Help - migration to new setup, Diamond movie views now messed up

[uncledig]

Hi guys!

Lost the motherboard in my server, built a new system, etc. Windows 7 64bit running Sage beta 7.1.5. 3TB of storage, woohoo.

I used the approach of naming my server, paths, etc. the same as my previous setup, moved files (videos themselves + wiz.bin) from old HDDs to the new locations, and used the "advanced_video_file_recovery = true" method that is detailed here: http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...610#post265610

Everything worked fine, Sage picked up my recordings and imports, etc.

Of course, the next thing I did was install Diamond (latest version in repository). Can't get by without it.

Everything is fine with Diamond *except* now the include/exclude functionality in the movie views seems to be wonky. Previously, I just used a single folder include to point at my imported movies and all was well. Now, if I use that single include, it appears to be treated as an exclude. Specifically, if I create a new view, it starts out correctly seeing "everything". When I add the include for my movies, they actually disappear (as if it's an exclude), and all I see are movie Recordings (I have the filter set to show them).

If I go the other way and start with "everything" and then do excludes, the first exclude in the list is ignored (which I think is a known bug right now). Other excludes are honored, but of course that doesn't help me because the first exclude in the list is an important one.

I have a feeling that whatever Sage did to the wiz.bin during the "advanced video file recovery" thing may have resulted in data that confuses Diamond. Or maybe not, what do I know?

I can turn on logging and get you logs, but wondering what actions you would want me to execute while logging. Also wondering if there is a known trick or issue with the approach I took that might help. I've never lost/rebuilt my Sage server before so I don't have experience with a rebuilt wiz.bin, etc.

Any ideas?

[jorton]

There was a minor issue in Diamond 3.2 with the include/exclude folder filtering that is already fixed for next build (don't ask when ), see this issue,

http://code.google.com/p/sagediamond...an=1&start=100

There is also a temporary workaround from jusjoken in the details.

Cheers,

Jeremy

[uncledig]

Originally Posted by jorton

There was a minor issue in Diamond 3.2 with the include/exclude folder filtering that is already fixed for next build (don't ask when ), see this issue,

http://code.google.com/p/sagediamond...an=1&start=100

There is also a temporary workaround from jusjoken in the details.

Cheers,

Jeremy

i understand the EXCLUDE bug. please re-read my post - what i'm experiencing is a problem when trying to do a single INCLUDE. this worked 2 days ago (with Sage 7.1.5 and Diamond 3.2) prior to my rebuild, so i don't think that the reported bug applies to INCLUDES.

i'll try the trick tonight to see if it does apply to INCLUDES, but then i'll wonder how it worked without the trick 2 days ago

again, if logs would help, let me know what actions to take while logging.

[jorton]

Originally Posted by uncledig

i understand the EXCLUDE bug. please re-read my post - what i'm experiencing is a problem when trying to do a single INCLUDE. this worked 2 days ago (with Sage 7.1.5 and Diamond 3.2) prior to my rebuild, so i don't think that the reported bug applies to INCLUDES.

i'll try the trick tonight to see if it does apply to INCLUDES, but then i'll wonder how it worked without the trick 2 days ago

again, if logs would help, let me know what actions to take while logging.

Sorry missed that, here's jusjoken's description of how to use include/exclude in Diamond that might help,

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...37&postcount=7

Cheers,

J

[uncledig]

Originally Posted by jorton

Sorry missed that, here's jusjoken's description of how to use include/exclude in Diamond that might help,

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...37&postcount=7

Cheers,

J

thanks. i understand how to use and configure the includes/excludes.

are you saying that you don't believe this is a bug and/or that log files would not help research it? you keep pointing me to things that i already know and which don't address the problem as i've stated it, and not addressing the question of how to address or research the actual problem.

i think you're a Diamond developer, but if you're not, maybe you're just trying to be helpful none of the things you've pointed to address the problem though.

[jorton]

Originally Posted by uncledig

thanks. i understand how to use and configure the includes/excludes.

are you saying that you don't believe this is a bug and/or that log files would not help research it? you keep pointing me to things that i already know and which don't address the problem as i've stated it, and not addressing the question of how to address or research the actual problem.

i think you're a Diamond developer, but if you're not, maybe you're just trying to be helpful none of the things you've pointed to address the problem though.

Yes I am one of the devs. The only non coder in the bunch so bear with me

I see you are saying that the single include is acting like a single exclude, I'll do some messing around and see if I can duplicate and post back.

