Yes both added by UI and they work.
"extra_paths":["\\\\EDSYNOLOGY\\Public\\ChannelsDVR3:\\\\WDMYCLOUDDL2100\\ChannelsDVR2"]Please upgrade to new build, then try removing and readding those two paths again
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Looks better ....
"extra_paths":["\\\\EDSYNOLOGY\\Public\\ChannelsDVR3","\\\\WDMYCLOUDDL2100\\ChannelsDVR2"]
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I assume this is a beta build. How do I get that for Mac as I'd like to try this out?
Can anyone help with this question?
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The DVR server pre-releases are the same, regardless of platform.
Updates to the pre-release must be manually checked for. You do this from the Settings page of the DVR web UI by either Shift+Clicking or Click-and-Hold the Check For Updates button under the current DVR version number.
You can also PUT to the /updater/check/prerelease endpoint of your DVR server.
https://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+update+channels+dvr+to+prerelease
You could of saved yourself 2 days
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Click and hold it is! Now another trip to Best Buy for another drive. Thanks.
HI
Have a couple of question to the people using this new feature.
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How do I get the new version and install it ?
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Is it possible to have it record a show or movie too both Drives at the same time and be able to Delete ect.. at the same time, my thinking is using the second drive as a Backup drive ??
Thanks
It is now part of the new stable release; your DVR should update itself. (See Version History for details about 2020.09.14.2100.)
Recordings will only be saved to the primary location. The additional locations are used for items not found in the primary location, but still in the database.
I've now added a 2nd 10TB drive and it is going to take forever to move things from the old to the new. Could I just make the new drive the main Channels DVR storage point and then make the old one the 2nd drive? That would immediately give me back a whole drive of space for recording. If this can be done easily, what steps should I take so that I don't mess anything up?
Just set the new one as the DVR location and the old one as the additional storage location.
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I think you have to copy/move over the Database or else you will lose the recordings.
I now have two 10TB drives (I know, I really need to learn not to be a packrat) and have moved about 3TB to the new drive. Movies are pretty straightforward, I just move everything over as new recordings are coming in. TV shows are a bit more complex. I dragged folders of shows over, but now with new epsiodes they are getting recorded on the old drive and I can't any longer just drag folders over. What is the easiest way to manage all of this for those that have multiple drives for a while? Do you just do selective pruning, or do you have something setup to automate it? I'm running on a Mac Mini.
If you want to automate transfers between two locations, you might want to look into cron and rsync.
I am on windows so I use Robocopy to move my recordings over by folder to my secondary location when nothing is recording or processing. I have it scheduled at night ... it will check every 5 minutes to see if anything is recording or processing before moving files.
:loop
timeout 300
CD /d "%~dp0"
del "%~dp0dvr"
wget.exe "http://127.0.0.1:8089/dvr"
findstr /I /C:"Recording" "%~dp0dvr"
set recording=%ERRORLEVEL%
if %recording% EQU 0 goto loop
findstr /I /C:"Processing" "%~dp0dvr"
set recording=%ERRORLEVEL%
if %recording% EQU 0 goto loop
ROBOCOPY "R:\ChannelsDVR\TV\Criminal Minds" "\\EDSYNOLOGY\Public\ChannelsDVR3\TV\Criminal Minds" /move /COPY:DT /minage:0 /e /R:2 /W:2
ROBOCOPY "R:\ChannelsDVR\TV\Star Trek The Next Generation" "\\EDSYNOLOGY\Public\ChannelsDVR3\TV\Star Trek The Next Generation" /move /COPY:DT /minage:0 /e /R:2 /W:2
ROBOCOPY "R:\ChannelsDVR\TV\Star Trek Deep Space Nine" "\\EDSYNOLOGY\Public\ChannelsDVR3\TV\Star Trek Deep Space Nine" /move /COPY:DT /minage:0 /e /R:2 /W:2
ROBOCOPY "R:\ChannelsDVR\TV\Law & Order Criminal Intent" "\\EDSYNOLOGY\Public\ChannelsDVR3\TV\Law & Order Criminal Intent" /move /COPY:DT /minage:0 /e /R:2 /W:2
exit
Would this rsync command do the trick? I could then create different versions of it for the TV shows that I want to move. Does cron have a way to check for if files are active and/or is rsync smart enough to leave active files alone?
rsync -r --remove-source-files /Volumes/Exteral1/DVR/Movies/ /Volumes/External2/Movies/
rsync -r --remove-source-files /Volumes/External1/DVR/TV/Seinfield/ /Volumes/External/2/DVR/TV/Seinfield/
Implementations may differ, so it's best to check the man pages for your local version.
Well rather than search on Google for all the rsync and cron options on a Mac, was hoping to get some tips from users here that are already doing it and save quite a bit of time.
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That's why I suggested your local man pages. From a command line, try man cron or man rsync to get the documentation for the version installed on your system.
(My systems are Linux and OpenBSD, so I'm not certain which versions Apple ships with macOS.)