Does Chanels DVR record movies that you already have in the import folders ? I ask this because there is no option to skip movies already in my Library.
If you manually schedule a recording, it will record.
If it is scheduled by a rule, it will also probably record as the metadata will likely differ; imported movies default to TMBD metadata which Channels will likely see as a different movie than the guide's Gracenote metadata.
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Are there any plans to unify under a single database in the future? I love smart rules but they are causing a HUGE amount of duplicates.
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I found the opposite to be true when I matched unmatched movies it defaulted to gracenote.... and I did over 100 today.
Automatic matching on scan happens via TMDB.
In the manual popup, it will show whatever was used last. It should default to TMDB in a new browser but perhaps that's broken.
@tmm1 are there any plans to unify under a single database or at least have the option to use the same for imports as well as recordings? That bug is the one thing that make smart lists frustrating...
Yes we're trying to figure out how to bridge the two and make this better
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I don't really understand what you mean by this. Can you clarify what is happening?
@tmm1 Sure. One example is Westerns. I love old westerns so I created a smart list to record anything 1945-1970 in that category. The issue is I have a ton of old Westerns that I moved over as imports from Plex as well as ripped DVD's. I get duplicates all the time as Channels re-records something that is already in my library. I don't notice it until I manually browse through all of my movies and I see all of the duplicates. Then I have to look at each one to see which one was the latest one that I want to delete.
Got it, you're referring to advanced pass rules. I thought you were talking about smart collections.
Can you give me a couple names of these movies, I'm not sure if the solution we're working on would apply to such old titles.
I totally agree I recently added hundreds of Movies ... But I also record movies from IFC channel which are uncensored and uncut ... so I am getting lots of duplicate recordings. I wish there was a way for Channels to look and not re-record movies already in imports.
I setup my pass to not record deleted ... so that way if I delete the duplicate it will not re-record only way I can see cleaning it up.
@tmm1 sure here is a list of what I had to delete. There is another advanced pass rule for war movies as well that I have...
2022/08/15 11:51:20.186328 [DVR] Deleted #10438 /media/channelsdvr/2TB/DVR/Movies/The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) 2022-05-29-1157.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:20.471964 [DVR] Deleted #10106 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/Return of the Seven (1966) 2022-04-13-0459.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:20.590040 [DVR] Deleted #10096 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/Ambush at Tomahawk Gap (1953) 2022-04-11-2359.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:20.658005 [DVR] Deleted #10071 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/Day of the Outlaw (1959) 2022-04-07-0444.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:20.787299 [DVR] Deleted #9868 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/The Outlaw (1943) 2022-02-23-1159.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:20.938294 [DVR] Deleted #9517 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/Ambush (1949) 2022-02-11-0929.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:21.040985 [DVR] Deleted #9514 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/Cornered (1945) 2022-02-10-1012.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:21.113478 [DVR] Deleted #9466 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/Suddenly (1954) 2022-01-30-1957.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:21.261601 [DVR] Deleted #7380 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/They Were Expendable (1945) 2021-12-07-1729.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:21.347149 [DVR] Deleted #6766 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/Abilene Town (1945) 2021-11-13-0814.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:21.443871 [DVR] Deleted #6435 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/The Big Trees (1952) 2021-10-23-1359.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:21.539846 [DVR] Deleted #6363 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/The Naked Spur (1953) 2021-10-11-0959.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:21.621609 [DVR] Deleted #6352 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/Cimarron (1960) 2021-10-10-0029.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:21.735020 [DVR] Deleted #6316 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957) 2021-10-03-1359.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:21.812749 [DVR] Deleted #6314 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) 2021-10-02-2329.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:21.917435 [DVR] Deleted #6297 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/Brute Force (1947) 2021-09-28-0957.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:22.041219 [DVR] Deleted #6126 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/High Lonesome (1950) 2021-09-17-1544.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:22.146929 [DVR] Deleted #5956 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/Colt .45 (1950) 2021-08-26-2159.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:22.269882 [DVR] Deleted #5945 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/Love in the Afternoon (1957) 2021-08-24-1059.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:22.374307 [DVR] Deleted #5662 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/DVR/Movies/Tulsa (1949) 2021-08-20-1544.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:22.577268 [DVR] Deleted #5279 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/Imports/Movies/The Reckless Moment (1949).mkv (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:22.663231 [DVR] Deleted #5204 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/Imports/Movies/The Big Steal (1949).mkv (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:22.773055 [DVR] Deleted #5153 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/Imports/Movies/Reprisal (1956)/Reprisal (1956).ts (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:22.884438 [DVR] Deleted #5054 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/Imports/Movies/Fort Osage (1952)/Fort Osage (1952).ts (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:22.975953 [DVR] Deleted #4972 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/Imports/Movies/Air Force (1943).avi (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:23.059618 [DVR] Deleted #4970 /media/channelsdvr/10TB/Imports/Movies/Act of Violence (1949).avi (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:23.188053 [DVR] Deleted #3182 /media/channelsdvr/5TB/DVR/Movies/The Hanging Tree (1959) 2021-08-05-0059.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:23.354375 [DVR] Deleted #3081 /media/channelsdvr/5TB/DVR/Movies/Sands of Iwo Jima (1950) 2021-07-04-0345.mpg (user)
2022/08/15 11:51:23.504512 [DVR] Deleted #2135 /media/channelsdvr/5TB/DVR/Movies/Man in the Saddle (1951) 2021-05-31-1959.mpg (user)
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