Enhanced Web Admin

[jigster99]

Hello...
I would like to request an enhancement (if possible)...

I am currently using another machine on my network for storing recordings. The web admin you build still works fine, but when I go into the statistics page, to view how much disk space I have left, I dont see the diskspace graphic, but rather "Could not load info for ZeusVideo". Now - Zeus is my server that the recordings are on and Video is the share name. The xml for my recordings directory in the gbpvr config file looks like this:

<RecordingsDirectory>\\Zeus\Video\</RecordingsDirectory>

(The recordings directory location above works correctly with GBPVR so far - playback is good, but still have to test recording to that server share...)

Is there any way you could update the webadmin to be able to look at other servers for the recordings and LiveTV directories? (I think it is getting confused by the double slashes before the server name)?

Thanks,
Jigster

[normanr]

Does it say: "Could not load share info for" or "Could not load disk info for"? Please attach the log file (get to it from the same page) so that I can see the detailed error message.

I did put a bunch of code in to detect disk space usage, but might be choking on the last backslash, so try '\\Zeus\Video'. (Now that I look at the code, the directory can only be in that format, so I'll fix that too)

Update: I actually went and checked this code, and it is working 100% correctly. I suggest you check that the user that GB-PVR is running under has access to the management objects on Zeus. (Try admin access to see if you can get anything working).

[jigster99]

It says "Could not load disk info for ZeusVideo" when my config for the recordings directory is this...

<RecordingsDirectory>\\Zeus\Video\gbpvr</RecordingsDirectory>

Admin access does not solve the issue. I changed the gbpvr service to run as the admin id, which has full access, but still get the same error...

Log file is attached... let me know if you need any config changes to give more detail...

Thanks for the help on this...
Jigster

[jsteele]

jigster

I was reading your post and it got me thinking. There are a number of low cost (~ USD 60.00-80.00) Network Strorage system available these days that accept very large drives and support full network services using a web based admin interface.

I got to thinking about taking the recording storage out of my GBPVR machine and putting it on on of these strorage machines. Are you able to view recordings on your strorage machines using GBPVR?

[jigster99]

jsteele,
That is the reason I am trying this out as well... I plan on building or buying a NAS box to hold my media. I use a Media MVP for playback, and so far, I can play recorded video just fine over my 100 Mb network with the network only about 10% saturated. I still have to test recording to network storage through the gbpvr... Eventually, I would like to post a sticky thread in the forums here with the results of my experiments with networked recording and playback once I am all done...

BTW - where did you see network storage devices like that for only $60-$80 ???

[UncleJohnsBand]

jsteele,
That is the reason I am trying this out as well... I plan on building or buying a NAS box to hold my media. I use a Media MVP for playback, and so far, I can play recorded video just fine over my 100 Mb network with the network only about 10% saturated. I still have to test recording to network storage through the gbpvr... Eventually, I would like to post a sticky thread in the forums here with the results of my experiments with networked recording and playback once I am all done...

BTW - where did you see network storage devices like that for only $60-$80 ???

A little off topic but if you want you can use an old PC 400MhZ or better as a NAS using NasLite......I have been running mine with a couple of 100GB drives in it with no problems.

Includes web status and Telnet maintenace.

[jigster99]

Yeah, I have NAS Lite running and I have tested playing back recordings from there as well, but the lack of security and redundancy concerns me... Ultimately, it would be nice to have a nice NAS machine with RAID 5 so the data is protected...

[jsteele]

jsteele,
That is the reason I am trying this out as well... I plan on building or buying a NAS box to hold my media. I use a Media MVP for playback, and so far, I can play recorded video just fine over my 100 Mb network with the network only about 10% saturated. I still have to test recording to network storage through the gbpvr... Eventually, I would like to post a sticky thread in the forums here with the results of my experiments with networked recording and playback once I am all done...

BTW - where did you see network storage devices like that for only $60-$80 ???

Try eBay search for "Network Storage". This week there were some of the Linksys NSLU2 units cheap as well as some nice looking disk enclosures with the NAS logic built in for about 60.00 less the disk of course

[fb_de]

Hi,

I'm thrilled about the web scheduling functionality of gbpvr. It works great and looks good, too.
The ultimate feature though would be if I was able to access the web scheduling via my blackberry with it's built-in browser.
The problem is, that I can access the login screen, but the actual login doesnt work. It always returns to the login page after a login attempt (and yes, I'm dead sure I'm using the correct un/pw combination). Any clue on what the issue might be?

thanks,
Frank

[marker6789]

I am having trouble with the download.aspx file.....Any time I click on the link to "play program" or choose a music or video file from my library, i get an error. Does anyone know what causes this or how to fix it? THX ~Mark


Server Error in '/gbpvr' Application.
Method not found: System.String[] GBPVR.Backend.Common.IRecordingService.getTunerStatus().
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: System.String[] GBPVR.Backend.Common.IRecordingService.getTunerStatus().

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[MissingMethodException: Method not found: System.String[] GBPVR.Backend.Common.IRecordingService.getTunerStatus().]
gbweb.Download.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) +0
System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +55
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +27
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +750


Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.2032; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2032