PVR-500 and Network Share

[widman]

I previously had a PVR-150 setup to record to a network share. I recently removed the PVR-150 and installed a PVR-500 as part of a system upgrade. I also installed XP Pro SP2 at the same time. I have both tuners on the PVR-500 setup per the Wiki and they record correctly to the local hard drive.

Unfortunately recording with the PVR-500 to the network share does not work. When the recording directory is changed to the network share, I cannot set GBPVR to record. If I select a show in the TV Guide and try to Record or Quick Rec, the show does not highlight in red and does not show up on the Pending Recordings screen.

I have setup a user for the Recording Service and changed the logon in Services to reflect this user name and password. I also have the UNC path to the server set the Config program and the user name/password permissions set on the network share.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
widman

[gruskada]

I'm a bit out of my element here, but SP2 introduced the built-in firewall, right? Did you check the settings there?

gruskada

[A_Brass]

Try setting it up as a shared network drive and not a UNC share.

ie: " Z:\recordings " instead of "\\server\recordings" or "\\192.168.1.1\recordings".

[widman]

I'm a bit out of my element here, but SP2 introduced the built-in firewall, right? Did you check the settings there?

gruskada

This is a good possibility as I was only running SP1 on the previous install.

Try setting it up as a shared network drive and not a UNC share.

ie: " Z:\recordings " instead of "\\server\recordings" or "\\192.168.1.1\recordings".

As I understand it, the recording service won't see the mapped drive because it runs as a different user.