Additional Storage Locations for Channels DVR Recordings

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#61

Correct.

Correct.

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#62

If you have an unlimited Google Drive account and running Windows, you can use your Google Drive as DVR storage !

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#63

Thanks the below worked for me on the WDPR4100... that gives me an extra 5TB of storage to move recordings I want to keep. … :smiley::smiley:

$url = "http://10.0.0.144:8089/dvr"

$payload = '{"ExtraPaths":"/mnt/USB/USB1_e2/TVREC/"}'

Invoke-RestMethod -Method Patch -Body $payload -uri $url

#64

Can I view a movie that is stored on a different drive than where I am recording on Nvidia shield?

#65

If you are talking about through the Channels interface, only if Channels recorded the movie and still has a reference to the recording in its database.

As has been stated many times, you cannot import arbitrary movies/recordings into Channels. It is a TV DVR and maintains its own database of recordings. It allows you to view live TV and recordings that it has made itself. Nothing else.

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#66

How do you do multiple ExtraPaths? I now have recordings in three different locations, one local, one on the backup and since that is full another backup but I can't get the new backup location to work.

nm I had my syntax wrong it should have been:
"ExtraPaths":"/backup/ChannelsDVR:/backup2/ChannelsDVR"

#67

noob question, I run the curl cmd (mac) and got no error returned back in terminal. What can I run to check the ExtraPaths is there properly?
TIA

#68

You can open http://localhost:8089/dvr and see if it shows as being set in "extra_paths"

#69

Thanks, this makes archiving so much easier. Also, big thanks for the TVE integration.

#70

Gonna just look stupid and ask... what do I need to type (exact thing I can copy/paste?) and where do I need to type it (does this go in Powershell?) for Windows to add this location as my second location for TV files? Second location I need to add is...

E:\DVR Location\CHANNELS DVR\TV

Recording primarily to my smaller SSD, want bigger drive as overflow. I understand that my DVR will record to primary SSD location and I need to get things to this secondary location in some way, but I can't figure out how to get the right syntax to add the second location as an extra path.

Thanks for help.

#71

In Powershell, paste:

$payload = '{"ExtraPaths":"E:\DVR Location\CHANNELS DVR\TV"}'

Invoke-RestMethod -Method Patch -Body $payload -uri http://127.0.0.1:8089/dvr

#73

should I be able to modify the extra paths value by just re-running the curl cmd with different a value?

Here is what I ran and it didn't error but it didn't change the extra paths value either

curl -XPATCH --data-binary ‘{“ExtraPaths":"/Volumes/ChannelsArchive/ChannelsDVR:/Volumes/SeagateArchive/ChannelsArchive”}’ http://127.0.0.1:8089/dvr

#74

Yes that should work.

I notice some of your quotes are smart-quotes and others are real quotes. That will cause problems.

Copy/paste this which uses regular quotes:

curl -XPATCH --data-binary '{"ExtraPaths":"/Volumes/ChannelsArchive/ChannelsDVR:/Volumes/SeagateArchive/ChannelsArchive"}' http://127.0.0.1:8089/dvr

#75

Perfect! I tried to copy and paste from your example on comment 6 but somehow it got mangled on the journey over. Copy and paste kills so many innocent bits.

Thanks for your help.

#76

Hi for me the attempt to add a second drive failed using the windows powershell

server version: 2019.07.26.0234
ip: 10.0.0.76:8089
additional path to add: F:\DVR

command used:
PS C:\Users\Scott> $url = "http://10.0.0.76:8089/dvr"
PS C:\Users\Scott> $payload = '{"ExtraPaths":"F:\DVR"}'
PS C:\Users\Scott> Invoke-RestMethod -Method Patch -Body $payload -uri $url

result:
Invoke-RestMethod : false
At line:1 char:1

  • Invoke-RestMethod -Method Patch -Body $payload -uri $url
  •   + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-RestMethod], Web
 Exception
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeRestMethodCommand

P

i am unable to see the typo

#77

Is the DVR checkbox checked on the web UI?

#78

Yes sir

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#79

Try this:

curl.exe -XPATCH --data-binary '{"ExtraPaths":"F:\DVR"}' http://10.0.0.76:8089/dvr

#80

I am also having the same problem using this command ...

c:\curl>curl.exe -XPATCH --data-binary '{"ExtraPaths":"/volume1/PR4100/ChannelsDVR2"}' http://10.0.0.176:8089/dvr
false
c:\curl>

#81

Can you check the Log tab to see if an error is shown like "invalid recorder settings"