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Ok, dumb question perhaps:
How do I do a clean install, but keep my library intact?
I know I can blow away ~/Library/Application Support/XBMC and start from scratch, but if I want to start clean without removing my library and media paths, which files do I need to remove to essentially get that result?
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2014-01-27, 16:39
(This post was last modified: 2014-01-27, 19:09 by Ned Scott.)
For video you will want to keep:
XBMC/userdata/Database/MyVideos75.db
For music:
XBMC/userdata/Database/MyVideos32.db
and you might want to keep your sources file:
XBMC/userdata/sources.xml
alternatively, you could just delete the guisettings.xml file and that will reset most settings without having to reinstall add-ons, and your databases will be safe
XBMC/userdata/addon_data/ contains settings for add-ons to reset add-on data
XBMC/addons/ contains add-ons if you want to reset those to default.
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Thanks Ned.
My latest versions of the library databases are:
-rw-r--r-- 1 mogas staff 1220608 Jan 18 09:22 MyMusic32.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 mogas staff 2248704 Jan 27 08:02 Addons15.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 mogas staff 110592 Jan 27 08:02 ViewModes4.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 mogas staff 3252224 Jan 27 08:15 MyVideos75.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 mogas staff 19456000 Jan 27 08:15 Textures13.db
I assume I want to keep those and I can remove the rest?
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Pretty much. You can even remove the textures, addons, and viewmodes DBs. They will be recreated when XBMC starts again.