MP2 will not delete recordings - log in as admin or user account? (1 Viewer)

[MLH01]

Hi All,

I have recently switched to MP2 v2.1.3 after a long time with MP1 now that it is easier to set up with the TV service (for me at least). I have a main singleseat server/client setup and a couple of client-only machines. So far I am quite pleased with it, but have an issue trying to delete TV recordings.

The server is successfully recording TV, and I am able to watch live and recorded TV. However, I can not delete watched recordings from the server. So my question is: should the server be logged on with an admin account in order to do this? Are there any special permissions to set on the recording folder to allow a user account to delete recordings? The reason I prefer to log in as a user is to stop others from messing with settings.

I will probably have a few more questions as time goes on, but this is it for now

Any help appreciated. Cheers,
Mike.

 

[morpheus_xx]

The "delete" option is only available when:

• The media item is on local system
• The media item is on UNC path

If it is a server-local media item, and you try to access it from a different client system, then media access happens via a read-only remote filesystem bridge. And because of the read-only, no delete option is offered.

In your case you should:

• Create a network share at the server (i.e. \\SERVER\Recordings), set matching privileges (like Read+Write for authenticated users)
• Configure recordings folder inside TV configuration to use \\SERVER\Recordings

And UNC access is usually quite faster in starting and random access during playback of recordings.

 

[MLH01]

Hi morpheus_xx,

Much appreciated. Changing the network share to UNC instead of using the drive letter has fixed it. I can now delete the recordings from the list on the singleseat server as expected. It seems to have also fixed my other issue of not being able to watch live TV from the clients. I am now watching live TV on 2 client-only machines with no issues

I now need to sort out why the clients can't play recorded TV - I will leave that for another question if I can't figure it out from the logs.

Many thanks,
Mike.

 

[Lehmden]

Hi.

In your case you should:

• Create a network share at the server (i.e. \\SERVER\Recordings), set matching privileges (like Read+Write for authenticated users)
• Configure recordings folder inside TV configuration to use \\SERVER\Recordings

Wouldn't it be possible to do this during installation as default path? I'm asking because the recordings share is set automatically when entering (or more precise: leaving) SetupTV.exe for the first time. So most users need to modify the recordings share later by hand nevertheless. It would be much easier to do this instantly as there are only advantages in using UNC path compared to drive letters...

 

[MLH01]

Hi.

Wouldn't it be possible to do this during installation as default path? I'm asking because the recordings share is set automatically when entering (or more precise: leaving) SetupTV.exe for the first time. So most users need to modify the recordings share later by hand nevertheless. It would be much easier to do this instantly as there are only advantages in using UNC path compared to drive letters...

I think defaulting to UNC paths would be a good idea if it is possible.