Archiving Folder Not Working

[sub]

or spaces in the names? Not sure this is a factor, just looking for possible aspects.

[BrettB]

or spaces in the names? Not sure this is a factor, just looking for possible aspects.

Yes. They do have spaces in the names. Here's the list from the config.xml:

Code:

<ExtraRecordingDirectories>Recordings~D:\NPVR Recordings~Recordings2~E:\NPVR Recordings2~Recordings3~F:\NPVR Recordings3~Recordings4~G:\NPVR Recordings4~Archive~F:\Videos\~</ExtraRecordingDirectories>

[sub]

Nah, that should be fine.

[anotherstuart]

If you try archiving again from knewc, does it have the same problem? ie, is it doing this consistently.

It seems to be consistently not working from knewc. I've tried at both the folder level and the individual recording level and with selecting various destination directories.

Hi

Apologies for butting in and any misunderstandings with how to go about this: I would like to reignite this thread as I have installed knewc and I have the same problem of not being able to archive.

I have tried with several directories created as alternative save paths and several files.

I'm testing on a windows version of kodi as front end to my linux installation of NextPVR and I'm afraid I don't know where to find logs like BrettB showed as above.

I was originally using knewc from repository.nextpvr.kodi-plugins-1.07 but I found the latest (?) version so updated to this: script.kodi.knewc-2.9.1

I get the same problem in both; I can click through all the way (including choosing which directory to archive to) to the dialog box which says "Do you want to move this file to archive" and then get a message box saying "An error occurred"

Hope you can give some pointers on where to find an informative log and what may be going wrong.

Thanks

Stuart

[mvallevand]

On linux you will need to make sure that the server has permissions to write to alternate folder. https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...#pid524823

For knew the repo zip is different from the addon and 1.07 is correct. Firs you install the repo, and then you can add knew from the repo not from the zip. This way updates are done automatically.

Logs https://github.com/sub3/NextPVR/wiki/get-help

Martin

[BrettB]

If you try archiving again from knewc, does it have the same problem? ie, is it doing this consistently.

It seems to be consistently not working from knewc. I've tried at both the folder level and the individual recording level and with selecting various destination directories.

I get the same problem in both; I can click through all the way (including choosing which directory to archive to) to the dialog box which says "Do you want to move this file to archive" and then get a message box saying "An error occurred"

Sub, a little bump here since I think you're going to be looking at the Remote UI code.

I was moving some recordings around this week to free up a drive. And re-discovered that initiating archiving from the Remote UI isn't working. Unlike what Stuart just described but like what I was seeing before, I don't get any error displayed on the client. However, the files don't get moved. When I used the nextpvr.exe client on the windows server, it works fine.

I'll do a server restart and a kodi/knewc restart to get fresh logs shortly and post for you.

[BrettB]

I'll do a server restart and a kodi/knewc restart to get fresh logs shortly and post for you.

Did the fresh start, grab logs thing. Both examples have 2 attempts: first archive a folder (In an Instant) then archive a single recording (Health + Happiness...).

First set are from knewc/kodi/RPi. And they show that the selected destination directory isn't being passed in the Archive Recording call:

Code:

2021-01-09 09:50:37.373 [DEBUG][13] ArchiveRecording(15774:In an Instant, )
2021-01-09 09:50:37.373 [DEBUG][13] ArchiveRecording(15773:In an Instant, )
...
2021-01-09 09:50:38.377 [DEBUG][12] Source File: F:\NPVR Recordings3\In an Instant\In an Instant.S01E01.In an Instant Flying Blind.ts
2021-01-09 09:50:38.377 [ERROR][12] Unable to find target destination directory:
2021-01-09 09:50:38.388 [DEBUG][13] Got request [192.168.143.26]: /activity
2021-01-09 09:50:39.377 [DEBUG][12] Source File: F:\NPVR Recordings3\In an Instant\In an Instant.S01E02.In an Instant Rush Hour Disaster.ts
2021-01-09 09:50:39.377 [ERROR][12] Unable to find target destination directory:

Code:

2021-01-09 09:51:30.448 [DEBUG][15] ArchiveRecording(15271:Health + Happiness With Mayo Clinic, )
...
2021-01-09 09:51:31.377 [DEBUG][12] Source File: G:\NPVR Recordings4\Health + Happiness With Mayo Clinic\Health + Happiness With Mayo Clinic.S01E01.Should Your Dog Sleep in Your Bed.ts
2021-01-09 09:51:31.377 [ERROR][12] Unable to find target destination directory:

Second set are from the nextpvr.exe client and they show the destination directory being pass and the archive working:

Code:

