Does ErsatzTV Automatically Update My Channel Broadcasts When I Add New Media?

leomarvin736

So far I have been very satisfied with ErsatzTV. I just wanna know because I add new media all the time to my Plex Server and local libraries. When I add new media, does it get added to my channel broadcast automatically, or do I have to manually update it, if so how?

(Hopefully this makes sense)

Six-Nova

I'm not 100% if ErsatzTV auto scans libraries. I do not believe so. Best way to make sure new content gets scanned is to go into the library and do a deepscan.

Other than that, it depends on how you are creating your broadcast. If you're throwing all your shows in a single collection and then telling ersatz to flood the broadcast with everything in that collection randomly then you will have to add the new shows you get to that collection manually everytime. No way around it.

If you have a set schedule that you created, then you will have to insert that show into your schedule.

If you're using blocks then you'll have to add it to the block.

It all depends on how you set ersatz up to run your broadcast and how you prefer to have your broadcast organized.

leomarvin736

Thanks for the tip.

Your right tho, you have to manually update the channel broadcasts when you add new media.

I figured out the process. Obviously, you have to scan the library that you added new media to. Then go to your collection or playlist that you have (its a good idea to take note of the total media you have in the collection before and after you added the new media). Then you have to save the collection again, but this time it will include the new media you added. And then, for good measure I go to the channel playout and I reset the playout so it includes the new media. I'm not sure if this step is required, but I've been doing it like this and I know the media gets added to the playout. To finish I do a guide refresh on plex so its included in the xmltv guide.

This is the way I found out on my own that it works, but if there is a better way to do this, feel free to let me know.

Thanks

jason

I'm not 100% if ErsatzTV auto scans libraries.

It does by default; if some change is not caught by a normal library scan I would consider it a bug. The deep scan button is there so you don't have to wait for a bug fix to the scanning.

If you use manual collections as described at https://ersatztv.org/docs/user-guide/create-collections#collections then yes, you will need to continue to manually add items to the collection.

Alternatively, if you use smart collections as described at https://ersatztv.org/docs/user-guide/create-collections#smart-collections then you will not need to manually include new items in the collection. The smart collections are re-evaluated every time the playout is extended (by default: extend hourly so playout always contains next 48 hours of content).

Whichever method you use, playouts will include new items after a 48 hour delay due to the behavior described above. If you want new items included immediately, then you will need to reset the playout.

leomarvin736

I see, okay thanks for the tip.