Local Content - Storage Space, Folder Structure and CNN

Channels DVR Server
#1

New to Channels and love it so far.

First. I have all of my movies and TV shows in Plex. My location structure is /volume1/PlexContent/Movies
/volume1/PlexContent/TV Shows
/volume1/PlexContent/Personal Videos and so on.

Unless I'm missing something, Channels doesn't let you drill down past the root folder (PlexContent) to add TV Shows for example. When I select PlexContent it won't let me go below that. I don't want to have to redo my entire Plex library list. Is there a way around this?

Second.. When 'importing' media like movies to Channels, does it just create a path to the existing media on the server or does it actually import a physical copy of the media onto the same server?

Third. I added Sling as a source. CNN is missing. CNN says they are TVE with partner companies. I assume since they are on Sling that Sling is a partner. Anyone know of a fix for this? Thanks.

#2

My guess is you need to give the channels user permission to your PlexConnect so it can see the contents

#3

You were correct. ChannelsDVR had no permissions to Plex. I gave it Read\Write and still can't see the folders.

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plex1707×233 25.9 KB

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plex21135×301 41.7 KB

#4

Found it in Shared folder. System internal. Channels can see all the folders now.

#5

That doesn't necessarily mean that Sling offers TVE support for CNN. From Sling's own support article on TVE, it looks like CNN is not available.

#6

Thanks for the link. Put in a request for CNN.

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#7

Now that I am able to import shows, my question about space is answered.

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