jlesage
Watch folder doesn't initiate encoding
Hello,
I have a watch folder setup and it seems to work if a file gets dropped in there the first time, but as soon as Radarr drops an upgrade file with the same title in the watch folder Handbrake doesn't encode the file and it just sits there. Does Handbrake keep track of what it already has encoded and there for doesn't initiate the encode due to it seeing it as a file that has already been encoded? Any way of configuring it so that it encodes anything that's dropped in the watch folder? Regardless if it has an identical filename as a file it encoded before?
Thanks, Shaun
If you add the exact same file twice, HandBrake won't re-encode it. You can look at the container's log to see what's happening (i.e. why your encoding is skipped).
Not really... but is Radarr really put the same video twice? Or it put a different one with the same file name?
Normally a different filename one would be ... (720p) and the upgrade ... (1080p) but then handbrake doesn't overwrite the file and you end up with both files.
Correct.
So if I understand correctly, Radarr can put in the watch folder 2 different videos (i.e. with different resolutions) but with the same filename. In this case, I think the conversion may not happen because the output file already exists. Did you look at the container's log to see why the conversion is not done?
If this is the wrong place to post, I humbly apologize. I just didn't want to create a new issue for what seems like a stupid question. I've installed the Handbrake docker on my Synology NAS, and have been TRYING to locate (or create) my watch folder. Right now, I'm using what was the default (/watch), which I assume is in the root directory. (I've tried other locations, including my home dir.) What am I missing? I've used Unix/Linux since the System V (and BSD) days, but the docker adds a level of indirectness that's throwing me off. I've used Handbrake on my PC for MANY years, so I have no issue with that functionality. Again, apologies if this is not the correct method to post.
