Recording to a network drive

[silver]

I'm aware that I can use a network drive as the recording directory as long as I use UNC paths and edit the configuration file manually.

However in cases like this, does NextPVR record the file locally and then transfer to the network location after it's complete?

My concern is that the network has a wobble half-way through the recording and it ends up getting corrupted.


(my backup plan is to set up a scheduled task which checks if NextPVR is recording and, if not, moves all the recordings to the NAS)

[sub]

I'm aware that I can use a network drive as the recording directory as long as I use UNC paths and edit the configuration file manually.

However in cases like this, does NextPVR record the file locally and then transfer to the network location after it's complete?

If you tell it to record to a network drive, it'll record to the network drive. It's not moving it after the fact. It assumes where you're recording to is reliable.

[silver]

That makes sense, thanks.

My network is probably okay but I’m conscious that HD recordings are pretty big files, I’m using WiFi and I only need one member of the family to do something intensive and the throughput might not be sufficient.

I’ll give it a go and see what happens.

Out of interest, do you have any view on my backup plan to record locally and then have a scheduled task to copy over to the NAS when there are no recordings happening?

[sub]

Out of interest, do you have any view on my backup plan to record locally and then have a scheduled task to copy over to the NAS when there are no recordings happening?

Sounds messy to me but I realize some times people have to do shit like this.

[aderlopas]

Hi Silver,

This is what I am doing also, not to a network drive but to an sdcard using postprocessing.bat...

check our this thread: https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...#pid535027

[mvallevand]

If the nas is 100 Mbs you should be able to do 4 simultaneous recordings so the problem might be something else.

Martin

[silver]

Thanks everyone. Not so worried about the NAS, more the rubbish router that I’m forced to use by the ISP 

I’ll give it a go directly and see if anyone in the house complains. If there’s a problem then someone will!

[pkscout]

Thanks everyone. Not so worried about the NAS, more the rubbish router that I’m forced to use by the ISP 

I’ll give it a go directly and see if anyone in the house complains. If there’s a problem then someone will!

Not to get too far off topic, but you could just turn off the wifi on the ISP's router and then get a wifi router that better suites your needs.  There are some network things you have to know to get it working right (you're doing something called a double NAT - unless you can set your ISP router into bridge mode).  It isn't ideal, but for most people the performance hit out to the internet won't be too bad.