hi everyone, Im new to the forum so hope this is in the correct section.
I have a tv tuner that i use and records as .TS media files, I have created a mapped network drive on my pc that points to the recorded folder on my tv tuner.
my plex sees the drive but no content, is it that plex cant recognise the .TS files or does plex just not like the mapped drive (although i see it in my shares)
thanks.
Tim.
That depends.
I have created a Home video library which looks at my record folder with TS files.
Which works more or less.
You should not attempt to use a regular movie or even a TV show library.
Unless you are processing your recorded files to separate them into movies / tv shows and then rename them according to the Plex rules. Some people do it, but for now I recommend you go with the Home video library.
thanks for that, just ran a couple of tests, i put a TS file in a folder i know works, and it plays. I put a MKV onto my network mapped drive and it didnt see it, is there any other way i can stream off my Vu duo (enigma2 software if you know what it is) withoug having to transfer each file individually onto my pc?
thanks.
Where does the Plex server run on? Windows? If so, do you use the service wrapper and run it under a different Windows user account?
Try to add the share as a UNC path, instead of mapping a drive letter
I run it on windows 10, I have done nothing and never heard of a wrapper, just basic install of plex and got it so i can stream to my pc, i have tried adding like this
ftp://192.168.1.65/media/hdd/movie/
and this
\VUDUO2\Harddisk\movie
i can see it on my pc and on my enigma box i have ftp samba and everything else on i think.
What happens if you copy this address \\VUDUO2\Harddisk\movie and paste it into the address bar of the Windows file explorer?
How do the file names look like?
Can you inspect one of the files with https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo and post the results?
its not the files, as i say i put one of my recorded files into a folder on my HDD on the pc, this played ok so i know its straming my videos.
i put a MKV in the folder on my Vu and still nothing there.
if i type that into a web browser i get this.
Could you please just attach the picture to your post? There is no need to upload it to a 3rd party website which invokes javascript from 22 other domains.
@c19ufc said:
its not the files, as i say i put one of my recorded files into a folder on my HDD on the pc, this played ok so i know its straming my videos.
if i type that into a web browser i get this.
I did not mean it to put into a web browser. I meant the windows file explorer (that yellow icon I see there right beside the icon of Chrome.)
But apparently it works.
Are you asked for authentication if you go to this network share?
Now if you just use this UNC path and copy this into the ‘Add folder’ dialog when you edit your special home video library.
sorry, i didnt know i could directly upload, most make you use 3rd party.
loads in a windows browser, doesnt ask for log in details but that command doesnt work when i try to use it for adding in plex.
here is added and no files
@c19ufc said:
but that command doesnt work when i try to use it for adding in plex.
~~Please tell me in detail how you went when you tried it. ~~
again screenshots preferred.
Ah, you already did.
Well, try backslashes \\, not forward // slashes.
tried both forward and back, just says nothing in there 
Sorry, just took another look at your screen shots.
Please delete this library and create a ‘Home video’ library instead.
You created a ‘tv show’ library. That doesn’t work because your file names are not formatted like Plex expects them for a proper tv show.
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201543057-Why-is-some-of-my-content-not-found-
‘TV Show’ in Plex doesn’t mean generally ‘content from tv’. It means tv series.
brilliant, that worked a charm, thanks very much for sticking with me.
