I thought I followed the directions correctly, but I must have missed something. I was moving my DVR to a new hard drive enclosure. I copied everything from the old drive. Turned off the server and pointed it to the new drive and restored. All the recordings are there except now when I play it states: This media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. What did I miss? I also did a restart when they first would not play. Recorded a few minutes of TV and new recording works fine.
Will need more detailed information.
What OS were you running Channels DVR on before you copied everything.
What OS are you currently running Channels DVR on.
What exactly (and how) did you copy everything.
What is the exact error message you see and where do you see it (server, client).
Does the Channels Server have Read/Write permissions to the directories and files you copied.
Sorry, I am running it on macOS Sonoma 14.5 on a 2018 Mac mini. I copy and pasted the files over from the original hard drive to the new drive. I was trying to play the recordings on the server side. The error reads:This media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.
Possibly copied them to the wrong directory?
Check dvr log for errors
2024/07/20 13:31:02.566623 [ERR] Failed to probe file #3375: stat /Volumes/WD Red 2TB/TV/Unsellable Houses/Unsellable Houses S03E00 Double Design Love Tub to 2023-09-17-1859.mpg: no such file or directory
2024/07/20 13:31:02.567062 [HLS] Couldn't generate master playlist: Recording is missing: /Volumes/WD Red 2TB/TV/Unsellable Houses/Unsellable Houses S03E00 Double Design Love Tub to 2023-09-17-1859.mpg
2024/07/20 13:31:04.544110 [ERR] Failed to probe file #3375: stat /Volumes/WD Red 2TB/TV/Unsellable Houses/Unsellable Houses S03E00 Double Design Love Tub to 2023-09-17-1859.mpg: no such file or directory
2024/07/20 13:31:04.544360 [HLS] Couldn't generate master playlist: Recording is missing: /Volumes/WD Red 2TB/TV/Unsellable Houses/Unsellable Houses S03E00 Double Design Love Tub to 2023-09-17-1859.mpg
2024/07/20 13:31:06.552012 [ERR] Failed to probe file #3375: stat /Volumes/WD Red 2TB/TV/Unsellable Houses/Unsellable Houses S03E00 Double Design Love Tub to 2023-09-17-1859.mpg: no such file or directory
2024/07/20 13:31:06.552254 [HLS] Couldn't generate master playlist: Recording is missing: /Volumes/WD Red 2TB/TV/Unsellable Houses/Unsellable Houses S03E00 Double Design Love Tub to
I guess it is not finding the file.
Figured it out. I used the wrong backup file. Working now. Thanks!
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