So I'm in the process of replacing my current HTPC (Vista) with a new computer running Windows 8. The current HTPC is installed with XBMC 11.0. All content is stored on a server.
It looks like I'm having some issues with the source settings and library. Movies and TV Shows are hidden from the Home window and when I go to the settings, where you can hide/unhide Home window items, both Hide - Movies and Hide - TV Shows are grayed out so I can't change them. I did a search and the posts I saw said this happens on new install until you do a library scan.
What I did:
Following a post on how to move XBMC to another computer, I copied everything from AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata to the same folder on the new computer.
So then when this didn't work, I decided to not try to move and upgrade and focus just on moving and using the same version of XBMC, 11.0. I uninstalled XBMC and deleted the userdata.
I installed 11.0. Still having issues, so I must be doing something wrong.
This is the last thing that I tried:
I installed 11.0. Then I replaced the entire C:\Program Files\XBMC folder with the one from the old computer. I replaced the entire AppData\Roaming\XBMC with the one from the old computer. At this point I would assume that every single settings file, settings, databases is exactly the same as the old computer. I would expect to launch XBMC at this point and have it run exactly like on the old computer (same skin, same skin configuration, same library, etc...) But no, I launch XBMC and it has the default Confluence skin (I use Aeon Nox), If I go to the Confluence settings I am able to enable Movies and TV Shows and I can confirm that it does in fact show my library.
I hate posting about something that should be pretty simple to do (at least that's what all the posts/docs made it sound like), but after spending 6 hours on this hopefully someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong.
So first, how can I move my entire XBMC 11.0 with settings and libraries over to a new computer so that I can launch it and it runs just like its configured on the older computer?
How do I update to 12.1 and have the library work correctly? I do know that I will have to delete the old Aeon Nox skin and download a clean one as per it's FAQ.
Thanks,
psypher
It looks like I'm having some issues with the source settings and library. Movies and TV Shows are hidden from the Home window and when I go to the settings, where you can hide/unhide Home window items, both Hide - Movies and Hide - TV Shows are grayed out so I can't change them. I did a search and the posts I saw said this happens on new install until you do a library scan.
What I did:
Following a post on how to move XBMC to another computer, I copied everything from AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata to the same folder on the new computer.
So then when this didn't work, I decided to not try to move and upgrade and focus just on moving and using the same version of XBMC, 11.0. I uninstalled XBMC and deleted the userdata.
I installed 11.0. Still having issues, so I must be doing something wrong.
This is the last thing that I tried:
I installed 11.0. Then I replaced the entire C:\Program Files\XBMC folder with the one from the old computer. I replaced the entire AppData\Roaming\XBMC with the one from the old computer. At this point I would assume that every single settings file, settings, databases is exactly the same as the old computer. I would expect to launch XBMC at this point and have it run exactly like on the old computer (same skin, same skin configuration, same library, etc...) But no, I launch XBMC and it has the default Confluence skin (I use Aeon Nox), If I go to the Confluence settings I am able to enable Movies and TV Shows and I can confirm that it does in fact show my library.
I hate posting about something that should be pretty simple to do (at least that's what all the posts/docs made it sound like), but after spending 6 hours on this hopefully someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong.
So first, how can I move my entire XBMC 11.0 with settings and libraries over to a new computer so that I can launch it and it runs just like its configured on the older computer?
How do I update to 12.1 and have the library work correctly? I do know that I will have to delete the old Aeon Nox skin and download a clean one as per it's FAQ.
Thanks,
psypher
