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add note about corrupted media files
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This task is quite slow. Exact values will depend on your hardware and file sizes, expect this to take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes for 1000 videos.
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!!! danger "Corrupted Media Files"
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This task will fail if there are any corrupted media files. That can happen due to various reasons, like filesystem, hardware or interrupted transfers. Or specifically, if yt-dlp and ffmpeg didn't download and merge a valid mp4 file.
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- This is not a bug, but a happy accident, as that informs you of any problems in the media file that might have gone unnoticed otherwise.
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- Changes are, a redownload will fix that. Then start the task again.
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## ZIP file index backup
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This will backup your metadata into a zip file. The file will get stored at `/cache/backup` and will contain the necessary files to restore the Elasticsearch index formatted **nd-json** files. For data consistency, make sure there aren't any other tasks running that will change the index during the backup process. This is very slow, particularly for large archives.
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