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Yes, it would need to be an option that could be selectively enabled - possibly at file exclusion level.

For me this option would fix all the issues I am having. The biggest problem I now have though is that there is no way to resolve conflicts with a two-way sync. It would be great to be able to ...

That is to say, the files are opened for write but not for exclusive access - they can still be copied, but not moved or deleted. If the "locked files" feature is meant to refer to files opened for writing then perhaps it's not working correctly.

Thanks Zenju, but I don't have that option checked. The files are not locked by Media Center but they are in use...

Update - I'm now having problems with the incomplete recording being updated on the NAS if my HTPC is on - consequently FFS detects a conflict and does nothing, so the NAS version remains incomplete. So my feature request #1 is even more important.

Strictly speaking I don't need a two-way sync ...

I'm using FFS to sync recorded TV from my PC to a NAS. Sync occurs automatically when a recording finishes or is deleted from the PC.
This works really well, except for when there are overlapping recordings - if another recording is still in progress when one finishes, the incomplete recording also ...