Imports: Local Content Directory must be separate

Channels DVR Server
#1

Hi everyone.

I was having trouble getting the DVR to recognize some new files I put in the Imports folder. When I clicked on Scan Sources, nothing was happening at all.

Then I accidentally deleted /media/DVR/Imports/TV from the TV sources ...

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... but it won't let me add it back...

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... saying that it has to be separate from the configured Channels DVR storage directory.

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What's going on? What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

#2

Those directories are scanned automatically and don't need to be added manually.

#3

If /media/DVR is the primary storage location for Channels DVR, then you don't need to do anything. Channels will automatically scan the Imports/Movies and Imports/TV subdirectories of your primary storage location. You do not need to manually add them in the web UI; they are internally configured and already scanned regularly.

Correct. The locations you add for local content to import must reside outside of the DVR storage location. As I referenced above, the Imports directory in the storage location is already scanned, so you don't need to add that. If however you have other local content to add—such as a directory of movies you share with a Plex install—then that would be the place to add it.

You're not doing anything wrong, per se. In your situation it looks like the best option for you is to:

  1. Remove the /media/DVR/Imports/Movies and /media/DVR/Imports/TV locations from the Local Content section.
  2. Continue to put your imported local content into the /media/DVR/Imports/Movies and /media/DVR/Imports/TV locations for movies and TV shows, respectively.
  3. That's it. Keep your content where it was, and Channels will automatically find it.
#4

Ok. I'll delete the remaining one.

I never added those locations to begin with! They've been there for as long as I remember.