PlayOn Cloud Download fails with forward slash in the title

Channels DVR Server Troubleshooting
#1

I have noticed that PlayOn Cloud auto downloads will fail if the movie title contains a forward slash.

Example from the log - Error downloading PlayOn #13553751 (The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear): open /media/pi/Elements/DVR/PlayOn/Movies/The Naked Gun 2 1/2 The Smell of Fear (1991).mp4: no such file or directory

When I download the file directly from PlayOn the "/" and ":" are replaced with underscores in the filename. Example - "The Naked Gun 2 1_2_ The Smell of Fear.mp4". The date is removed for some reason as well when downloaded directly from PlayOn but that isn't all that important.

Is the "/" in "1/2" being interpreted as the start of a new directory and breaking the download?

#2

Indeed.

Actually, that fact just makes it an illegal character in a filename.

#3

@tmm1 Can this be logged as a bug with the PlayOn cloud integration? I am aware of 4 examples where this has occurred with movies I have downloaded from PlayOn Cloud.

The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
F/X
F/X 2

#4

@tmm1 was there an update pushed to address this issue? I noticed that in my Channels DVR PlayOn download folder I had the 2 Naked Gun movies referenced above. The log also verifies that the files were downloaded successfully on 8/8/2023.

2023/08/08 21:18:13.845780 [DLR] Downloading PlayOn Cloud recording 'The Naked Gun 2 1-2: The Smell of Fear (1991).mp4'
2023/08/08 21:21:01.402908 [DLR] Downloading PlayOn Cloud recording 'Naked Gun 33 1-3: The Final Insult (1994).mp4'

#5

Yes

#6

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