Multiple watch folders?

[g33khubber]

Currently Buzz only supports 1 watch folder at a time. Is it possible to support multiple directories, or at the very least allow subfolders to be detected too?

It should also ideally allow us to specify extensions to be processed, otherwise it is now processing everything and anything, like already processed .txt files, xls, etc, which then results in unhandled exceptions that the user has to manually intervene.

Also, the CLI is broken in the latest alpha build.

Error below:
Failed to execute script 'main' due to unhandled exception:
'NoneType' object has no attribute 'write'

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "multiprocessing\process.py", line 314, in bootstrap
File "multiprocessing\process.py", line 108, in run
File "buzz\transcriber\whisper_file_transcriber.py", line 167, in transcribe_whisper
File "buzz\transcriber\whisper_file_transcriber.py", line 239, in transcribe_faster_whisper
File "faster_whisper\transcribe.py", line 387, in transcribe
audio = decode_audio(audio, sampling_rate=sampling_rate)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "faster_whisper\audio.py", line 46, in decode_audio
with av.open(input_file, mode="r", metadata_errors="ignore") as container:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "av/container/core.pyx", line 482, in av.container.core.open
File "av/container/core.pyx", line 298, in av.container.core.Container.cinit
File "av/container/core.pyx", line 318, in av.container.core.Container.err_check
File "av/error.pyx", line 424, in av.error.err_check
av.error.InvalidDataError: [Errno 1094995529] Invalid data found when processing input: 'e:/Downloads\1_續寫 - 單依純 Cover by 周興哲(Vocals).txt'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 4, in
File "buzz\buzz.py", line 52, in main
File "pyi_rth_multiprocessing.py", line 48, in _freeze_support
File "multiprocessing\spawn.py", line 122, in spawn_main
File "multiprocessing\spawn.py", line 135, in _main
File "multiprocessing\process.py", line 329, in _bootstrap
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'write'

[raivisdejus]

@g33khubber Thanks for reporting this. I have added folder watch improvements:

• Subfolders are now supported
• Non media files will be ignored by the folder watch feature

I will close the issue, feel free to comment or re-open if you find any remaining issues

[g33khubber]

# it doesn't detect that the transcript file has already been processed. So the program should check if there's a corresponding text file with the same file name as the video file, and if so, it should not transcribe it. Secondly, is there a way to add on additional watch folders as well? Currently, it only allows for one.

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[raivisdejus]

@g33khubber Do you have a results folder specified in the config? The expected workflow is to have a watch and a results folder. Files that appear in the watch folder will be processed and moved to the results folder. Latest version let's you have also subfolders in the watch folder and it will retain the subfolders structure in watch folder when moving transcribed files to the results folder. F.e. watch/calls/call1.mp3 will be processed and moved to results/calls/call1.mp3 and the transcription result will be placed in results/calls/call1.txt

Can you describe your workflow in a bit more details, so I understand how you plan to use the multiple watch folders?

[g33khubber]

Yes, my results folder is the same as the Input folder. I want them to be in the same place. I think the issue is that sometimes, if the file is manually indicated to be transcribed, but does not track this as processed, it is easier for the app to check whether there is a corresponding text file. I also think it would be good to have selections to exclude specific subfolders. Personally, the reason I have multiple watch folders is: 1. A downloads folder where I download new videos that I want to be transcribed automatically. 2. Another folder synced to my phone for meetings, which I want to keep clean and separate. Lastly, another feature I would like is the ability to send the video to the recycle bin automatically after confirming the text file has been produced (maybe with a 3kb file size check).

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On Sun, 4 Jan 2026 at 13:00, Raivis Dejus ***@***.***> wrote: *raivisdejus* left a comment (chidiwilliams/buzz#1329) <#1329 (comment)> @g33khubber <https://github.com/g33khubber> Do you have a results folder specified in the config? The expected workflow is to have a watch and a results folder. Files that appear in the watch folder will be processed and moved to the results folder. Latest version let's you have also subfolders in the watch folder and it will retain the subfolders structure in watch folder when moving transcribed files to the results folder. F.e. watch/calls/call1.mp3 will be processed and moved to results/calls/call1.mp3 and the transcription result will be placed in results/calls/call1.txt Can you describe your workflow in a bit more details, so I understand how you plan to use the multiple watch folders? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1329 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ALU4567U44FDHGDJLDWVEJD4FCM5DAVCNFSM6AAAAACP7EL7GKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZTOMBXGY3DCNRRGE> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>