I'm using Plex to watch Channels DVR recordings from my Roku devices. It works well except I am having an issue with the Thumbnails used for fast forwarding/rewinding (media index files). I know this may be a plex issue, but I wanted to see if anyone here has experienced the same issue and has a work-around.
The problem seems to be that plex generates these thumbnails as soon as media is added to the folder. That is fine for plex recorded shows as plex doesn't move it into the folder until it is done recording. However, for the Channels DVR folder the show is added as soon as the recording starts (which I actually prefer). It appears plex starts to generate the thumbnails for these new recordings after a few minutes (before the recording has finished). That leaves me with thumbnail generation for only part of the program. Creating a plex 'daily' task doesn't seem to help as plex thinks the thumbnails have already been generated since the thumbnail task has already run.
I know I can turn immediate thumbnail generation off in plex and just do it as a scheduled task, but that option applies to all folders and not just the Channels TV folder. I want thumbnail generation to be applied immediately after the programs are 'finished'.for all content, not on a daily basis.
It would seem that if I could set a schedule to generate thumbnails per library on plex, that would solve the issue. But that doesn't seem to be possible. Is there any other way to have the thumbnails generate for just the Channels library? Is there some way to set a delay?
I also use MCEBuddy, so I am not sure if there is a way to use that to make this work. I don't want to transcode the program, and I don't want to have multiple copies of the recording. I'd also like to be able to watch the Channels recording before it has finished if the need arises.
Anyone else do something similar and have a solution?