Re-running and cancelling jobs
How to retry a job that went wrong, and how to remove one you do not want.
All of these actions are on the right-click menu of the job grid. Right-click the row you are interested in and the menu opens with the entries that apply to that job, each one naming the file so you can see at a glance which job you are about to act on.
You can select several rows first (Ctrl-click or Shift-click) and act on all of them at once.
The menu only lists what is possible for the selected job, so it is shorter or longer depending on the job's status. If an entry you expected is missing, the job's status does not allow that action — the rules are given under each heading below.
Re-running a job
Right-click the job and choose Re-run "file name".
The job is put back into the queue and the upload starts again from the beginning.
Use this when a job ended in error or failed — a dropped connection, a temporary backend problem, or a chunk size that was too large for the link. Fixing the cause first and then re-running is usually all that is needed.
A job can only be re-run when it is not currently uploading, creating encode job, pending or new. In other words: re-run applies to jobs that have stopped. A job that is already queued or in progress does not need re-running, so the option is hidden.
When several jobs are selected, the menu says Re-run n selected jobs and you are asked to confirm.
Cancelling a job
Right-click the job and choose Cancel "file name".
You are asked to confirm. The job is then marked cancelled and disappears from the grid.
Cancelling works on jobs in almost any state, including one that is currently uploading — the transfer is stopped. This was added so that a job stuck at 0 % on a bad connection, or one stuck at creating encode job, can be cleared without restarting the program.
Cancelling does not delete the video file from disk. It only removes the job. Whether the file is picked up again on the next folder scan depends on the Ignore Canceled setting.
Cancelling and then re-running
A common repair sequence:
- Cancel the stuck job.
- Change whatever caused the problem — for example lower the File chunk size to 5 MB.
- Click Show all jobs, find the cancelled job, right-click it and choose Re-run.
Viewing finished and cancelled jobs
Successful and cancelled jobs disappear from the grid so that the list stays short during an event. To see them, click Show all jobs.
The button then reads Hide all jobs; click it again to return to the short list.
Rows containing jobs with status error or failed have a coral background so they are easy to spot.