Series2Folder

terry · Post by **terry** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 14:07

What am I doing wrong? I have tried to install the series2folder plugin onto my t2 using 4 different USBs to no avail and each time it comes up with a message saying "no displayable files on this medium found!", when there is clearly something on the USB when plugging the USB into a computer. Pleeeease help me as it is very frustrating not knowing what I am doing wrong. I have tried doing this using the version 1.8.

MrQuade · Post by **MrQuade** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 14:23

terry wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 25, 2020 14:07
What am I doing wrong? I have tried to install the series2folder plugin onto my t2 using 4 different USBs to no avail and each time it comes up with a message saying "no displayable files on this medium found!", when there is clearly something on the USB when plugging the USB into a computer. Pleeeease help me as it is very frustrating not knowing what I am doing wrong. I have tried doing this using the version 1.8.

Why 1.8, when 1.9 is available?

Did you remember to unzip the file onto the USB stick? You should have a .ipk file in the root folder.

Is the USB stick formatted as FAT32 or NTFS? (not exFAT)

Have you tried opening up the "Files / sources" entry in the main menu and navigating to the USB stick, then clicking on the .ipk file there? That will also cause the plugin to be installed.

prl · Post by **prl** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 14:28

Did you put the .ipk file in the top level directory on the USB stick? .ipk package files will only be found automatically if they're on the top level folder on the USB stick. If the Series2Folder .ipk file not in the top level, try moving it there and try again.

It shouldn't matter if there are other files on the USB stick (I keep all the .ipk files I use and all my current USB installers on one USB stick).

If that doesn't help:

Can you look at the contents of the USB drive in FileCommander (MENU>Sources / Files)? How is the USB formatted? What firmware version are you running on the T2 (MENU>Information>About>Revision?

prl · Post by **prl** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 14:30

MrQuade wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 25, 2020 14:23
Why 1.8, when 1.9 is available?

I missed that.

Terry: 1.9 has some useful improvements over 1.8 (thanks to an idea and a code suggestion from adoxa).

terry · Post by **terry** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 14:55

thanks heaps for the heads up.

I followed the instructions to put the ipk. file on the top level of the USB stick and it worked! Oops my bad.

Teenage daughters come in handy when it comes to working out technology! Between you guys and my teenage daughter we got it sorted. Thanks heaps!!

terry · Post by **terry** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 15:17

I am now having trouble assigning the blue button on the remote control to series2folder.

MrQuade · Post by **MrQuade** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 15:45

Have you restarted your Wiz after installing the plugin? (did you end up installing version 1.9?)

What trouble are you having? You'll need to tell us where you are getting stuck.

Do you see the series2folder options in the popup menu when you press the MENU button? (you will have to highlight a recording for the options to be visible).

Personally I find that allowing series2folder to run automatically in the background is much easier than assigning a button to manually run it on demand, though your usage patterns might be vastly different to mine.

terry · Post by **terry** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 16:19

MrQuade wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 25, 2020 15:45
Have you restarted your Wiz after installing the plugin? (did you end up installing version 1.9?)

What trouble are you having? You'll need to tell us where you are getting stuck.

Do you see the series2folder options in the popup menu when you press the MENU button? (you will have to highlight a recording for the options to be visible).

Personally I find that allowing series2folder to run automatically in the background is much easier than assigning a button to manually run it on demand, though your usage patterns might be vastly different to mine.

I ended up forgetting to restart the t2 which I have now done and that is fine thank you. I downloaded version 1.9 and as far as i know it is version 1.9 but i dont know how to tell if it is version 1.8 or version 1.9.

How do you set the series2folder to run automatically in the background? Please.

adoxa · Post by **adoxa** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 16:32

prl wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 25, 2020 14:28
[...] .ipk package files will only be found automatically if they're on the top level folder on the USB stick. [...]

Actually, they can also be in an ipk directory (and its subdirectories), although that must itself be in the top level.

MrQuade · Post by **MrQuade** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 16:32

terry wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 25, 2020 16:19
How do you set the series2folder to run automatically in the background? Please.

See the 6th bullet point in the instructions.

If you select the "Series to folder..." option, you can access the Series2folder settings.

From here you can enable the plugin to run in the background.
This will essentially scan the movie folder whenever a recording finishes, and then move any new series that it detects into the correct folders for you.

prl · Post by **prl** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 16:33

terry wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 25, 2020 16:19
Ii dont know how to tell if it is version 1.8 or version 1.9.

From live TV, MEDIA, MENU>Series to Folder...>Configure move series to folder: version is in the window header

terry wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 25, 2020 16:19
How do you set the series2folder to run automatically in the background? Please.

