Watch folder not updating

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Watch folder not updating

Postby scottywalker » Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:44 am

I'm using the latest version and i can't seem to get the watch folder working correctly. The first time i add a watch folder it adds all the files on the folder but then when i add new files they do not update in the folder. If i uncheck and then recheck "monitor changes to files on disk" it will update once but then stop updating until i uncheck and recheck it again.
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Re: Watch folder not updating

Postby Dennis Kuypers » Fri Feb 05, 2016 11:10 am

Hey,

where is the folder located and how do you put the files there?

If you put files in a folder via network, some unix/linux/iOS implementations of the network protocol are not correct and do not notify windows, hence we might not notice it.

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Re: Watch folder not updating

Postby scottywalker » Sat Feb 06, 2016 5:23 pm

Thats exactly it, i'm sending the files from an ipad over the network to the watch folder.
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Re: Watch folder not updating

Postby plbrunet » Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:06 pm

Watch folders also do not update Subfolders if they already exist in the project tree.

1) I added the "Stock Assets" folder to my project tree
2) I've setup the "Stock Assets" folder as a Watch folder and checked "Watch Subfolders"
3) I added a video file in "Stock Assets/Testparttern" but nothing happened. That folder is not being watched.

Should this not work?
It would be great if it did.
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Re: Watch folder not updating

Postby Thomas Mrozek » Thu Mar 03, 2016 11:10 am

This is correct, watchfolder is actually just watching 'new' entries, which includes subfolders. I will have a look if it is possible to implement a different subfolder routine.
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Re: Watch folder not updating

Postby scottywalker » Sun Mar 06, 2016 12:17 pm

The strange thing is that there is some difference in the way it works between PB and WD. If i use the watchfolder in PB it does not work with files transfered over the network. My way around it was to use widget and the watchfolder to playlist script which then makes the watchfolder work as it should do even with files transfered from an Ipad.
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Re: Watch folder not updating

Postby Dennis Kuypers » Sun Mar 06, 2016 3:56 pm

Hello,

There are two different mechanisms at work for PB and WD.

I think that PB just subscribes to changes while WD actively polls for it.

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Re: Watch folder not updating

Postby plbrunet » Tue Mar 22, 2016 5:09 am

Unread postby Thomas Mrozek » Thu Mar 03, 2016 5:10 am

This is correct, watchfolder is actually just watching 'new' entries, which includes subfolders. I will have a look if it is possible to implement a different subfolder routine.


That would be great. Thanks.
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