Win11 service recording to share on win10 PC

[kspear]

I am trying to record to a shared drive on another windows PC from NextPVR running as a service on a Win11 machine.
I have tried a number of possible solutions but am stuck at this point. 
Specifically, I have created a simple PreStartup.bat with one line:
net use z: \\192.168.68.39\pvr    

Although I get errors in nrecord.log and failed recordings,  
Drive Z: is actually set by PreStartup.bat and I can see the remote folder contents with DOS/CMD dir Z:.
What am I missing please?

[mvallevand]

You are right it is permissions but post your missing zipped logs and we can have a deeper look. Alternatively use the UNC instead of the drive letter for the recording folder, and the restrictions on multiple drive connections in Windows might disappear.

Martin

[kspear]

Sorry, I messed up in the log upload. 
Not sure I understood your suggestion but
I guessed and changed the Recording Directory in Settings/General to \\192.168.86.39\PVR

In the attached zip, I have both log files and the results of a browse to  \\192.168.86.39\PVR\ which worked as I mentioned.
Fingers crossed that it is something simple that I have missed.
Thank you

[sub]

From the logs:

2024-03-21 12:31:24.582 [DEBUG][4] > C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data\scripts>net use z: \\192.168.68.39\pvr
2024-03-21 12:32:12.319 [DEBUG][7] > System error 67 has occurred.
2024-03-21 12:32:12.320 [DEBUG][11] >
2024-03-21 12:32:12.321 [DEBUG][11] > The network name cannot be found.
2024-03-21 12:32:12.321 [DEBUG][11] >

[sub]

You might need to try changing the NextPVR service to run as your user account.

[kspear]

OK,
Is there a guide on how to shift to that please?

[mvallevand]

Looks liks this be a typo:

2024-03-21 12:32:12.437 [ERROR][1] Recording directory does not exist: \\192.168.86.39\PVR

since your subnet is .68.

Martin

[kspear]

Sloppy me. Unfortunately fixing it causes NextPVR to hang at startup. The N icon stays gray and only nrecord.log gets created but remains empty for 10 minutes. Deleting PreStartup.bat brings it back.

It's clear now that I'm not clever enough to make NextPVR work in a remote share. :-).
I'll find a work around now.

Thanks for your help though.
Cheers,
Kurt

[mvallevand]

You don't need PreStartup.bat if the you use a UNC, it was probably just timing out and you need to wait.

Sub's suggestion of setting your user name on the service should also have got it working.

Martin

[kspear]

Thank you Martin.
Do I understand correctly, just change the recording directory to  \\192.168.86.39\PVR\ in the Settings/General box?
My browser query successfully shows: Index of \\192.168.86.39\PVR\  and the test files that I placed there.
I tried that but no luck.   See log attached.

Alternatively, you mentioned " Sub's suggestion of setting your user name on the service should also have got it working."
Could you help me understand how I  'set my user name on the service' please?