In that same config screen, switch on "Allow Series to Folder to run in the background". You may want to adjust the "Series to Folder notifications" setting that appears when you enable background operation, and also adjust the Automatically create folders setting.

You might also want to enable Put movies into folder.

More information about the settings in the first post in this topic.

Have you been able you assign the BLUE button to running Series to folder? Though personally, I just let it run in the background.

prl · Post by **prl** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 16:34

adoxa wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 25, 2020 16:32

prl wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 25, 2020 14:28
[...] .ipk package files will only be found automatically if they're on the top level folder on the USB stick. [...]
Actually, they can also be in an ipk directory (and its subdirectories), although that must itself be in the top level.

I didn't know that. I think I'll use it

terry · Post by **terry** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 16:40

Hi all I have been trying to install series2folder on my v2 for quite some time now and I'm getting nowhere fast I have now tried 1.8/1.9/10 it keeps telling me its there I cant see it any where please help going nuts here.

prl · Post by **prl** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 16:47

terry wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 01, 2021 16:40
I cant see it any where

How are you trying to install it, and how and where have you looked?

Grumpy_Geoff · Post by **Grumpy_Geoff** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 16:51

terry wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 01, 2021 16:40
I have now tried 1.8/1.9/10 it keeps telling me its there I cant see it any where please help going nuts here.

Press MENU in the media selection screen when a recording is selected, scroll through the options until you see the Series2Folder options.

terry · Post by **terry** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 17:12

I have done that Its not there to select.

MrQuade · Post by **MrQuade** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 17:15

terry wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 01, 2021 17:12
I have done that Its not there to select.

And you have restarted your Wiz?

Grumpy_Geoff · Post by **Grumpy_Geoff** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 17:32

terry wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 01, 2021 16:40
I have now tried 1.8/1.9/10 it keeps telling me its there .

How, exactly, does it "keep telling you it's there"?

terry · Post by **terry** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 17:46

when I install it from the usb it tells me its completed but I go in and I cant find it.

prl · Post by **prl** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 17:49

terry wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 01, 2021 17:46
when I install it from the usb it tells me its completed but I go in and I cant find it.

MrQuade wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 01, 2021 17:15

terry wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 01, 2021 17:12
I have done that Its not there to select.
And you have restarted your Wiz?

terry · Post by **terry** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 19:00

yes I have.

Grumpy_Geoff · Post by **Grumpy_Geoff** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 19:09

terry wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 01, 2021 16:40
I have now tried 1.8/1.9/10 it keeps telling me its there I cant see it any where

Re-install it - show us a screenshot of the screen output from the installation.

terry · Post by **terry** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 20:01

please find attached photos not sure if this is what you want.

MrQuade · Post by **MrQuade** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 20:10

terry wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 01, 2021 17:12
I have done that Its not there to select.

Are you positive that you moved the highlight onto a recording before pressing MENU?
Series2Folder will not show up if you have a directory highlighted when you press MENU.

Grumpy_Geoff · Post by **Grumpy_Geoff** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 20:16

terry wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 01, 2021 20:01
please find attached photos not sure if this is what you want.

It doesn't look like it is installing the plugin.
Can you see anything when you choose "Show content of..."?

prl · Post by **prl** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 20:28

In the media selection menu, the Series2Folder entries only show if the highlight is on a file or recording. It won't show if the highlight is on a directory.

Grumpy_Geoff · Post by **Grumpy_Geoff** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 20:38

I'm not home to have a look, but shouldn't a successful install say something like "successfully installed xyz on root"? The screenshot doesn't show that, nor that it's already installed, nor any errors. It's like it did nothing.

Grumpy_Geoff · Post by **Grumpy_Geoff** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 22:22

terry wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 01, 2021 20:01
please find attached photos not sure if this is what you want.

Open the Plugin browser (via PLUGIN button or MENU>>Plugins), then RED/Remove plugins, then expand "Extensions" (press OK on the entry). Then page down (RIGHT) a few screens. Is "series2folder" shown?

terry · Post by **terry** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:15

done that I have done everything you guys have said nothing is working I have installed this plugin on my t2/u4/t4 and had no problems so I dont know what is going on with the v2 is there an alternative to the series2folder?

Grumpy_Geoff · Post by **Grumpy_Geoff** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:20

terry wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:15
done that

Done what, exactly?

Did the plugin show in the "Remove plugins" screen - yes or no?

terry · Post by **terry** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:48

Grumpy_Geoff · Post by **Grumpy_Geoff** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:54

terry wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:48
no.

