Can't record to mapped drive

[mtisza]

Hi all. This is my first post, and I'm just checking out NextPVR for the first time. I've used sage for years, and need to switch to something else now. My first issue is that it seems that I can only record to a local drive, whereas I need to record to a mapped drive. I have a 8TB NAS with a share dedicated to this NextPVR Instance mapped to "Z:\" , and I can read and write files to that drive manually without any issue (i.e. it shouldn't be a plain permissions issue). When I setup a recording using the snazzy website, I get this error in the logs:

Code:

2012-10-27 09:11:31.992    [DEBUG][7]    Unexpected error in GetTargetName: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'Z:\NCIS\'.
   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.Directory.InternalCreateDirectory(String fullPath, String path, DirectorySecurity dirSecurity)
   at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(String path, DirectorySecurity directorySecurity)
   at NShared.RecordingService.GetTargetName(ScheduledRecording scheduledRecording)
   at NShared.RecordingService.WorkerThread()

If I change the recordings to go to a folder on the C:\ drive, it works.

I've attached all my logs zipped, up. Here' my specific setup:
PC: VMware ESXi virtual machine, with 4GB RAM, 8 cores, 64 GB virtual disk.
OS: Windows 7 64-bit freshly installed with all updates
Next PVR: 2.5.9 with the cumulative patches applied (how can I confirm patches are successful?)
Tuner: 1x HDHomeRun Prime with cable card
Source: FIOS
Front-ends: 3x Rapsberry Pi 512MB with OpenElec (not yet functioning right, but that's for another post)

Thanks for any information that could help resolve this.

-Miki

[sub]

The recording service runs in the background as a different system user account, so doesn't see your drive mappings. ie, there is no Z:\ drive in that account.

You can change it to record to a UNC path though. ie \\server\share.

[ElihuRozen]

Martin wrote a utility that allows you to use a share. See ShareHelper2 info here: http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...er-utility

[mtisza]

So I started following what sub wrote, and I quickly noticed there was no option for manually typing in the directory name, as it shows a browse dialog box. So I then thought I should edit config.xml directly, and it seems to ignore my changes. I had the service stopped in services.msc, and NextPVR was not running while editing. Then when I restart it shows the recording folder as C:\Users\Public\videos.

So where can I type in the UNC path? Also will it accept \\Usernameassword@server\share ? Should I add prefix of smb:\\... ?

If this doesn't pan out I can try the tool ElihuRozen suggested.

Thanks for the quick replies!
-Miki

[sub]

From memory, if you do need to use a UNC share then you do need type it directly into config.xml. Its only going to work with the \\server\share format though. You'll either have to make sure the default permissions on that share allow writing without any explicit login. (usually not a big deal in a home environment)

Alternatively you can try changing the account the recording service runs as.

[mtisza]

I went the route of configuring the service to login as a normal user, who's login credentials match the NAS account. This didn't work at first. I had win7 64 bit home premium, which doesn't have a way to add that account to the users that are allowed to logon as a service. I had already purchased an "anytime upgrade" to pro for other reasons. As soon as I upgraded, then ran secpol.msc, and added the permission to the user, it worked fine. Thanks.