Yes it works ... Mine worked but I do not have any spaces on my UNC path.... maybe the \TV Recordings is causing a problem ?
Well it's not working for me. I changed the folder name to TV and path is now \WDMyCloud\Thomas\TV. But the shows are not scanned. I even restarted the server. Must be missing something.
Look in your logs ....
Below is what I see in the Logs. But if I copy and paste the same path in Windows it opens the folder. So not sure about incorrect syntax.
2020/09/03 18:40:51.499909 [ERR] Failed to read directory \WDMyCloud\Thomas\TV: open \WDMyCloud\Thomas\TV: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
All I did was copy and paste the Folder ... by any chance are you running Channels DVR as a service ?
Yes the server is running as a Service.
Please submit diagnostics and maybe try // instead of \\
If you are using the System logon your service will not be able to see the UNC Paths. Either change the user on the service to regular user or do not run as a Service.
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I used the \\ and they all worked. the // did not work ..
this what // gave me ...
2020/09/03 15:48:53.979762 [ERR] Scanner error walking //EDSYNOLOGY/Public/TVShows: Rel: can't make \\EDSYNOLOGY\Public\TVShows\Beauty and the Beast\Season 1\Beauty and the Beast - s01e01 - Once Upon A Time.mp4 relative to //EDSYNOLOGY/Public/TVShows
2020/09/03 15:49:44.380025 [ERR] Scanner error walking //EDSYNOLOGY/Public/TVShows: Rel: can't make \EDSYNOLOGY\Public\TVShows\Beauty and the Beast\Season 1\Beauty and the Beast - s01e01 - Once Upon A Time.mp4 relative to //EDSYNOLOGY/Public/TVShows
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Changing the Service logon credential to my Windows credential did the trick. Now the shows are scanning as expected. Thank you for your help!!
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You welcome.
Will tryout this weekend. Have around 200 shows (not including one-off's, specials and documentaries) I can throw at it. I'm still massaging some old ones to get to my preferred layout of something like this;
./TV Shows/100 Days Wild (2020)/Season 01/100 Days Wild (2020) - S01E01 - Off Grid Under Pressure [2020-08-20].ts
I know some shows/episodes are not in TMS/gracenote/zap2it, or they have the show but not the episodes. Do you still want us to report those?
Ah,I was remembering wrong. It’s still sorting “The”
correctly on tvOS and iOS but the web interface doesn’t. I was looking at the web interface fixing a few matches.
Any ideas what this error means?
2020/09/04 01:38:24.609156 [ERR] Scanner error walking \192.168.1.24\TV_Shows: Rel: can't make \192.168.1.24\TV_Shows\Archer (2009)\Season 1\Archer - S01E01 - Mole Hunt (Aka Pilot).mkv relative to \192.168.1.24\TV_Shows
When I input my UNC path it shows me all my files in the window and all looks fine but then when I hit import I get this error.
Sample ....
\\EDSYNOLOGY\Public\TVShows
It seems that importing filenames that have a ' or ’ isn't scanning correctly. Example: Black Clover - S01E52 - Whoever's Strongest Wins (WEBDL-1080p).mkv doesn't get picked up. Same with Boruto - Naruto Next Generations - S01E101 - Jugo’s Reinforcements (WEBDL-1080p).mkv. Also if there's a filename with that issue then it also seems to stop scanning the whole season (could be show, both of these just have one season with a LOT of episodes).
The new release fixed the lack of UNC path support for me. I see some sorting issues but haven't dug in to see if any inconsistencies in file naming could be causing it. I do run it as a service as well.
Nice addition to Channels!
Is there an error in the logs?
Please submit diagnotics
I have a weird issue. I imported my "archived TV shows" that I acquired before I switched to Channels. I have the files arranged like this: \NAS\Archived TV\ShowName\Season X\files. Among these folders I have Yellowstone Season 1 and Season 2. The files in Season 2 were correctly imported. Below the season 2 files SHOULD be the season 1 files. Instead, I have Season 3 files which were recorded by Channels and are in my current Channels DVR\TV folder. Under the Channels Shows folder, I now have Yellowstone Season 2 showing up along with the (channels recorded) Season 3. The Season 2 files are actually in the Archived TV folder.
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