Scanning Folder Never Ends!

[fmharr]

4.9.2RC1

Had to add a drive that had disapeared awhile back and I had not realized
That it had dropped out.

Now it is stuck in perpetual scan mode.

Also another drive is stuck in scan mode aswhell. This drive has already been mapped and added to the pool.

Been scanning for 24 hours.

Mile

[Rich A]

How about shutting down BTV then turning off drive indexing and any anti-virus set for that drive? Restart BTV. I can't see why that would affect it though it can't hurt to give it a try.

[fmharr]

Originally Posted by Rich A

How about shutting down BTV then turning off drive indexing and any anti-virus set for that drive? Restart BTV. I can't see why that would affect it though it can't hurt to give it a try.

I have no antivirous or firewall installed. I have always had Indexing turned off on all drives.

I tried stoping BTV and restarted to no effect. I also rebouted to no effect.

Mike

[Rich A]

Wow, that is going to be a weird problem for sure.

How about this? Do a chkdsk on the drive. Not a simple one but rather, enable both options - Autofix system Errors, and scan & attempt to recover bad sectors.

You will have to let windows re-boot to do the deep scanning during the PC post (before windows starts).

I'm pretty sure that BTV scans the drive/folder for new or deleted content on a regular basis. Maybe it's getting hung up on bad sector(s) ?

The BTV Log, when scanning for new or deleted content, will give you a line denoting the scan has started. Try taking a look at the log for when it started to scan and check for any subsequent error log entries.

[fmharr]

Originally Posted by Rich A

Wow, that is going to be a weird problem for sure.

How about this? Do a chkdsk on the drive. Not a simple one but rather, enable both options - Autofix system Errors, and scan & attempt to recover bad sectors.

You will have to let windows re-boot to do the deep scanning during the PC post (before windows starts).

I'm pretty sure that BTV scans the drive/folder for new or deleted content on a regular basis. Maybe it's getting hung up on bad sector(s) ?

The BTV Log, when scanning for new or deleted content, will give you a line denoting the scan has started. Try taking a look at the log for when it started to scan and check for any subsequent error log entries.

I am not at home and will be gone for the next 2 weeks

I am try a remote reboot later after any scheduled recordings have occured.

Mike

[fmharr]

Originally Posted by Rich A

Wow, that is going to be a weird problem for sure.

How about this? Do a chkdsk on the drive. Not a simple one but rather, enable both options - Autofix system Errors, and scan & attempt to recover bad sectors.

You will have to let windows re-boot to do the deep scanning during the PC post (before windows starts).

I'm pretty sure that BTV scans the drive/folder for new or deleted content on a regular basis. Maybe it's getting hung up on bad sector(s) ?

The BTV Log, when scanning for new or deleted content, will give you a line denoting the scan has started. Try taking a look at the log for when it started to scan and check for any subsequent error log entries.

Done all this and still stuck on "scanning ....."

I see in the log where I added the folder, but nothing about scanning or any errors.

Guess it is time to put in bug.

Mike

[fmharr]

Registered Bug Last Night.

This does not appear to harm performance but the drive I added can't be used to record or playback via BTV.

Mike

[fmharr]

I am thinking about deleting the Libraryfolders.db file and seeing if that fixes my problem.

Any thoughts?

Mike

[bnflaherty]

Shutdown BTV -- rename it to .OLD then recreate the folders ...

[fmharr]

Originally Posted by bnflaherty

Shutdown BTV -- rename it to .OLD then recreate the folders ...

That's what I plan on doing. But not till tomorrow since I have recordings scheduled all day today.

Mike

[KeeterJ]

This is an old problem I have had in prior releases of BTV, although 4.9.x seemed better about it: Too many new files to add to the library sends it into a tailspin. It does not matter if they were previously known, then a drive or folder taken off-line then again brought back on-line. It still takes a long time [forever?] for the background service to examine each file and re-register it.

I always store my recorded programs in various folders below the top-level recording folder. When I bring drives/folders on-line, I sometimes find that I have to add the files in smaller batches. I move the folders to a place on the disk that is not monitored by BTV, then I start dragging them back one folder at a time, waiting a minute between batches. It always seems to work.

As a side note, I currently have 14 eSATA 1TB drives but only two recording folders. I use the Windows junction or mountvol command to mount the drives as sub-folders below the #2 recording folder. BTV sees them just fine as one giant folder, but using this approach has allowed me to easily mount/unmount drives as needed and I have not seen the problem you are experiencing. But I'm talking about 4.9.1, not beta.

[fmharr]

Originally Posted by KeeterJ

This is an old problem I have had in prior releases of BTV, although 4.9.x seemed better about it: Too many new files to add to the library sends it into a tailspin. It does not matter if they were previously known, then a drive or folder taken off-line then again brought back on-line. It still takes a long time [forever?] for the background service to examine each file and re-register it.

I always store my recorded programs in various folders below the top-level recording folder. When I bring drives/folders on-line, I sometimes find that I have to add the files in smaller batches. I move the folders to a place on the disk that is not monitored by BTV, then I start dragging them back one folder at a time, waiting a minute between batches. It always seems to work.

As a side note, I currently have 14 eSATA 1TB drives but only two recording folders. I use the Vista junction command to mount the drives as sub-folders below the #2 recording folder. BTV sees them just fine as one giant folder, but using this approach has allowed me to easily mount/unmount drives as needed and I have not seen the problem you are experiencing. But I'm talking about 4.9.1, not beta.

This is the first time I have had this problem. There is not a lot of files in these drives. The one that I was adding only has about 50 files in it.

The other (G:\) drive has about 200 files in it but it is already in the pool and is actively being used. I did not add it to the pool again but it is being scanned none the less.

None of my folders have sub folders. The G: drive has no folders at all.


Mike

[KeeterJ]

Originally Posted by Rich A

I'm pretty sure that BTV scans the drive/folder for new or deleted content on a regular basis.

BTV checks the recording folders for changes every time it starts up. After that it posts a call-back and lets Windows monitor the recording folder[s] and all folders below it. Windows locks the folders. When Windows sees a change, it taps BTV on the shoulder and says "I've got something here you may be interested in". That's also why 3rd party programs that move files in and out of those folders, or perhaps try to delete a folder, sometimes have problems or mung up the timestamps on the files. Shutting down BTV will release the locks on the folders.

[Rich A]

Thanks for the explanation. FWIW, I've gone as long as two or more years without ever shutting down BTV or rebooting. It's a pretty stable environment if run as a dedicated DVR.

[KeeterJ]

Originally Posted by rich a

thanks for the explanation. Fwiw, i've gone as long as two or more years without ever shutting down btv or rebooting. It's a pretty stable environment if run as a dedicated dvr.

wow!!!!