Storage Question

Channels DVR Server
#1

Having an issue with how I store recordings and I am hoping there is a solution.

I have the DVR record and store in \nas1\video2. I then have comskip do its thing to create chapters that are readable by Kodi. I then move the files to their final resting place of \nas1\video so they can be accessed by Emby which does all the metadata scraping and passes them off to Kodi for viewing. Confused yet?

Problem is that Channels can no longer play the files. Is there any way to tell channels to look at a different location for playback. This kills our remote playback ability.

Thanks!

Rob

#2

Remember if you rename the files Channels DVR will not find them .... regardless where you put them.

You'll be able to configure a secondary path using the following command:

curl -XPATCH --data-binary '{"ExtraPaths":"/Volumes/Drive2/Recordings"}' http://127.0.0.1:8089/dvr

You can also specify more than one extra directory, by joining them with :

Note that all preview images and database backups will still happen on the main DVR drive. But you should be able to create a "TV" or "Movies" folder on your secondary drive and move any shows/movies over to it. Any time the DVR tries to access a recording and it isn't found on the main drive, it will check the secondary drives that you have configured.

Also note that this assumes you start with a single DVR and move some of your recordings onto another drive. If you have been running multiple DVRs, there is no way to combine databases and recordings together.

#3

Thanks. I do rename so I guess I am stuck. I will use Emby for the rare times we watch remotely.

Rob

#4

Can you get away with using symlinks instead of copying so they both can access the files and have different file names?

#5

Thanks for the idea. That may not work for what I am doing, but I will look at it.

Rob