Unable to communicate with recording service

[Reddwarf]

Did you open the ports on both server and client?

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Did you restart the recording service on the server?

[ReggiePerrin]

[quote=gonzo90017]I checked through Windows Explorer to make sure I had the name right:



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Hi

This may help, or maybe hinder

I assume this is the Workgroup list as seen on the client PC; but it only shows the server Rod-PC, there's no sign of the client PC itself? What is the client PC called please and is it a member of the Workgroup?

also could you run netstat -n -b please? (The foreign addresses look a bit weird? e.g. www:xxxx is connected to the local IP address 127.0.0.1??)

This is probably a[nother] dumb question, but the client PC is a physical machine, not a virtual machine?

cheers

[gonzo90017]

Did you open the ports on both server and client?

Yes I did.

Did you restart the recording service on the server?

Yes.

I assume this is the Workgroup list as seen on the client PC

Yes.

but it only shows the server Rod-PC, there's no sign of the client PC itself? What is the client PC called please and is it a member of the Workgroup?

I assume it is? How do I make sure? Here's a screenshot:

also could you run netstat -n -b please? (The foreign addresses look a bit weird? e.g. www:xxxx is connected to the local IP address 127.0.0.1??)

I assume this is where the problem is?


Maybe I need to add 127.0.0.1?

This is probably a[nother] dumb question, but the client PC is a physical machine, not a virtual machine?

Physical machine.

[Reddwarf]

But did you share the actual NPVR data-directory as it is pointed to in the registry entry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\NPVR\DataDirectory ?

[gonzo90017]

I guess so. In the registry it points to C:\Users\Public\NPVR.
So this is what I put in the Database Share field:
\\Rod-pc\Users\Public\NPVR
I set the folder as shared in the Server Pc. I can access it through the client pc using Windows Explorer.

[Reddwarf]

I guess so. In the registry it points to C:\Users\Public\NPVR.
So this is what I put in the Database Share field:
\\Rod-pc\Users\Public\NPVR
I set the folder as shared in the Server Pc. I can access it through the client pc using Windows Explorer.

Now if you share the actual data directory (NPVR under \Users\Public) with the share-name NPVR, you should NOT give the whole path to the client, the share will point directly to npvr directory, so Server would be "Rod-pc" and Database share would be "\\Rod-pc\NPVR" (without quotes).

[gonzo90017]

[SIZE="1"]Just want to quickly thank everyone for their patience.[/SIZE]
Well I tried using only:
\\Rod-pc\NPVR
But still no luck. At this point firewalls on both client and server have been disabled.

[Reddwarf]

Can you post logs (Nrecord.log and npvr.log) from both client and server when you try to start live-tv on the client?

[gonzo90017]

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