Can library scan include hidden files?

[punk4funk 1]

My DVR software sets the hidden file attribute while it is recording.

When the recording is finished, the DVR unsets the attribute.

 

Is there a way to configure emby server to include hidden files when it performs a scan?

 

Thanks

 

platform: windows

[Luke 42081]

Well regardless of hidden or not hidden, please be aware that you may not have a great experience with library files that are constantly growing like they will be during the recording process. 

 

What's going to happen is the server will probe the file during the initial library scan, however the file will be constantly increasing in size, therefore the realtime monitor will go crazy reacting to all of those changes. This will cause the file to be rescanned over and over throughout the duration of the recording process. If you turn off the realtime monitor then I suppose in theory it might be OK, however, the server will capture the runtime the first time the file is scanned in, and it will stay with that runtime until the next library scan. So then you'll try to play it while it's still in progress, and you'll come back and say hey, why does it only show 15 minutes when my recording is now up to 45 minutes. And the answer to that would be because it was 15 minutes long at the time we imported it.

 

For the original question, no, there is currently no setting about this. 

[punk4funk 1]

I set my folder to real-time monitoring and tried watching a show while it was recording.  (Manually unset the hidden attrib.)

 

The real-time monitoring did not seem to work (windows).   It did not find the file or update show length after doing a manual scan.

 

So, did the manual scan thing like you mention and that's an option.  But, not really worth the trouble.

 

 

Does emby's DVR playback work for this case (start watching a show from the the beginning while it's mid-way through recording)?

 

Seems like this would be a common scenario.

 

Thanks

[Luke 42081]

Yes it does.