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<blockquote data-quote="perky" data-source="post: 1132574" data-attributes="member: 145880"><p>All appears to be working well now after I sorted out the stuff below (posted for reference):</p><p></p><p>After I had moved files from the local drive to the NAS I had to import them back into the database, but I had done that with the mapped drive as the current recordings path not the UNC path. After I changed the recordings path to UNC and done some testing I was left with a database that had a mixture of UNC and mapped drive paths, which meant some recordings could be deleted and some not. The fix to this was relatively simple, I needed to re-import with the new UNC paths. This is how I did it (and this is also simple way to move recordings from one folder to another):</p><p></p><p>1) With MP shut down but TVService still running, rename the recordings folder on the NAS to something different.</p><p>2) Run TV-Server Configuration, in 'Recording->Database import' tab click 'Remove invalid entries'. Because the NAS folder now has a different name this will flag up all of your recordings as being invalid (one at a time) and ask whether you want to delete the entry, click 'yes' to each one.</p><p>3) Rename your recordings folder on the NAS back to what it was before.</p><p>4) Close TV-Server Configuration and restart the TV Service (type services into the search bar in the start menu, browse to TV Service, right click. Stop, then start it).</p><p>5) Run TV-Server Configuration again, select 'Recording->Database import' tab. Because you had deleted all the entries, and the recording path now matches the actual NAS folder containing the recordings, you'll see a list of recordings not in the database (which should be all of them).</p><p>6) Make sure all recording files listed are ticked (should be by default), and click 'Import selected files'.</p><p>7) Close Close TV-Server Configuration and restart MP.</p><p></p><p>That's it! It's strange how some parts of MP work quite happily with mapped drives but other parts don't, it can be a bit confusing trying to work out what is going on sometimes ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="perky, post: 1132574, member: 145880"] All appears to be working well now after I sorted out the stuff below (posted for reference): After I had moved files from the local drive to the NAS I had to import them back into the database, but I had done that with the mapped drive as the current recordings path not the UNC path. After I changed the recordings path to UNC and done some testing I was left with a database that had a mixture of UNC and mapped drive paths, which meant some recordings could be deleted and some not. The fix to this was relatively simple, I needed to re-import with the new UNC paths. This is how I did it (and this is also simple way to move recordings from one folder to another): 1) With MP shut down but TVService still running, rename the recordings folder on the NAS to something different. 2) Run TV-Server Configuration, in 'Recording->Database import' tab click 'Remove invalid entries'. Because the NAS folder now has a different name this will flag up all of your recordings as being invalid (one at a time) and ask whether you want to delete the entry, click 'yes' to each one. 3) Rename your recordings folder on the NAS back to what it was before. 4) Close TV-Server Configuration and restart the TV Service (type services into the search bar in the start menu, browse to TV Service, right click. Stop, then start it). 5) Run TV-Server Configuration again, select 'Recording->Database import' tab. Because you had deleted all the entries, and the recording path now matches the actual NAS folder containing the recordings, you'll see a list of recordings not in the database (which should be all of them). 6) Make sure all recording files listed are ticked (should be by default), and click 'Import selected files'. 7) Close Close TV-Server Configuration and restart MP. That's it! It's strange how some parts of MP work quite happily with mapped drives but other parts don't, it can be a bit confusing trying to work out what is going on sometimes ;-) [/QUOTE]
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