Channels server hangs on authorization

[bbrother]

I am trying to install my channels DVR on a new ubuntu installation. It seems the install worked fine, and it found the database on the hard drive i moved over to the new computer, but then it asks to authenticate my account. My account is active (I am logged into it now) but when the server tries to authenticate I get the perpetually spinning infinity wheel. It has been like this for an hour.

The end of the channels-dvr-http.log file is:
...
2024/05/16 09:58:49.382186 [HTTP] | 200 | 251.587µs | 192.168.1.35 | GET "/remote/tailscale"
2024/05/16 09:58:49.403561 [HTTP] | 200 | 35.930967ms | 192.168.1.35 | GET "/system"
2024/05/16 09:58:49.408956 [HTTP] | 200 | 463.423µs | 192.168.1.35 | GET "/status"
2024/05/16 09:58:49.411704 [HTTP] | 200 | 365.74µs | 192.168.1.35 | GET "/auth"
2024/05/16 09:58:49.415633 [HTTP] | 200 | 53.849µs | 192.168.1.35 | GET "/logo-trans.png"
2024/05/16 09:58:49.444759 [HTTP] | 404 | 392.033µs | 192.168.1.35 | GET "/dvr/guide/channels"
2024/05/16 09:58:49.446053 [HTTP] | 200 | 773.636µs | 192.168.1.35 | GET "/devices"
2024/05/16 09:58:49.447133 [HTTP] | 404 | 481.35µs | 192.168.1.35 | GET "/dvr/recordings/upnext"
2024/05/16 09:58:49.449308 [HTTP] | 404 | 393.429µs | 192.168.1.35 | GET "/dvr/files?all=true&raw=false"
2024/05/16 09:58:49.450965 [HTTP] | 404 | 330.269µs | 192.168.1.35 | GET "/dvr/recordings/summary"
2024/05/16 09:58:49.453510 [HTTP] | 404 | 316.275µs | 192.168.1.35 | GET "/dvr/collections/content"
2024/05/16 09:58:49.455583 [HTTP] | 404 | 340.029µs | 192.168.1.35 | GET "/dvr/uploads"

The channels-dvr.log file is:
bill@Bill-MediaServer:~/channels-dvr/data$ cat channels-dvr.log
/bin/sh: 1: exec: /home/bill/channels-dvr/latest/channels-dvr: not found
2024/05/16 09:31:36.967507 [SYS] Starting Channels DVR v2024.05.07.1442 (linux-x86_64 pid:12462) in /home/bill/channels-dvr/data
2024/05/16 09:31:37.342254 [SYS] Started HTTP Server on 8089
2024/05/16 09:31:37.798439 [HDR] Found 1 devices
2024/05/16 09:31:37.809159 [ERR] Failed to refresh auth: missing oauth client
2024/05/16 09:31:37.809993 [SYS] Bonjour service running for dvr-bill-mediaserver.local. [192.168.1.35]
2024/05/16 09:38:03.605264 [DVR] Restored backup backup-20230407.175512 from /media/bill/My Book/Database

[tmm1]

Screenshot? Try another browser?

[bbrother]

Things are a little better now. I saw a switch that was to enable the server, so I turned it on. Now I can watch what is live on the HD Homerun, but my existing recordings seem to be unavailable.

[bbrother]

I think I have this whole thing really AFU. I have three external drives that I have been accumulating over time. I had thought I had accidentally deleted everything, but I see a lot of current recordings in the directory:

/media/bill/My Book/DVR-Recordings/TV

This is my storage configuration:

bill@Bill-MediaServer:/media/bill/My Book/DVR-Recordings/TV$ df
Filesystem      1K-blocks       Used  Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs             1614836       2912    1611924   1% /run
/dev/nvme0n1p2  490048472   11544840  453537028   3% /
tmpfs             8074176       8256    8065920   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs                5120          8       5112   1% /run/lock
efivarfs              192         89         99  48% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
/dev/nvme0n1p1    1098632       6284    1092348   1% /boot/efi
tmpfs             1614832       2600    1612232   1% /run/user/1000
/dev/sdb1      7813992448 3281309696 4532682752  42% /media/bill/My Book
/dev/sda2      7751070100         28 7360362620   1% /media/bill/dvr2
/dev/sdc1      1953479676     164476 1953315200   1% /media/bill/easystore

[tmm1]

You would need to find the correct backup that references those recordings if they're not showing up

[bbrother]

stupid question... How do I give it a different database? I think I have found the correct backup from a few days ago. It is using a backup from a different directory from over a year ago

[tmm1]

Go to http://xxxx:8089/restore and pick the correct one there

[bbrother]

It turns out, it is not the right backup Can I just consolidate everything I have recorded into the directories under PlayOn, TV, DVR-Recordings and then have it rebuild the database from what is there?

[bbrother]

Ohh - I got it! It looks like I had run a channels server from two different locations. Not surprising as this disk has been around. I think there are movies from one location that I can copy over to the active location. I assume I can just move these files over and that Channels will eventually spot them and add them to the library for the client.

[chDVRuser]

The only way to bring things into the Channels Library that aren't in its database is to import them as local content imports

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