2021-01-09 09:52:48.356 [DEBUG][22] ArchiveRecording(15774:In an Instant, Recordings4)
2021-01-09 09:52:48.356 [DEBUG][6] ArchiveRecording(15773:In an Instant, Recordings4)
2021-01-09 09:52:48.575 [DEBUG][12] Source File: F:\NPVR Recordings3\In an Instant\In an Instant.S01E01.In an Instant Flying Blind.ts
2021-01-09 09:52:48.575 [DEBUG][12] Target File: G:\NPVR Recordings4\In an Instant\In an Instant.S01E01.In an Instant Flying Blind.ts
2021-01-09 09:52:48.575 [DEBUG][12] Archiving...
2021-01-09 09:52:48.575 [DEBUG][12] No C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data\Scripts\PreArchive.bat
...
2021-01-09 09:54:10.880 [DEBUG][12] Also moving: F:\NPVR Recordings3\In an Instant\In an Instant.S01E01.In an Instant Flying Blind.edl
2021-01-09 09:54:10.895 [DEBUG][12] Also moving: F:\NPVR Recordings3\In an Instant\In an Instant.S01E01.In an Instant Flying Blind.xml
2021-01-09 09:54:10.911 [DEBUG][12] No C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data\Scripts\PostArchive.bat
2021-01-09 09:54:10.911 [DEBUG][12] Archiving Complete
2021-01-09 09:54:11.816 [DEBUG][20] Got request [192.168.143.26]: /activity
2021-01-09 09:54:11.925 [DEBUG][12] Source File: F:\NPVR Recordings3\In an Instant\In an Instant.S01E02.In an Instant Rush Hour Disaster.ts
2021-01-09 09:54:11.925 [DEBUG][12] Target File: G:\NPVR Recordings4\In an Instant\In an Instant.S01E02.In an Instant Rush Hour Disaster.ts
2021-01-09 09:54:11.925 [DEBUG][12] Archiving...
2021-01-09 09:54:11.925 [DEBUG][12] No C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data\Scripts\PreArchive.bat

and

Code:

2021-01-09 09:53:22.661 [DEBUG][23] ArchiveRecording(15271:Health + Happiness With Mayo Clinic, Recordings4)
...
2021-01-09 09:55:39.971 [DEBUG][12] Source File: G:\NPVR Recordings4\Health + Happiness With Mayo Clinic\Health + Happiness With Mayo Clinic.S01E01.Should Your Dog Sleep in Your Bed.ts
2021-01-09 09:55:39.971 [DEBUG][12] Target File already exists: G:\NPVR Recordings4\Health + Happiness With Mayo Clinic\Health + Happiness With Mayo Clinic.S01E01.Should Your Dog Sleep in Your Bed.ts (archiving cancelled...)

I guess I had already moved that one. 

2 other minor things I found in the process:

1. Selecting Exit from the main menu in the nextpvr.exe application doesn't exit. I had to exit by force closing the window with the X in the upper right of the window title bar.
   
2. When the archiving process moves all files from a show folder on the source drive leaving it empty, it doesn't delete the folder. I believe that when deleting the last recording in a folder leaves it empty, NextPVR will delete the folder. So I think it should be consistent and also delete when archiving out the last re
   

-Brett

[BrettB]

2 other minor things I found in the process:

1. Selecting Exit from the main menu in the nextpvr.exe application doesn't exit. I had to exit by force closing the window with the X in the upper right of the window title bar.
   
2. When the archiving process moves all files from a show folder on the source drive leaving it empty, it doesn't delete the folder. I believe that when deleting the last recording in a folder leaves it empty, NextPVR will delete the folder. So I think it should be consistent and also delete when archiving out the last re
   

Have now done a few more archives, it seems like #2 where the folder doesn't get deleted is more of an anomaly. Most of the time it does, but sometimes not. I'm not sure why.
Here's one that did:

Code:

2021-01-09 11:52:25.134    [DEBUG][12]    Also moving: F:\NPVR Recordings3\Law & Order Special Victims Unit\Law & Order Special Victims Unit.S15E16.Gridiron Soldier.edl
2021-01-09 11:52:25.134    [DEBUG][12]    Also moving: F:\NPVR Recordings3\Law & Order Special Victims Unit\Law & Order Special Victims Unit.S15E16.Gridiron Soldier.xml
2021-01-09 11:52:25.150    [DEBUG][12]    No C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data\Scripts\PostArchive.bat
2021-01-09 11:52:25.150    [DEBUG][12]    Archiving Complete

And one that didn't:

Code:

2021-01-09 11:53:27.534    [DEBUG][34]    Setting activity:
2021-01-09 11:53:28.095    [DEBUG][12]    Also moving: F:\NPVR Recordings3\The Goldbergs\Season 07\The.Goldbergs.S07E16.Body.Swap.log
2021-01-09 11:53:28.142    [DEBUG][12]    Also moving: F:\NPVR Recordings3\The Goldbergs\Season 07\The.Goldbergs.S07E16.Body.Swap.edl
2021-01-09 11:53:28.220    [DEBUG][12]    Also moving: F:\NPVR Recordings3\The Goldbergs\Season 07\The.Goldbergs.S07E16.Body.Swap.xml
2021-01-09 11:53:28.236    [DEBUG][12]    No C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data\Scripts\PostArchive.bat
2021-01-09 11:53:28.236    [DEBUG][12]    Archiving Complete

Ah ha! I bet it's because the Goldbergs had a Season 07 folder!