Edit, have a look in the official plugin thread. | | |
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Trivia v0.3.1 My HSDB v5 additions, HTML windows and other stuff | | | Last edited: by Muckl |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![Superior Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/3.png) | Posts: 2,217 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting snk429: Quote: The only backup I have, is a separate XML for every movie in my database, but there's no way to import xml's with dvd profiler. Bulkedit is supposed to allow importing xmls, but it only works with one collection.xml file not a separate xml for each movie. Step 1: Have a look at the data-recovery-link in my signature, maybe "Restore from old HDD" is possible. If not: You can try to re-import every single XML seperately, if neccessary by renaming it to collection.xml first. Sounds like tedious work Other possibility, join them together. Go to a command-line (or "DOS-window"), switch to the directory where the XMLs reside, and assuming that no other XMLs are present there, simply type: copy /A *.xml collection.xmlTry if BulkEdit can use this, slightly faulty file, if not, read on ... Open this collection.xml in an editor. Usually the structure of the collection.xml is: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?> <!--DVD Profiler Collection Export--> <Collection> <DVD> </DVD> <DVD> </DVD> ... </Collection>If you look at yours you'll notice that the opening and closing "Collection" tag is missing. Simply add them at the beginning and the end of the file and try again to import it. (italics are a clarification) If this still doesn't work (because it is still faulty): Editor and scroll down to the end of the first profile and you'll notice </DVD> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?> <!--DVD Profiler Collection Export--> <DVD>whereas a normal collection would only show </DVD><DVD>. Now try find&replace of your editor to delete all those extra lines, just make sure that in the end the <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?> shows up once in the very first line of the collection.xml cya, Mithi PS And if you can't make heads or tails out of my description: just zip all those single-XMLs and contact me via PM, I'll send you my email-address. Whole procedure can be done in under 5 minutes if you are a command-line-junkie like me ![](/images/emoticons/wink.gif) | | | Mithi's little XSLT tinkering - the power of XML --- DVD-Profiler Mini-Wiki | | | Last edited: by Mithi |
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Registered: March 18, 2007 | Reputation: ![Highest Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/4.png) | Posts: 6,449 |
| Posted: | | | | (1) What Mithi said ... ![](/images/emoticons/thumbup.gif) - 1st technique should work. (2) Rest assured that I will make any minor adjustments to BulkEdit, if necessary, to save your data. We've got your back. I'll take recommendations from Mithi, should we need to make any changes. By the way, you do know that you can do a recovery from the Online, if you had it posted. I haven't tried it myself, but I have read accounts that you get nearly everything back. | | | Thanks for your support. Free Plugins available here. Advanced plugins available here. Hey, new product!!! BDPFrog. | | | Last edited: by mediadogg |
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Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation: ![High Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/1.png) | Posts: 5,459 |
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Registered: April 9, 2009 | Reputation: ![Great Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/2.png) | Posts: 858 |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![High Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/1.png) | Posts: 2,293 |
| Posted: | | | | Umm, am I missing somehting here... I'm looking at snk49's 925 profile online collection right now; surely the first step would be to try restoring from the online? Online -> DVD Profiler Online -> Next (to login) -> select Download checkbox and Next -> Next and get those profiles back? | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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Registered: March 18, 2007 | Reputation: ![Highest Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/4.png) | Posts: 6,449 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Voltaire53: Quote: Umm, am I missing somehting here... I'm looking at snk49's 925 profile online collection right now; surely the first step would be to try restoring from the online?
Online -> DVD Profiler Online -> Next (to login) -> select Download checkbox and Next -> Next and get those profiles back? ![](/images/emoticons/thumbup.gif) I also suggested this earlier, but I didn't know the command. | | | Thanks for your support. Free Plugins available here. Advanced plugins available here. Hey, new product!!! BDPFrog. | | | Last edited: by mediadogg |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![Superior Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/3.png) | Posts: 2,217 |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![High Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/1.png) | Posts: 2,293 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Mithi: Quote: Quoting Voltaire53:
Quote: Umm, am I missing somehting here... Jupp, it wasn't there when the thread was started, see widescreenforever's posting That posting was why I was confused! Glad it's all OK whatever the method used ![](/images/emoticons/thumbup.gif) | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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Registered: June 7, 2008 | Posts: 6 |
| Posted: | | | | Thanks a lot guys!! I managed to find a backup with only a few hundred dvds missing, so I spent a day and went through my whole collection readding. Now I've got everything in again. thanks |
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