Re: Setup Networked Storage on Windows Media Player and DVR

"NetworkedStore" <NetworkedStore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Howdy,

So far the Media Share on the DVR works fine with networked computers
local
files. Also music and photo media on the networked disk are shared by
the
computers' WMP. I need to migrate to the much larger capacity networked
hard
disk. The NAS is a mapped drive set to WMP's library and monitored
folders
on Vista machines.

Yet using the network attached storage via the DVR's media share is
another
story. Via the DVR, selecting Music or Photo -> folders yields "... no
files
in this folder". Any files stored on the computers local drives are
playable
via the DVR, but not files from the NAS.

Turning on the NAS media server lists folders/paths and in one case down
to
the song name. The song listing includes an X indicating not usuable and
zero
time duration.

Media on the NAS are stored in a public folder. Also tried some media in
a
public user account.

The wireless router is set to enable multicast streams. Wonder if that's
necessary on a D-Link DIR-655.

Are there any special parameters to set in Vista to enable the DVR media
share to use the NAS succesfully? The Windows Media Player help page
describes how to adjust settings for networked computers to share but not
sure if it includes anything for a NAS.

If you are going to use the network storage exclusively on the Media Center
machine, you need to configure the Storage drive in Media Center.

Start Media Center > Settings > TV > Recorder > Recorder Storage.

You may have to configure a Drive letter for your NAS on the Vista Machine
for MCE to 'see' the NAS.

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