J

[uncledig]

Originally Posted by jorton

Yes I am one of the devs. The only non coder in the bunch so bear with me

I see you are saying that the single include is acting like a single exclude, I'll do some messing around and see if I can duplicate and post back.

J

thanks Jeremy! i'm not sure you'll be able to recreate it because i'm suspicious that it's related to the recovery/reimport procedure i detailed in my original post.

btw, i'm also now noticing that a new movie view (no folder includes/excludes, no filtering) is now showing some non-movie items (for instance, Letterman recordings) from my Recordings folders. very whacky.

when you're ready for logs, let me know what actions you want logged and i'll provide them.

[jorton]

Originally Posted by uncledig

thanks Jeremy! i'm not sure you'll be able to recreate it because i'm suspicious that it's related to the recovery/reimport procedure i detailed in my original post.

btw, i'm also now noticing that a new movie view (no folder includes/excludes, no filtering) is now showing some non-movie items (for instance, Letterman recordings) from my Recordings folders. very whacky.

when you're ready for logs, let me know what actions you want logged and i'll provide them.

Hey uncledig,

I can't seem to make it happen. I have 4 network drives setup as imported media folders as follows,

K:\Movie Library 1\
L:\Movie Library 2\
M:\Movie Library 3\
N:\Movie Library 4\

When I do a single include on K:\Movie Library 1\ (see attached) I only see the movies in that folder not all four imported folders (with no other include/excludes). I believe this is the correct behavior, unfortunately not what you are seeing by the look of it.

At this point I'm not sure what to even look for in the logs so I'll have to ask Plucky, EP or jusjoken to have a look but I'd wait to see if they have any suggestions before gathering logs etc...

Sorry,

Jeremy

[PLUCKYHD]

Have you tried clearing the diamond properties complete via the option in the main menu.

This is not a known issue and honestly I don't see how it could be happening without a messed up properties file. I have several view with single inclusions that work well and looking at the code the single inclusion is pretty straight foward.

Try cleaing the properties and let me know the results.

Plucky

[uncledig]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

Have you tried clearing the diamond properties complete via the option in the main menu.

This is not a known issue and honestly I don't see how it could be happening without a messed up properties file. I have several view with single inclusions that work well and looking at the code the single inclusion is pretty straight foward.

Try cleaing the properties and let me know the results.

Plucky

Hi Plucky,

I deleted the Diamond settings via the debug menu. No change in behavior.

The only thing I did to the properties file from this installation was turn ON (and then afterwards, turned OFF) the advanced_video_file_recovery switch. everything else in the properties file is "stock", i.e., created by Sage as part of a normal install and setup.

Is there anything I should look for in the properties file that might cause this behavior?

and again, is there anything i can capture in logs that might hint at why Diamond is responding this way to my import folders and the includes?

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by uncledig

Hi Plucky,

I deleted the Diamond settings via the debug menu. No change in behavior.

The only thing I did to the properties file from this installation was turn ON (and then afterwards, turned OFF) the advanced_video_file_recovery switch. everything else in the properties file is "stock", i.e., created by Sage as part of a normal install and setup.

Is there anything I should look for in the properties file that might cause this behavior?

and again, is there anything i can capture in logs that might hint at why Diamond is responding this way to my import folders and the includes?

Nothing in the logs that would really tell me anything I would have to send you a special debug jar to get any logging. Can you look at the default info view and see the path it is reporting and see if it matches the include fitler?

[uncledig]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

Nothing in the logs that would really tell me anything I would have to send you a special debug jar to get any logging. Can you look at the default info view and see the path it is reporting and see if it matches the include fitler?

Sure - let me make sure I'm clear on what you're asking:

look at the default info view for one of the movies in the folder that i want to include, and ensure that it is the same path that is setup as an import folder (and therefore a folder that i can select for an include). then make sure that this import folder path is the one i'm choosing for the include?

[uncledig]

there we go!

my import path for my movies had all lowercase letters, and my previous path (and therefore the wiz.bin path) had some caps.

so, Diamond doesn't like it if the import path and stored wiz.bin path have different captilization. The core Sage functionality doesn't seem to mind.

//mediacenter/e/video/dvds

vs.

//mediacenter/e/Video/DVDs

thanks guys!

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by uncledig

there we go!

my import path for my movies had all lowercase letters, and my previous path (and therefore the wiz.bin path) had some caps.

so, Diamond doesn't like it if the import path and stored wiz.bin path have different captilization. The core Sage functionality doesn't seem to mind.

//mediacenter/e/video/dvds

vs.

//mediacenter/e/Video/DVDs

thanks guys!

No problem all paths are always case sensitive