Media Portal Frontend on Compact flash - Tutorial/Howto (5 Viewers)

[BennieBoy]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the data is stored in the users his/her profile.
I redirected the folder in which MP stores its data by use of a Junction Point.
This will enable you to redirect certain folders to another harddisk.
I'm afraid this will only work when you use iSCSI. A normal share will not accept it.
For this I use NTFSLINK (Search on google for it).

Using iSCSI is described in my Start MP from Network - Tutorial/HowTo
You can just simply create a iSCSI target
Use microsoft iSCSI initialtor to mount the harddisk on your HTPC
Move the mediaportal configuration directory to this iSCSI target
And make a junction point from your profile to this mediaportal directory

The mediaportal directory is located in "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data"

Have fun

 

[Iwen]

Very interesting. Never heard about that.
I'll try it soon as possible and report the result. Thanks for your quick reply.

 

[BennieBoy]

Just keep me posted and if you need any help.... Ask your neighbour :-p
Ask me

 

[Iwen]

Tried over an hour and can't find the fault.
If I want to add a Target Portal in the iSCI Initiator I get "falscher Parameter" (wrong parameter).
The ip adress is correct, dns name also. If I choose a wrong ip then it tooks a while and I get "connection failed".
In the last hour I changed my whole ip configuration but nothing helped
Is the Initiator Node important?


Okay, thats the trick
the target name and the initator node name must be the same.
long search, easy solution

 

[BennieBoy]

Did you already create a target in SanFly?
Did you install the iSCSI initiator onto the Server too?
If so, does it work, or is it giving the same problem?

 

[Iwen]

Yes I had created a target on the server. But I didn't know that the Target Name on the server have to be the same as the Initiator Mode Name on the Client.
But now it works.
It's really a great thing. Now it stores the cache and so on on the server also.
Thanks for your help. Great project.

 

[BennieBoy]

Let's make a better world
Nice to hear I could be of any help

Greetz

 

[BennieBoy]

ernyssysen:

Use a fixed IP address in stead of DHCP
Should work

 

[recoil]

Ive been trying to install this for some time, I dont know what ive done wrong. I dont get aa security warning I have done the DOS thing for .NET apps.

I have installed it accross the network to \\server\MP, I have tried M: (mapped to the same location), and \\server\MP\MediaPortal.

It installs, seems to go fine.

Run the software all I see is the windows error message about MP has caused a problem and was closed, send error or dont send.

I have ran the MP config prog from the server where it was installed to, the config runs fine, so its ot the install.

 

[BennieBoy]

As the Config tool is a .NET application too, I think the security is configurated fine.
What is the error message?
And is there anything logged in the log director?

Greetz,
Ben