Commercial detector on client

[gabrielcab]

Hello, do i need to do or change something when i install a new client to use commercial detector? I have sagetv on a WHS server and I'm running a new client installation, i installed the plugin on the client but the current shows that has the commercial removed aren't showing.

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by gabrielcab

Hello, do i need to do or change something when i install a new client to use commercial detector? I have sagetv on a WHS server and I'm running a new client installation, i installed the plugin on the client but the current shows that has the commercial removed aren't showing.

You have to be using UNC paths as recording directories or the Client will not be able to find the files.

[Spectrum]

Or the drives have to be mapped on the client exactly as they are on the server. It's easier to just use UNC paths on the server though

[gabrielcab]

Thanks!, I changed the recording directory path to UNC path but i still cant see the commercial detector, do i need to do any rescan? where?

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by gabrielcab

Thanks!, I changed the recording directory path to UNC path but i still cant see the commercial detector, do i need to do any rescan? where?

New recordings should be OK but for old recordings you'll have to get the Sage core to update the database. There are detailed instructions on how to do this, just search for "UNC" and you'll find a lot of information.

[gabrielcab]

Originally Posted by tmiranda

New recordings should be OK but for old recordings you'll have to get the Sage core to update the database. There are detailed instructions on how to do this, just search for "UNC" and you'll find a lot of information.

I searched UNC and read the commercial detector wiki and i cannot find how to update the Sage core database. I did scan imported media but it didnt do the trick, how can i do it?

[tmiranda]

Basically sage needs to "see" the directory where the file used to be as empty. So let's assume your recordings were on D:\Recordings and now you have configured the recording directory to be \\MyServer\Recordings. Sage needs to see that D:\Recordings is empty.

Stop SageTV
Rename D:\Recordings to D:\NewRecordings
Create a new directory D:\Recordings and keep it empty
Change your UNC mapping so \\MyServer\Recordings points to D:\NewRecordings
Restart Sage

Now when Sage starts it will see that D:\Recordings is empty and it will update the database with \\MyServer\Recordings. It may take Sage a few minutes to do the update.

Make sure that you have configured the recording directory to be \\MyServer\Recordings and not D:\Recordings or D:\NewRecordings.

Tom

[gabrielcab]

Thanks tmiranda, I renamed the tv recording directory then created the old recording directory and leave it empty, then i enter sage tv and deleted some recordings that was showing "like 4-6", then i renamed again the directory where i have all recordings to leave it like it was but now i cannot see any recordings, i'm using UNC path on the server and the client.

And i'm getting a capture error in playback message when try to view livetv

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by gabrielcab

... then i renamed again the directory where i have all recordings to leave it like it was but now i cannot see any recordings

I don't understand what you are saying. Why did you rename the directory again?

What is the path of the old recording directory? Are there any files in it?
What is the path of the new recording directory? Are there any files in it?
What is the name of the UNC path and where does it map to?

[gabrielcab]

What is the path of the old recording directory? Are there any files in it?

On WHS i had the recordings on D:\shares\Recorded TV, now it is empty

What is the path of the new recording directory? Are there any files in it?

I made a new directory D:\shares\TV Recordings and move all the files from "recorded tv"

What is the name of the UNC path and where does it map to?

on the sagetv server i configure the recording path to: \\Server\TV Recordings and \\Server\Recorded TV where the old recording directory is empty.

[tmiranda]

You need to have D:\shares\Recorded TV defined as an import directory so sage can see that it is empty.

You should not define \\Server\Recorded TV as a recording directory unless you really want Sage to record to it. (Which I don't think you want to do.)