I feel like this thread should be kept to what the Devs are asking for to be tested and not for requests of things we want implemented. It's still pre-alpha as has been stated above.
Thanks for including the poster image on importing, helps with matching.
No problems importing/scanning multiple paths for movies.
Fix incorrect match works well for me.
No problems playing H.264 .mp4's or transport streams in the web UI.
No problems playing Mpeg2 .mpg's or transport streams in the web UI.
I like that deleting an imported movie just removes it from the database.
There have been mentions of it in a few places but i really hope this is to lead up to a pseudotv style system - Channels does, well, channels better than any other program and i hope this is to add to that focus
I had to run the prune manually. Do you plan to make it part of the 5 minute SCAN?
Filebot is your friend. It automates all that renaming.
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Yes, please save any feature requests for a later time. I know everyone is excited, ESPECIALLY US, but there's still so much core work to be done for all of this that feature requests just create noise at this point. Additionally, we have plans in how things are going to be presented, don't even bother suggesting or complaining about how movies are showing up in Channels right now 
Please help us with the stuff we're asking help with.
Thanks!!
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Sorry, lurking mode on now.
A UI to manage movie sources is available in v2019.11.05.2320
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This is the best thing that happened to Channels since TVE.
Hoping I can create custom "Libraries" so I can have my Concerts, Movies, TV Shows and Kids crap separated.
Thanks a lot! Renewing my Channels DVR subscription next week.
Local Content Import your existing media library into the DVR
I previously added 2 Movie Sources which appear to work because I have movies from both sources but there is only 1 in the new UI (which I am happy to see).
Maybe a bug in the previous builds. If you add the old source again and remove it, it should remove the movies from that source.
That fixed it. Added the source then deleted the source (which dropped the movies) then Added the source back. All good now.
I have a 10 of the Minions "Shorts" movies in my collection. They are each in their own folders. The scanner found 3 of them correctly with the poster:
Panic in the Mailroom (2013)/Panic in the Mailroom (2013) - 480p.mkv
Home Makeover (2010)/Home Makeover (2010) - 480p.mkv
Minions Orientation Day (2010)/Minions Orientation Day (2010) - 480p.mkv
These next 3 seem to have been found based on a correct description but without finding a poster:
Mower Minions (2016)/Mower Minions (2016) - 480p.mkv
Training Wheels (2013)/Training Wheels (2013) - 480p.mkv
Puppy (2013)/Puppy (2013) - 480p.mkv
These next 4 aren't found at all (no poster or description):
Cro Minion (2015)/Cro Minion (2015) - 480p.mkv
Competition (2015)/Competition (2015) - 480p.mkv
The Secret Life of Kyle (2017)/The Secret Life of Kyle (2017) - 480p.mkv
Banana (2010)/Banana (2010) - 480p.mkv
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how would one add a network share via the UI? it wont let me and doesnt show the mapped drive of that network share, only shows physical drives.
thanks
I too, would like to know if this is possible? I have my QNAP mapped in Windows and would like to have access to the Movies on it. DVR running on Windows machine.
nevermind, a close and restart of the server now shows the mapped drive.
I am seeing this during playback of movies I imported. Only tested a few and have seen it in 2 of the movies. And I only watched a few minutes.
Braveheart.mp4
Duration
2 hrs 58 min
Bit Rate
4,971,110 bits/sec
File Size
6,622,834,442 bytes
File ID
1570
Streaming Index Up-to-date
No
Track #0: AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
stereo eng 127.716kbps
Track #1: H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10
1916x812 479:203 yuv420p interlaced 23.98fps
Track #2: ATSC A/52A (AC-3)
5.1(side) eng 384kbps
Track #3: EIA-608 closed captions
eng
Track #4: binary data
und
Track #5: Motion JPEG
667x1000 667:1000 yuvj444p interlaced NaNfps
Looks like it's the Closed Caption data. If you navigate up to the language tab, are there caption options? Is so, are any of them enabled?
CC was OFF. If I turn them on it does not change. I could try with Plex to see what is there in a minute. Also, there are two option for AUDIO. English and English.