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<blockquote data-quote="VdR" data-source="post: 228629" data-attributes="member: 25818">I have always used USB drive(s) (now 2x 500 GB) on a server connected through the LAN with the MP machine for pictures, music and video without a problem. There is one thing I learned though, and from reading the string above others might run into this.Of course the USB drives must be set as shared on the server. When you access the drives from the MP machine by mapping the shared network drives there is a problem: When the MP machine is restarted the drives automatically reconnect, but when the server is restarted the drives do not automatically reconnect! When the drives are no longer connected you do not see the available media. The MP machine must be restarted as well (or the drives must be reconnected manually).There is a better way.Make the drives shared and access the drives on the server directly. In MP setup include the server in the path (e.g. \\w5520\shared media I\movies). Now the only requirement to access the files is that the server is actually running.I use this setup to access the media from different MP machines on the network. I have also included the directory for recorded TV (residing on the living room MP machine HDD) as a video path on the other MP machines so I can watch recorded TV from there.There is one big nuisance. I continuously develop the hardware, everytime I move a disk or video files the movie DB is useless. I just do not use it anymore.VdR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="VdR, post: 228629, member: 25818"] I have always used USB drive(s) (now 2x 500 GB) on a server connected through the LAN with the MP machine for pictures, music and video without a problem. There is one thing I learned though, and from reading the string above others might run into this. Of course the USB drives must be set as shared on the server. When you access the drives from the MP machine by mapping the shared network drives there is a problem: When the MP machine is restarted the drives automatically reconnect, but when the server is restarted the drives do not automatically reconnect! When the drives are no longer connected you do not see the available media. The MP machine must be restarted as well (or the drives must be reconnected manually). There is a better way. Make the drives shared and access the drives on the server directly. In MP setup include the server in the path (e.g. \\w5520\shared media I\movies). Now the only requirement to access the files is that the server is actually running. I use this setup to access the media from different MP machines on the network. I have also included the directory for recorded TV (residing on the living room MP machine HDD) as a video path on the other MP machines so I can watch recorded TV from there. There is one big nuisance. I continuously develop the hardware, everytime I move a disk or video files the movie DB is useless. I just do not use it anymore. VdR [/QUOTE]

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