Dropbox recordings don't sync to Windows folder, ":" prevents sync
MagicFab opened this issue · 10 comments
When recording to Dropbox, it seems the file contains a ":" separator for time.
Several posts in the forums complain about not finding their recordings when in fact they are saved at Dropbox.com but haven't sync'ed to their Windows folder as expected.
As a workaround, renaming the file at dropbox.com will make Dropbox sync it to the Windows system.
A possible fix would be to use another file name convention and remove the ":" as a time separator.
The timestamp for the file has never used colons; it uses dashes, like so: 2020-05-20-10-57-15. We don't use any colons explicitly in the filename, did you have a colon in your meeting name maybe?
I just tested this on https://meet.jit.si and a colon is used in the timestamp.
I also noticed when downloading the file the filename is changed replacing ":" with "_".
Ah, this must be in the dropbox uploader. @hristoterezov, it looks like colons in the filename are causing issues on Windows.
Yes this is an issue in https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-upload-integrations so we should move the issue there. It's specifically this part:
MTIME=$(stat -c %Y "$i")
FDATE=$(date --date="@$MTIME" '+%F %R')
This issue was raised for the same in jitsi-upload-integrations: jitsi/jitsi-upload-integrations#13
I now have a PR open to resolve this issue: jitsi/jitsi-upload-integrations#14
This is now fixed in the latest debian build for the upload integrations: jitsi-upload-integrations_0.14.14-1_all.deb
I am still getting v0.13.13-1 via regular updates. Can someone confirm when this should be available ? Has https://meet.jit.si gotten this fix ?
After updating again yesterday I've gotten v 0.15.15.
For the sake of completeness, I've just tested this again and the recording now don't use a semi-colon.
The file name used looks like "jitsiroomname on 2022-04-29 14-45.mp4" under :
/Dropbox/Apps/Jitsi Meet/Recordings