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Can MC reliably record TV directly to a mapped network drive?

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JustinChase:
I only ask because Windows MC can't.  They say it can't be reliably done, so they don't try.  I'm assuming that's not the whole story, but thought it would be easier to ask, than to test a half dozen times to confirm reliability.

I'm not asking for guarantees, but a Gigabit network connection wired directly to the unRAID box should be pretty stable, for it's part.

Can anyone comment?

JimH:
It's worth trying.  I think it will work.

JustinChase:
I will, but I was hoping someone could comment if they have ever done it/are doing it currently.  If it's reliable, I can skip the conversion of the .ts file in the commercial skipping tutorial, by just putting the recording directly into the converted folder, saving the 'conversion' and the moving onto the network, and launch comskip as soon as it's done recording.  But if it's not reliable, it's not worth it :)

I'll test, but would like some feedback if anyone has experience/knows about this.

Thanks

imugli:
Works seamlessly.

Am currently recording to a mapped network drive on an Ubuntu server over ethernet no problems.

JustinChase:
Thanks.  That means I can record directly to the network share, skip converting and moving, and launch comskip as soon as it's done recording (which I just tested on the HTPC connected via gigabit and it took 1 1/2 minutes to convert and comskip a 30 minute SD show!)

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