babgvant wrote: Muddytoy

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[quote=Muddytoy]

After doing this. I noticed that the automatic file/directory watching no longer works for commercial skipping. [/quote]

What about it doesn’t work?

Recent versions of the DTB FW will examine files in watch directories for missing commercial span definitions (edl or xml depending on config). If they are missing it will queue up the files for processing. I know of at least one user who does something similar to what you’re attempting that stops the FW service before moving files then starts it again afterwards.

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Andy,

Thanks for jumping in on this. If I understand you, my simplest way is to stop the FW service at 1 AM, move the files at 2 AM, and then restart the FW service at 3 AM and all should be well.

I feel like such a noob for having to ask (but I am at work and don’t have time now to search), but how do you schedule a task to start then stop a service? I assume it can be done from withing the task scheduler?

Thank you much.