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Posters - re-importing after moving poster folder and making changes to the DB

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chase:
I have been hand inputing all my videos thus far till i can figure out how to set up PVD to scan them the way I want and label them accordingly.

I tried an experiment to see if it would work - well it didn't. No biggy. However in doing so it took all the posters and resaved them outside the folder i had set up for it. I have it saving all posters to the each data base in a seperate folder for that data base. ie: DB XYZ had a folder PVD created with a folder labeled "posters" inside.

When trying this experiment - it resaved them all in the main PVD folder in my documents. I deleted the newly created db and all the new images - reopened my backup db for xyz and none of the posters were there.
They were in the folder - just not showing in PVD.

Is there a way to bring them back in with out having to go through and hand input them again? Which is what i did the first time around.

Is it possible to rescan the poster folder and have PVD bring them back into the correct movie file or is all lost and must be hand input again?

thanx

- chase -

rick.ca:
If I understand you correctly, you put everything back the way it was, and restored a backup. The only reason I can think of why that wouldn't work is the image folder location is saved in the configuration file. Look in pvdconf.ini (in your application data folder) to see if that's the case. If so, with the program closed, change it to what it should be and then restart the program.

Unless you're using the the same images in multiple programs, you should set the option at Preferences > Miscellaneous to save them in the database. They'll be much safer there.

chase:
Thanx Rick  and yes you understood that correctly.

I'll give a look see at the .ini file tonite and get back to you.

chase:
There is no pvdconfig.ini file. I looked on the whole drive and as well as the application data folder.

I think there is a config file of some kind but not labeled as you stated.

I'll double check tonight - but i searched as stated - three times.

rick.ca:
Sorry, the name is pvdconf.ini. ::)

[Edit:] I must be losing my mind. That's what I said in the first place. I often call it pvdconfig.ini myself, and assumed I did again. :-[

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