dgrant Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 (edited) Once all the bugs are resolved, there needs to be a way to backup everything within LOR to a location of our choosing. Probably should include a way to restore everything or individual files and get it back to normal quickly. Sequences, previews, audio, video and all else. Edited July 10, 2022 by dgrant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 I take it you mean something other than copying the files in Windows? Or an automatic backup that many people use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 I was thinking something LOR designed that would be easier to integrate the program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicket82 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 I’ll have to check to see if it’s in S6, but I have it set in S5 to send a backup of my sequences to a second drive everytime I close out of a sequence. That way my sequences are backed up (I also manually copy them somewhere else from time to time). Everything else like shows and stuff can be reconfigured fairly easily. I also tend to copy the entire LOR folder in My Documents to a different hard drive so often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 It appears there are a lot more files that need to be backed up (with) their intended sequences and intended locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMassey Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Simply backing up the LOR data root folder will get all the files and subfolders, including the important commondata and import export plus the sequences, audio, etc. The Program files in .....x86 will regenerate with a reinstall. Write a simple script to copy them anywhere. No need to over complicate the software for a simple task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMassey Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 By the way. If anyone is not backing up their preview, by backing up the xml file or doing an export from the preview window, then do it now and anytime you make a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 49 minutes ago, PhilMassey said: Simply backing up the LOR data root folder will get all the files and subfolders, including the important commondata and import export plus the sequences, audio, etc. The Program files in .....x86 will regenerate with a reinstall. Write a simple script to copy them anywhere. No need to over complicate the software for a simple task. My concern is more for the file integration or let's say, the information within the files, when importing. JSON files, LCC files and all the others just as an example. If restoring "in-mass", that's just fine and should work. But selecting individual sequences to restore, might induce complications with the complexities within the associated files. Yes, we can manually correct things on a case by case basis but I was simply thinking the people that built the software, have a much better handle on things as they already know where everything goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimehc Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, PhilMassey said: No need to over complicate the software for a simple task. Well said... Plus the software already has a sequence "Backup" feature every time you hit the Save Icon in the task box.. Edited July 11, 2022 by Jimehc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBrown Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 On 7/10/2022 at 8:15 PM, Jimehc said: Plus the software already has a sequence "Backup" feature every time you hit the Save Icon in the task box.. Just so others are aware, in Sequencer preferences on the Save Copy tab, you can specify a folder for a backup copy and to append the time and date to the backup's file name. https://www1.lightorama.com/downloads/5.6.8/help/save_copy_preferences.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 Is that supposed to work automatically when saving a sequence? At this instant, it does not save anything to the specified location that I selected, on the same machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimehc Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 backs up when saving with icon - but not when exiting & clicking save Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 minute ago, Jimehc said: backs up when saving with icon - but not when exiting & clicking save That's exactly what I tried with no joy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimehc Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 So it appears I had a "duh" attack of some sort. I forgot to check the box to enable it. Thank You Jimehc for setting me straight. I stand corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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