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+copy padma_dump.py into old padma installation and run ./padma_dump.py
+this creates /tmp/padma with data
+
+copy /tmp/padma here
+
+run
+ ./import_padma.py /path/to/new_padma/pandora/
+
+now run pandora_client on a tree with your old files to make videos available
+