(2016-02-26, 13:21)plonka Wrote:

(2015-08-26, 02:02)mattmartinolc Wrote: Thanks for all your help man. I am using your application unconventionally so it's been a bit of a learning curve for me making modifications to it. I am actually using it as an updater for media boxes. I make an archive of any changes or updates, then upload to a server, and then the users click update from their front menu and it goes straight to the restore function without them seeing backup/restore option, skipping over the first screen.

@ mattmartinolc

Your use of this is exactly what I'm looking for!

Care to share method and detail please, or perhaps a new thread might be more appropriate?

(2016-03-06, 19:36)mattmartinolc Wrote: ROB, have we been able to figure out the issue with the "remote path doesn't exist" error when restoring from an archive?? It seems to be a random error. And the process is always the same. First the archive downloads (in my case, the machines download the zip archive from my web server), then it extracts the zip archive to a temporary directory, then immediately tries to read that temporary directory where the files have been extracted to. That's when the error occurs.

But what I think is happening is either the files are not fully / completely written/extracted or the directory isn't ready to be read yet or is still locked in the extraction process somehow preventing the restore function from reading it thus causing the error "remote path doesn't exist". Is there a way I can add a sleep 30 or similar line of code immediately after the extraction to try and give it time to finish with one process before starting with the next?? If you point me to the point of the code where I can insert this, I can play with that and report back. I can even try an extreme sleep number just to give it ample time to finish one process and let the directory be ready to be read by the program...

(2016-03-06, 19:42)ed_davidson Wrote:

(2016-03-06, 19:36)mattmartinolc Wrote: ROB, have we been able to figure out the issue with the "remote path doesn't exist" error when restoring from an archive?? It seems to be a random error. And the process is always the same. First the archive downloads (in my case, the machines download the zip archive from my web server), then it extracts the zip archive to a temporary directory, then immediately tries to read that temporary directory where the files have been extracted to. That's when the error occurs.

But what I think is happening is either the files are not fully / completely written/extracted or the directory isn't ready to be read yet or is still locked in the extraction process somehow preventing the restore function from reading it thus causing the error "remote path doesn't exist". Is there a way I can add a sleep 30 or similar line of code immediately after the extraction to try and give it time to finish with one process before starting with the next?? If you point me to the point of the code where I can insert this, I can play with that and report back. I can even try an extreme sleep number just to give it ample time to finish one process and let the directory be ready to be read by the program...

Hi there, are you trying to restore from a backup NOT complied on the device you are trying to restore from. I get the same error. I'm not sure but the error happens every time I do it. Here is what I'm doing. I create my build on a PC. Copy the ADDONS and USERDATA folder and grab the backup.val file and zip it all up and call it 111111111111.zip or something like that. Just wondering if you still get the error if doing the backup and restore on the same machine?

(2016-03-08, 16:45)ontap Wrote: is it possible to use this back up method to transfer my custom kodi set up from a mac to a pi3 running openelec ? both are on the same network , i have put a lot of time into building my set up on the mac and want to run it on a dedicated pi ?

(2016-03-11, 17:17)Romek_original Wrote: does this save Favourites too?

(2016-03-15, 01:55)mattmartinolc Wrote: Is there a way to be able to do a restore from a webserver without having the .zip the files? I have directory listing enabled, have the folder named as the backup created it, I can see the directory lists when I browse to it with a web browser, but the backup program brings up nothing in the list of restores??

(2016-03-20, 15:45)dusf Wrote: As I have been customizing my Nvidia Shield Android TV heavily the last few days, in case my config is hosed, I have been using the official Backup program most nights, with the source set to my temporary NAS solution which initially was a Samba server running on Ubuntu desktop 15.10, *now temporary samba running on Netgear 7000 DD-WRT*. Please help with the following questions.

1. The backups are quite large, the latest 3.8GB, but when I try to use the backup compression option the backup fails and the following errors are generated in the log:

http://xbmclogs.com/pycw8uz1t

(2012-04-20, 21:21)robweber Wrote: Compressing my backups isn't working, why?

The most common reason for this is going to be drive space. Non-compressed backups write files directly from your local folders to the remote directory. When compressing the archive the files are first staged locally and then only the compressed folder copied over the remote directory. This means for both backup and restore operations you need to have enough space on your local drive for creation/extraction of the compressed archive. Depending on the folders you are selecting - especially for custom directories - this could be a lot of extra drive space, or very little.

(2016-03-20, 15:45)dusf Wrote: 2. I have twice restored backups made from my Nvidia Shield Android TV to Kodi running on my Android Nexus 7 tablet. The first time I did this I noticed the skin did not change from Confluence to Aeon Nox (as is configured on the Shield), but I surmised this is just the way restoring backups works, afterall it does not take much to switch the skin, which was installed from the backup, in system settings. Last night I noticed the EPG I use had none of my settings saved, and some other addons were asking me to input account details which were set on the Shield. Please note, this was a restore to the Kodi app which had the cache and data cleared, so it was not the case the backup failed completely, for the most part, after the restore Kodi on the tablet is the same as the setup on the Shield.

I do have Backup configured to backup everything, only leaving the custom folders unset. Should it be restoring all settings for every aspect of Kodi, including addon settings? If so, what can I do to make sure everything is getting backed up, and restored properly

(2016-03-20, 15:45)dusf Wrote: 3. I only ever experienced XBMC in the past on an Rpi, and an overpriced Android STB, both of which had a lot of problems. Since getting the Shield I really love using Kodi, tinkering with it, making everything about it exactly as I want I want to encourage some family members to use it, perhaps gifting them devices I have configured for Christmas etc., but I would like to be able to restore a backup I have of my own Kodi to theirs (probably after removing some usernames and passwords, and library metadata), so I do not have to go through the long set up process repeatedly. Whatever boxes I buy for my family will probably be Android, but if they were something else could I still restore a configuration I made on my own Nvidia Shield Android TV? I also worry about something going wrong some time after I have made a present of Kodi to family, I do not live close to them, some are overseas, is there a recommended method for 'fixing' or updating Kodi settings remotely for my non-geek family members? Perhaps this is best done through Android, directed at the Kodi install, rather than through Kodi itself?