Like many before me, I'm trying to hack/correct mismatched episodes in my local content library. For proper interoperability with other programs, most of my local content uses TVDB for it's episode numbering. I stumbled into yet another case where TVDB and Gracenote/TMDB don't align, so my proposed personal hack is to maintain the "real" files in TVDB episode numbering format, but then keep a shadow folder of re-named symlinks using Gracenote/TMDB numbering that ChanDVR will scan/import as local content. Note that I only need this hack for outliers; the vast majority of local content files work just fine as is.
What I'm finding is that the ChanDVR scanner doesn't seem to pick up new symlinks in an otherwise working local content folder, but is OK with them once discovered. That is, if I temporarily place the "real" file in the folder, scan and have it loaded to my library, then delete the real file and replace it with a symlink (of the same name) to the "real" location (outside the original folder), then the new symlink continues to be recognized and works as desired. I'm trying to avoid this extra pre-scan step, and would prefer that the ChanDVR scanner would just recognize a new file symlink and import it properly in the first place.
Of course my real desire would be for ChanDVR to support using TVDB in addition to Gracenote and TMDB then none of this would be an issue, but I also recognize that is a long-standing ask that never seems to get traction.
Any help on this would be appreciated. I'm a big fan of ChanDVR and all it does for me, but mismatched episodes in the library are a real annoyance to my family and I, especially given it's now nearly all automated and works properly 'most' of the time.