MCEBuddy - Channels DVR files

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#61

Hey did you ever get this to work? could you give me an example? what URL would you use? switch the ip address to that of my dvr server?

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#62

Run this command:

Invoke-WebRequest -Method put http://127.0.0.1:8089/dvr/hacks/mcebuddy

#63

Yes. Replace the IP address provided by @tmm1 with the IP address of your server.

#64

Awesome! got it to work! Thank you!

#65

Hey, I currently have MCEbuddy working fine and doing the job i want it to. Is there any update on your official export feature? Are there any plans, or have you thought to export recordings into a HEVC file to maximize storage?
Thank you for all the hard work you guys do!

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Can channels see/play converted files?
#66

Is there a way to disable the creation of the JSON files if I am no longer using MCEBuddy?

#67

iwr -method Delete http://127.0.0.1:8089/dvr/hacks/mcebuddy

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#68

Awesome, worked like a charm! Now I wonā€™t have a bunch of folders with JSON files lingering around even through I deleted the shows from Channels DVR.

#69

Iā€™ll update the DVR to delete the json files when a recording is deleted.

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#70

Can you adjust the update to remove all files with the same name?

This would really help those of us using a third party recording aggregator. One example, would be Emby which adds .nfo files or even Channels with the newly added .edl function.

Thanks

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#71

I was going to post a similar request as I notice since edl files are created alongside our recordings when I delete a recording after watching the edl file stays behind and becomes clutter.

#72

Latest pre-release build will delete nfo/edl/json

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#73

Sorry, guess I joined late. How do I get the .nfo files I would like to see for recordings instead of deleting them as you say?
I figured out by stumbling through the forum how to create a .json file for all available recordings, but am unaware how to get the .nfo files Iā€™d prefer.

#74

There are no nfo files in the DVR. Someone else mentioned them earlier.

#75

This works great, but on some shows I also have .jpg and .png ā€¦probably created by Emby (?) but could be another media manager since I have been trying so many. Would really like to see xxxx.* deleted.

Thanks

#76

Channels doesnā€™t create .nfo files. The only solution that Iā€™ve seen create is Emby. You can use the free version.

Edit: Just run Embyā€¦point to Channels folders when you add to libraries.

#77

Caught the post, but now I see the thread titled MCEBuddy, off to do more homeworkā€¦

Thanks, thought maybe Channels DVR created .nfo files.

Many media managers available, I currently use TinyMedia Manager to scrape, create metadata NFOā€™s and artwork.

#78

Is there a standard nfo format? I havenā€™t seen one in years

#79

The only ā€œStandardsā€ Iā€™ve seen and followed are;
NFO files - Official Kodi Wiki
and
NFO Tutorial - TheTVDB.com

For WiKi and history see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.nfo

Doesnā€™t mean itā€™s a ā€œstandardā€, but closest Iā€™ve seen in my recent research to finding something standard enough that lets you lock down your metadata and keeps ā€œmetadata scapersā€ from messing with your media file metadata, like wrong SE#EP# lookups for a TV Series, wrong Title match for a Movie, made for TV-Show Movie, documentary and home made videos you canā€™t scrape on an Inet site, etc. I would prefer to edit my .nfo files vs. joining a website to edit metadata someone else can delete or change. Do it once, correct and keep your own info.

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#80

So I've just started playing with this. Conversion seems to work ok and the file size gets way smaller however I do get the file renamed to .mp4 and can't seem to figure out how to get it to keep the name the same. I have renaming off. I'm using the MP4 normal profile. Shrunk the file down I'd say from about 3G to 600M, so worth it for sure!