Getting some errors

[summer tiger]

I have a collection file that I am getting errors on. I have gone aver it serveral times, and still it is aborting...

this was previously tested with a small number of movies and it worked then.

YAML Error: while parsing a block mapping
in "/mnt/Media01B/Plex-Meta-Manager/config/movies/collection-label.yml", line 1, column 5 expected <block end>, but found '<block mapping start>'
in "/mnt/Media01B/Plex-Meta-Manager/config/movies/collection-label.yml", line 1869, column 6 
Collection File Failed To Load

Log and YML attached

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[fleet cobalt]

Error is pointing at line 1869 in the collection file. Let's see what's there.

Step one, let's compare that to the one above it, which apparently loads fine.

[summer tiger]

Yep.. did that. counted spaces. rant it through yaml lint

am refering to 1869

[fleet cobalt]

Actually, though, the problem is well above that.

collections should be all the way to the left.
All those collections should be two spaces in from the left.

What you have there is apparently valid YAML in the general case, but it doesn't match PMM's expectations.

[summer tiger]

ya... just put it in NP++.... fixing. will try after that

[river crystal]

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[fleet cobalt]

FWIW this is how VSCode with rainbow indent displays this; since this is valid YAML and the indentation is consistent there's nothing apparently out of sorts. This is an example of how automated syntax-checking tools do not replace domain knowledge. You really need to understand the structure of the file rather than relying on the automated tools to catch every issue.

[summer tiger]

Thanks kindly for the tip

[summer tiger]

vscode, rainbow indent, SSL extensions... Nice

By the way.... it all worked. ficin indents. and I also broke out each collection to its own file.