Comskip & SageTV Client

[Athfar]

Hello,

I am trying to get Compskip working with the SageTV client and am having little success.

I have tried using the STVi Comskip (Comskip Playback for Default STV v1.5.0 (107.7 KB)) and using SageMC (sagemc_6_3_6b_full.zip). Both are on a FRESH install of SageTV Client (about a day or so old)

It works fine on the Server so I tried setting the import directory to "\\server\recordings" instead of "e:\recordings." The client has access to the networked share.

Does anyone else have any other suggestions? Should you have to map the drive weird like that?

[ke6guj]

You meant that you set the Recording folder to \\server\recordings, not the import folder?

If so, how long have you been recording to \\server\recordings? Any existing recordings that were recorded as E:\recordings won't comskip on the client, but any new recordings that you record to \\server\recordings should work.

What happens, is Sage knows that it saved the old recording to the E: drive. That file is still there and accessable, so it has no reason to change the location in the database to \\server\recordings. You'd need to do some filemoving or something to get Sage to update the location in the db.

Record some new stuff, confirm that the location shows \\server\recordings and see if you can comskip on them.


YOur other choice is to map the root of the Server's E: drive as E: on the client. If you do that, your old recordings should comskip just fine since the client will look for the comskip file at E:\recordings, and find it.

[pez]

You might want to look here about moving recordings.

[Athfar]

Hrmm... I don't get it and I'm afraid to mess with this stuff. I really wish the FAQ explained what Sage was doing along with the steps.

But... While new recordings will use the new path, SageTV will still see existing recordings using their original video directory path instead of the new UNC path or mapped drive letter. In order to have SageTV see the existing recordings in a new location, use the next Q&A...


Q: Can the actual Video Recording Directory location be moved or renamed?

A: Using the above information, yes.

CAUTION: Save a copy of your wiz.bin file in a different directory in case you make a mistake. Do not perform this procedure while SageTV is updating its EPG. Close SageTV before moving any files.

Essentially, this is just an extended version of moving a recording file.
1. Create the new directory where you wish to store your recordings and add it as a Video Recording Directory in SageTV. It will be an empty directory at this point.
2. Exit SageTV. Don't put it to sleep. Exit completely. Stop the service too.
3. Move all the desired recordings to that new directory. Do not remove the drive where the recordings were originally.
4. Restart SageTV.
5. If the original location is empty, you can remove it from the list of Video Directories and then delete it from the disk. Once the recordings are recognized by SageTV in the new location (check the Recording Details screen to see where SageTV believes the file is located), you can also remove the drive, if that is part of the reorganization.

I'm not creating a new directory... and there's no way I can have two copies of all these files (it's 500gb of videos). What are the steps to change from E:\ to UNC \\

[ke6guj]

Shut down sage and back up your wiz.bin.

Create a new recording folder on the E drive

Take the share name that you had on the old recording folder and Share the new folder with the old share name.

Move all the recordings from the old recording folder to the new recording folder.

Restart Sage. Sage should notice that the recordings are no longer at their original location. Sage should notice that the recordings are now in a new location and update the recording location in the wiz.bin to now be \\server\recordings.

Now, your client will be able to access the comskip file through the UNC path.

[Athfar]

Ah I think I understand... Let me try this thanks!