Hi unRaiders, a big thank you to the community who's posts helped me get my datahoarder setup. I just wanted to share my experience, and a script that might help others with the same problem.

 

Problem:

Finally pulled the trigger on replacing my cable TV box with a HD HomeRun Prime that allows Plex to record TV. Problem is the files it generates are HUGE. e.g. a 2 hour episode is pushing 22GB.

 

Solution:

A post-processing script that transcodes video files into a smaller, more efficient format for archival. https://github.com/scrathe/plexEncode

 

That is all. If you have problems, reach out here or better yet, report a bug on the Github.com page.

Plex DVR Setup: Plex \ Settings \ Live TV & DVR \ DVR Settings \ Postprocessing Script = full path to the script

Edited April 11, 20188 yr by scrathe

I think I'd like to set this up, but I've got some questions.

 

You have a script to add additional apps to the dockers, but I don't think I understand how to run it.

 

Have you configured this in Plex? How does that look in the post-processing field?

Personally I'd like to be able to drop some files into a folder and type whatever command and have it convert some of my files from AAC to AC3 using FFMPEG and simply copying the video file, but so far I'm not able to. Can this be modified to do such a thing with or without integration?

 

Keep in mind I do not have FFMPEG installed. 

I found a solution for my issue. 

https://forums.unraid.net/topic/75301-ffmpeg-and-unraid/