***Solved**** Moving only part of the recordings in database?

[stevwein]

Is it possible to move only part of the recorded library (eg, TV Shows & Movies) to a new storage location? My attached USB drive is almost full so I'd like to use my WD Personal Cloud NAS drive for the overflow to leave room for new recordings.

Channels DVR is running on a Win10 64bit system.

I moved a chunk of the files over, deleted them on the original drive, and added the path of \\personalcloud\public\DVR to the path under Settings>DVR Database>Storage Paths as a test but the moved files are not able to be located as it appears the index database is still pointing to the original location.

So, is the partial move viable? Can the database be re-indexed to update the revised location or is this a case where the ENTIRE \DVR folder has to be moved?

Cheers!

[tmm1]

Yes you can move some of the files, then add the new location under "Additional Storage"

[stevwein]

Ok, where is "Additional Storage" located? I'm not seeing that specific item..

[Edwin_Perez]

The + sign

[stevwein]

Uh, yeah. That's exactly what I posted in my initial post that I'd done. It's not working.... Any ideas?

[Edwin_Perez]

You said you are adding a NAS and running on DVR on Windows did you add it as a Network Share path ?

[stevwein]

Edited above, added screenshots.

Anything stand out?

[Edwin_Perez]

Copy the path to your NAS Share and add it as a Network Share.

[stevwein]

I believe that's what I did...

[tmm1]

Hm, the settings do look correct.

You can try adding a mapped drive in case that works any differently.

Could be an auth issue perhaps with the UNC?

Or does case matter on the UNC, public vs Public and dvr vs DVR?

[stevwein]

I did previously try using a mapped drive, I added it again.

Ok, I also did what Edwin suggested, now my selection looks like this:

Do I need to do anything to re-index the database so it "finds" the recordings in the "new" location?

Have to take a break for a bit, will check back later.

[tmm1]

No there's nothing that needs to be done. When the software fails to find it in the primary location, it looks in the secondary storage paths. The folder structure must be the same in those paths, but it does look that way in your screenshots.

[stevwein]

Since it obviously isn't finding the recordings in the new path(s), what can be done? Anything specific I can check?

Reboot, restart DVR, or something else, maybe?

[tmm1]

What does the DVR Log show (under Support > Logs)

[stevwein]

I tried to play back one of the programs that was moved to the NAS drive from drive D:\DVR. The Fire TV displays "! Connection Lost". Here is the last line of the log file:

2023/03/20 18:52:46.695748 [ERR] Recording 975 (TV\Barnwood Builders\Barnwood Builders S15E01 Legendary Log Homes 2023-02-23-2000.mpg) missing: CreateFile D:\DVR\TV\Barnwood Builders\Barnwood Builders S15E01 Legendary Log Homes 2023-02-23-2000.mpg: The system cannot find the file specified.

[tmm1]

If you open powershell and paste this, does it show an error or the correct file result?

ls "T:\DVR\TV\Barnwood Builders\Barnwood Builders S15E01 Legendary Log Homes 2023-02-23-2000.mpg"

[stevwein]

Result:

[tmm1]

How about the same thing with the UNC path?

[Edwin_Perez]

By any chance are you running Channels DVR as a Service ? If you are you need it to use the user on your system ?

[stevwein]

Result: