The only thing that Channels supports is Movies and Shows. This is a current limitation that can't be worked around at the moment. We've said many times that imports is only for Movies and TV Shows.
As for bulk managing, use the DVR -> Manage section of the web admin and you can bulk edit things. (Hidden as an option for visibility for bulk editing isn't in there, i'll add it real quick for the next pre-release).
I cannot seem to view movie collections on my FireTV... I select Library and collections do not show up? What am I doing wrong... I am using the latest beta.
Collections have not been added to the Android app yet.
Thanks OK
Ok thanks, I wasn't aware of this, as I haven't really used Channels for anything other than DVR. I do recall early last year when I first tried importing some of my local movie library, I struggled with some of the forced/mismatched metadata Channels automatically assigned. And I couldn't figure out a "manual override" when it was incorrect, so I just went back to iTunes and Home Sharing for those movies instead. I played around with PlexPass and found that overly complicated for my needs, when what I really wanted was everything in the unified Channels interface.
Today, Virtual Channels is the nudge that got me considering importing some of my previous content again, this time with just live concerts (as movies.) If there's no way to just assign "No match, please just use its filename" then obviously this isn't going to work for me, at least not with those files.
But I'm still seeing the same thing happen with actual movies too, without a correct match assigned or available to choose from, so maybe I'm confused.
Great, thanks very much for that!
Not sure if this will work for you given the directory structure you have those in.
But you could try copying a couple and see if it works for you.
I have all my one-off specials, live events and documentaries in my Specials folder.
So put in your TV Imports folder a folder names Specials.
TV_Imports/Specials
This feature was added in Sept last year
I currently have 146 videos in that folder and after importing they show up under TV Shows.
If it's unmatched on import
Ability to batch set things as hidden in the Manage UI is added to the next pre-release that will land in about 20 mins.
Using version: 2021.08.04.0548
In the webAdmin DVR, after searching for any movie and then selecting it I get the following error:
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Logs have been submitted as 91d63312-fa14-4223-89c3-04972da77143
server version: 2021.08.04.0548
same here but for TV Shows only movies edit/open fine. Clicking on any SHOW in the LIBRARY\TV SHOWS gives a JavaScript error
Please refresh the browser after reporting this issue on Channels Community or to [email protected].
Cannot read property 'includes' of undefined
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Good catch guys. Fix is up in the latest pre-release.
Just wanted to update that the recent guide fix solved my issues! Despite only having 26.5 hours of unique content in the virtual channel, the guide data is now going out 48 hours as expected.
I've been playing around, and getting the hang of Virtual Channels. This is really fun. Awhile back I was inspired by this idea, shared on this forum and eventually amassed recordings of very many TV Pilots from my childhood (the 80's and 90's.) The recording criteria checks for year and only records S01E01. There are plenty of classics, some silly stinkers, all fun nostalgia. Now those recordings have a virtual channel of their own, playing 24/7. Great for passive background entertainment while I'm working.
What other great ideas for Virtual Channels have y'all come up with?
I think I’m about to make one for Disney animated features.
side note - Is it safe to update the DVR while things are recording, or is it better to do it when the server is idle? I'm thinking the latter is better.
You can update any time. It won't restart until it is idle.
It won’t do the update immediately if it’s not idle, even if you tell it to check. It will download and wait to be idle to do the upgrade. However, you can force the update even if it’s not idle. If you do that, any recordings in progress will be interrupted. They will restart immediately after the DVR comes back up, however, so it’s often maybe 10-15 seconds of lost recording.
That's a good one. I just created another Virtual Channel, called "Earth Docs:"
Planet Earth, Planet Earth II, The Blue Planet, Life, Attenborough: Life in Color, etc.
I'm thinking these would work well as ambient entertainment too.
Thanks again for this and apologies for the basic question, but where? I'm not seeing how to select multiple things in the DVR > Manage section, and then set them all to Hidden. Under the "Actions," menu I see "Mark as Watched/Unwatched," "Refresh Metadata," and "Move to Trash." Nothing about Hiding.
Am I looking in the wrong place? I'm running pre-release 2021.08.05.0221. Thanks...
You can only do it for Movies. Episodes do not have visibility settings.
Here's an interesting UI behavior that may not necessarily be an issue but something I felt I should mention.
In the screenshot below, we see a virtual channel that contains episodes of children's TV shows. Highlighted by the arrow is an episode that is seven minutes in length which, as you can see, is illegible unless you tap on the ellipses.
Children's TV shows, especially the shows targeted to younger ages, often have episodes of 12 minutes or less. The problem isn't so bad when the shorter episodes are mixed in with other episodes of traditional length. However, if you create a virtual channel containing only shows with short episodes, below is what the Guide looks like.
Is it possible to adjust the guide view for a given client such that the channel list can be made legible?
