Want to do sync between Trakt & MDBList's Watchlist without deleting items from MDBList which are absent in Trakt

[Cocv0077]

Hello there
First of all, I'm a beginner when it comes to Crosswatch
I recently came to know about this amazing and much needed service

I have around 1000 synced items in Trakt and MDBList's watchlist but after Trakt's new 100 item limitation for free users I'm unable to add any item in Trakt watchlist

So for workaround I want to empty my whole Trakt watchlist and want to keep my MDBList's watchlist as it is with 1000 items

After emptying the Trakt watchlist I'll be able to use that watchlist under 100 items so I want only those items to be added in MDBList's watchlist without deleting those old 1000 items via Crosswatch

For that I need to only make a pair between both the services, keeping trakt as source and MDBList as destination and using one way then enabling watchlist feature with "add" option enabled & "delete" option disabled?

Am I understanding this correctly? I am asking for confirmation because I don't want to mess up with my data

Thanks once again for making this awesome tool

[cenodude]

Hi,

And thank you.

I’ve always wondered, just curious, why some people have so many watchlist items? Is it genuinely all stuff you still want to watch, or are you using the watchlist for something else?

Anyway....back to your question. I’m not 100% sure I’m following what you’re aiming for, but here’s my guess:

You can do this, but you can’t use Delete in a pair chain that shares the same destination, because the pairs will end up fighting each other.

Example (one-way watchlist sync):

• Plex to MDBList (add/remove)
• Trakt to MDBList (add)

If your Trakt watchlist isn’t identical to Plex, those two pairs will start a tug-of-war: add, remove, add, remove… forever.

So: don’t use Delete in your pair logics and you’ll be fine, but you do need to be mindful of which pairs you have and how they’re configured.

Also, pair order can matter (depending on the scenario). If you have a lot of pairs, it’s worth reordering them into the most logical sequence. Normally only needed when you have more than 5 pairs or something....

Before you do anything, always make a snapshot in the snapshot tool. The tool is is still experimental.....but better to have something than nothing when something goes wrong as MDBList doesnt provide any backups.

[Cocv0077]

This was completely successful
Thanks a ton🎉

Now I'm thinking to schedule this once a day so every new trakt entry gets copied into MDBList's watchlist

One hiccup I would like to overcome is that is there any way to delete an item from MDBList if I delete it from Trakt without deleting all other missing entries of Trakt in MDBList?

[Cocv0077]

The schedule parameters seems okay for daily sync?

[cenodude]

One hiccup I would like to overcome is that is there any way to delete an item from MDBList if I delete it from Trakt without deleting all other missing entries of Trakt in MDBList?
Not right now, if you enable deletes, it behaves like mirror mode. Honestly, I have no idea why I coded it this way. I can’t even remember and it doesnt make much sense for me. So give me some time to see how i can fix this. Let me come back to you.

The schedule parameters seems okay for daily sync?
Schedule seems fine, you can also use the standard if you dont have any specific requirements.

[cenodude]

Oke its fixed.. Update to the latest 0.9.5:

From te release notes:
Another important change: the default delete behavior for one-way syncs has been updated. Previously, one-way deletes acted like “mirror mode” by default. If you intentionally want the old (destructive) mirroring behavior back, set this in your config.json:
sync.one_way_remove_mode = "mirror"

• One-way sync (safe deletes): Fixed one-way pairs with Delete enabled incorrectly behaving like mirror mode on subsequent runs, causing unintended mass deletions on the target. Deletes now only propagate items actually deleted on the source.

what to do:

1. update to 0.9.5
2. in settings, hit SAVE (just to be sure)
3. Go to Maintenance - Maintenance Tools - Clean Everything. again.. not needed, but we like things clean.
4. Sync again, and after that enable Delete. it now should work

[cenodude]

reference: #96

[Cocv0077]

I used advanced scheduler as I didn't find any pair selection in standard so don't want scheduler to apply for any future pair I might add

Wow man!
You are truly amazing 🍻
Thanks this is exactly what made Crosswatch perfect for me

Thanks a ton!

Will do all the steps suggested by you

[Cocv0077]

Updated to latest version and did the suggested steps.

I tested updated "remove" by deleting and adding items multiple times in Trakt watchlist and it perfectly synced everytime

Thanks🤩

[cenodude]

Good stuff. you're welcome