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Installed this addon on OpenELEC version of XBMC on the R-Pi.
First time I tried to run it, "remote path cannot be empty" and it dosnt run.
Is there any advantage using this over just manually backing up the "userdata" folder?
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No, there is no advantage to using the addon compared to manually doing a backup; other than the convenience of being within xbmc and having dated backups. The restore option is also handy for quickly setting up a new system.
You must set a remote location first before tbe addon will run. Have you done this? I would recommend using the version linked on github a few posts up. The xbmc repo is slightly out of date but i will submit a pull request soon.
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Cheers robweber
I will keep trying it because I am constantly updating with the nightly versions OpenELEC version of XBMC for the R-Pi.
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Hi Rob
Nice work there.
If I install from zip will this automatically update to 0.1.4?
Also, if I do that, presumably it would then knock it out of the XBMC Auto-Updates as this is not yet in official repo. Sorry if that is a stupid question. I'm new to this amd still finding my feet.
One more thing. I have tried in the past, unsuccessfully to save backups using folder names like Base_Installation, Sports, etc.. But it will only write if it is set to XBMC_Backup folder and will not save to other folders outside of this folder. If I place my Base_Installation folder within XBMC_Backup folder, will that work or does it only save with dates.
As I am experimenting at the moment, I don't mind using dates but will it overwrite backup on the same date or will it create 20120911 for 1st backup and 20120911(1) for 2nd backup?
Thansk again. Great work. I wish I had your abilities. A lot of people would feel the same.