2.1.4 - Cannot use mapped network drive on NAS as buffer or recording location

[Dam0]

Hiya,

I have upgraded from 2.0.3 which has been working fine, apart from the choppy audio issue with HE-AAC and Mpeg2-audio enabled.

I use a mapped drive on my desktop (where I also watch tv via my USB Freeview-HD tuner and NPVR) as my destination for both recordings and the temporary live TV buffer.

Since installing 2.1.4, I have been unable to watch live TV with my buffer set as my network share mapped as drive. All I get when trying to invoke liveTV is a blank screen.
When I set the buffer location as one of my local SSDs as a test, it works fine.

I have checked for firewall issues and also turned the firewall off completely and I get the same results.

I am using Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, with the Cyberlink codecs for both MPEG-2 and HD broadcasts.

Anyone got any ideas ? I did have a thought about the privileges of the recording service being unable to access the mapped drive / shares but that doesn't seem to be it. This is starting to drive me crazy, anyone have any thoughts ?

[mvallevand]

Anyone got any ideas ? I did have a thought about the privileges of the recording service being unable to access the mapped drive / shares but that doesn't seem to be it. This is starting to drive me crazy, anyone have any thoughts ?

That would definitely be my guess as the source problem. I tried here and by drive letter (which doesn't map to system level) I see just the blank screen and no error messages in the log. With \\ip\share\folder notation it did work.

Martin

[Dam0]

Martin,

You are a star :-) Now workin'

I doth my cap to thee and offer up a virtual pint

/dam0