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Multiple directories for recorded TV in V5?

 
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Multiple directories for recorded TV in V5?
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2020-11-30, 11:10 PM
Hello,

I've decided to install V5 and run both V4 and V5 on my server after thinking about what I learned here from sub and Martin last week.  I've changed the port number on V5 to 8867 and both versions seem to be running OK.  One thing I can't figure out, though, is how to I define multiple recording directories in V5?  I have multiple directories defined in V4.  As I add hard drives, I simply add another directory for recorded TV and tell NextPVR to default to the recording location with the most space available.  I can't find a similar setting or option in V5.

I had another issue as well but I'll open another thread for it.

Thanks for any help.
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2020-12-01, 12:06 AM
Forum searches can be your friend https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=59845 and save you a post.

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2020-12-01, 12:17 AM
(2020-12-01, 12:06 AM)mvallevand Wrote: Forum searches can be your friend https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=59845 and save you a post.

Martin

Well, Martin, I actually did a forum search and it came up empty.  I guess I should have tried several variations of my search phrase.

Regardless, thank you for the link.  I'll enter the multiple directories by edition the config.xml file.
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2020-12-01, 02:20 AM (This post was last modified: 2020-12-01, 02:34 AM by FrogFan.)
I followed sub's instructions on the referenced thread and edited the config.xml file to add extra recording directories.  After doing that and saving the config.xml file, I fired up NextPVR using the web interface and discovered a couple things:

First, I defined three extra recording directories, named G-Record, I-Record, and F-Record, paired with the appropriate directory information.  When I fired up NextPVR, I saw that it reports available recording space in the default directory and G-Record, but not for I-Record or F-Record.  Is NextPVR supposed to report available space for all of the extra recording directories?

Second, I noticed in the other thread that sub commented that "you can use select from the available directories when scheduling a recording".  When I tried to schedule a recording, I wasn't given an option to select a directory.  Is this done automatically like it's done with V4, or have I missed something?

Thanks very much for your help and patience.
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2020-12-01, 03:10 AM
(2020-12-01, 02:20 AM)FrogFan Wrote: First, I defined three extra recording directories, named G-Record, I-Record, and F-Record, paired with the appropriate directory information.  When I fired up NextPVR, I saw that it reports available recording space in the default directory and G-Record, but not for I-Record or F-Record.  Is NextPVR supposed to report available space for all of the extra recording directories?
It should have listed all of them. Are they local drives, or network drives?
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2020-12-01, 03:13 AM
(2020-12-01, 02:20 AM)FrogFan Wrote: Second, I noticed in the other thread that sub commented that "you can use select from the available directories when scheduling a recording".  When I tried to schedule a recording, I wasn't given an option to select a directory.  Is this done automatically like it's done with V4, or have I missed something?
How you scheduling the app - web app or nextpvr.exe? Assuming web app, when you click a show in the TV guide, and hit the red 'advanced' record button, you should get a drop down where you can select the drive to use.
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2020-12-01, 03:24 AM
Yes you should be seeing them on the main page, it sounds like don't have the proper settings in config.xml.

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2020-12-01, 06:06 AM
Quote:It should have listed all of them. Are they local drives, or network drives?


They're all local drives.


Quote:How you scheduling the app - web app or nextpvr.exe? Assuming web app, when you click a show in the TV guide, and hit the red 'advanced' record button, you should get a drop down where you can select the drive to use.


I used the web app.  I just clicked a show in the TV guide and hit the red "advanced" record button.  I got a drop down to select a drive, but the options were limited to the default and the G-Record drive.  These are the drives NextPVR is reporting space available on.  There are two other drives available but evidently not visible to NextPVR.  Also, V4 had the ability to choose the drive according to space available.  Is it not possible for V5 to choose the drive in the same way?


Quote:Yes you should be seeing them on the main page, it sounds like don't have the proper settings in config.xml.


Here is an excerpt from my config.xml file:

<PostPadding>2</PostPadding>
    <RecordingDirectory>D:\Recorded TV\</RecordingDirectory>
    <ExtraRecordingDirectories>G-Record~G:\easystore Recorded TV~</ExtraRecordingDirectories>
    <ExtraRecordingDirectories>I-Record~I:\Seagate recorded TV~</ExtraRecordingDirectories>
    <ExtraRecordingDirectories>F-Record~F:\Recorded TV Elements~</ExtraRecordingDirectories>
    <ExtraRecordingDirectories>
    </ExtraRecordingDirectories>


Thanks again very much for your help and patience.

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2020-12-01, 07:36 AM
That's not the way you specify it that way. You need to do it like this:

<ExtraRecordingDirectories>G-Record~G:\easystore Recorded TV~I-Record~I:\Seagate recorded TV~F-Record~F:\Recorded TV Elements~</ExtraRecordingDirectories>

Eventually I'll add a place in the web UI to enter this stuff, so you don't have to worry about editing config.xml for this.
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2020-12-02, 01:44 AM
To have it select the drive with the most space each time it records, change this value in your config.xml to "spread":
<DefaultDirectoryChoice>spread</DefaultDirectoryChoice>

You can probably copy the line from your v4 config.xml.
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