Apologies for the cross post, but Im having issues that affect this plugin as well as My TVseries so am posting in both forums in case they are not related..
I recently moved and expanded my media collection to networked storage as this plugin and the tv series plugin convinced me to move to a digital lifesyle
Im using windows home server to store all my dvd's and tv series on. I have it configured using wake on lan, so when my htpc starts up - it wakes the server up and everything should be good to go.
The problem I have is that this plugin and the tv series plugin are not picking up my tv and movies collection once the server is up - at least not at first. It can take ages before I get the listing back, its usually quicker to reboot the htpc. I can verify by accessing folders on the server that the server is up, but Im not getting the plugins to see the media files. I can play a movie through windows, but in moving pictures I get an error message saying that the media is not available and 'retry' does nothing.
I have mapped some drives on my htpc to the server using the path \\servername\folder\movies or TV
T: for TV
M: for all my dvd's
is there a way to configure a scanning interval or force a scan using the remote so that the plugin will pickup that the server shares are available.
If I do a continuous ping to the server when I turn on the htpc, the server starts to reply at the point where MP is waiting for the TV service to start.
What are my options to solve this one please?
On a seperate note to the devs - I hope it gives you a good feeling to know that this is the only IT project that my whole family love - they love all the eye candy that this plugin and the tv series gives them - that is quite an achievement - well done guys..
I recently moved and expanded my media collection to networked storage as this plugin and the tv series plugin convinced me to move to a digital lifesyle
Im using windows home server to store all my dvd's and tv series on. I have it configured using wake on lan, so when my htpc starts up - it wakes the server up and everything should be good to go.
The problem I have is that this plugin and the tv series plugin are not picking up my tv and movies collection once the server is up - at least not at first. It can take ages before I get the listing back, its usually quicker to reboot the htpc. I can verify by accessing folders on the server that the server is up, but Im not getting the plugins to see the media files. I can play a movie through windows, but in moving pictures I get an error message saying that the media is not available and 'retry' does nothing.
I have mapped some drives on my htpc to the server using the path \\servername\folder\movies or TV
T: for TV
M: for all my dvd's
is there a way to configure a scanning interval or force a scan using the remote so that the plugin will pickup that the server shares are available.
If I do a continuous ping to the server when I turn on the htpc, the server starts to reply at the point where MP is waiting for the TV service to start.
What are my options to solve this one please?
On a seperate note to the devs - I hope it gives you a good feeling to know that this is the only IT project that my whole family love - they love all the eye candy that this plugin and the tv series gives them - that is quite an achievement - well done guys..
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