Okay, so it never installed, as I thought.
Does any other plugin install?
Try installing adoxa's CurrentTimers plugin as a test.
See viewtopic.php?f=47&t=12144&start=100#p162760 - (but the latest 0.8.4 version is linked much further down the page).

prl · Post by **prl** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:19

terry wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 01, 2021 20:01
please find attached photos not sure if this is what you want.

Those photos seem out of order. It looks like the order in the post is step 2, step 1, step 3.

Anyway, the step 3 photo isn't showing what I see when I install Series2Folder 1.10 using the same method. I see:

BTW, if your V2 is networked you can capture screenshots in your computer's browser using Open Webif, the browser interface to the Beyonwizes. Just enter beyonwizv2 as the address of your V2 in the address entry bar of your browser, then click on Capture Screenshot in the left-hand bar of the Open Webif screen. Then save the image from your browser and attach it to your post.

terry · Post by **terry** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:49

same thing with the adoxa's

Grumpy_Geoff · Post by **Grumpy_Geoff** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:54

terry wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:49
same thing with the adoxa's

Do you mean it too doesn't install?
If so, try using a different USB thumb drive.

terry · Post by **terry** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 12:54

have tried 2 different one's been there done that.

Grumpy_Geoff · Post by **Grumpy_Geoff** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 13:09

terry wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 02, 2021 12:54
have tried 2 different one's been there done that.

What firmware version are you running?

prl · Post by **prl** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 13:30

OK, I've just realised what the third image (and last step) in the series of three images that terry posted are showing: it's what you see when you press the GREEN Details in the Installing Plugin screen after the installation has run.

The output from opkg for the installation should appear between the lines of dashes, and for a correct install, the text there should be something like:

Code: Select all

Installing enigma2-plugin-extensions-series2folder (1.10) on root.
Configuring enigma2-plugin-extensions-series2folder.

Instead, in terry's image, there's nothing.

Also, looking at terry's image of the FileCommander main screen, the top level of /media/usb contains a System Volume Information folder. Does that mean that the HDD mounted on /dev/hdd is formatted as NTFS?

Does the installation work any better if the installer is instead on a USB stick that's formatted as FAT rather than NTFS? It's a very long shot, but it may be worth a try.

Also, knowing what firmware version we're dealing with (on both the V2 where the installation fails, as Grumpy_Geoff suggests, and on the T2, U4 and T4 where it succeeds) would be helpful.

terry · Post by **terry** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 13:47

release 19.3
build 20191106

prl · Post by **prl** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 13:51

Are they all running 20191106?

Anyway, I'll revert my V2 to that and give it a go.

terry · Post by **terry** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 14:18

just checked the u4 is running.

release 19.3
build 20210119.

prl · Post by **prl** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 14:25

I had no problem installing Series2Folder on my test V2 running 20191106.

Grumpy_Geoff · Post by **Grumpy_Geoff** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 14:39

Grumpy_Geoff wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 01, 2021 20:16

terry wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 01, 2021 20:01
please find attached photos not sure if this is what you want.

It doesn't look like it is installing the plugin.
Can you see anything when you choose "Show content of..."?

terry,
Please answer the "show contents" question.

Grumpy_Geoff · Post by **Grumpy_Geoff** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 14:43

terry,
Additionally, when you're on live TV and insert the USB thumb drive into the V2, is a popup shown offering an "install extensions" option?

Grumpy_Geoff · Post by **Grumpy_Geoff** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 14:47

I'm tempted to say "reboot the V2 and try again".

terry - do you use the "SimpleUmount" plugin to "safely remove" a USB drive?

terry · Post by **terry** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 15:51

ok sorry about the show contents question went in and there's a lot of writing that I don't understand and yes in live tv it picks it up when I put the usb in but that is the first time I have seen the series2folder turn up this whole time but still can't workout how to install it. it doesn't make sense didn't have this trouble with the other units

Grumpy_Geoff · Post by **Grumpy_Geoff** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 15:58

Okay, I am gonna' say it -
Please reboot the V2 and try again.

prl · Post by **prl** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 16:27

terry wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 02, 2021 15:51
ok sorry about the show contents question went in and there's a lot of writing that I don't understand

For the Series2Folder 1.10 installer, I see:

Do you see something different?

terry wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 02, 2021 15:51
and yes in live tv it picks it up when I put the usb in but that is the first time I have seen the series2folder turn up this whole time but still can't workout how to install it. it doesn't make sense didn't have this trouble with the other units

Press OK when the "Following files were found... / Install extensions" popup displays. Use UP/DOWN to navigate to the .ipk file of the plugin you want to install. Press OK.

terry · Post by **terry** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 16:50

I rebooted and plugged the usb in and the file came up I pressed install it says Done-Installed, upgraded or removed o packages (with o errors)

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