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Title: Library on NAS
Post by: wombel66 on April 09, 2006, 11:45:05 am

Hi,

I tried to place the librariy on my NAS disk, but it did not work. MediaCenter crashed each time I tried to load the library.

Can anyone help me there?

TIA
Wombel

Title: Re: Library on NAS
Post by: SiGuy on May 04, 2006, 10:37:37 pm

I've used MC for Years across a network, but just moved my library to a NAS.

MC11.1 will playback OK, but crashes if MC is not exited before a suspend of the PC.  This behavior is very repeatable on several systems using both wired (100Mb) & wireless LANs.

Returning to a library stored locally on the PC or used across a network via MediaServer MC11.1 does not crash after resuming from suspend or hibernate.

I have no other network problems after resuming, only MC11.1 reading from a NAS device.

NAS:  Buffalo Linkstation HD-HG300LAN

MC should support media library storage on a NAS, shouldn't it?

Title: Re: Library on NAS
Post by: NickM on May 04, 2006, 11:02:16 pm

Try disabling write cache on the drive - then you should be OK.

nick

Title: Re: Library on NAS
Post by: glynor on May 05, 2006, 12:49:22 pm

Moving the Media files to a NAS should be problem-free.  However, don't move your actual Library database files to the NAS directly as this causes a lot of problems. (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=29585.msg208907#msg208907)

If you want to share your library among multiple machines, and you don't want to use the MC Server due to it's limitations, check this thread for my solution (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=26442.msg184015#msg184015)...

Title: Re: Library on NAS
Post by: SiGuy on May 06, 2006, 05:22:08 pm

Thank you for your help, glynor .  I did have my library stored on the NAS (so it could be shared across the network).  I've made a local copy and now file access from the NAS works fine, and there are no crashes after resuming.

Title: Re: Library on NAS
Post by: datdude on May 06, 2006, 06:07:32 pm

Quote from: wombel66 on April 09, 2006, 11:45:05 am

Hi,

I tried to place the library on my NAS disk, but it did not work. Media Center crashed each time I tried to load the library.

Can anyone help me there?

TIA
Wombel

What NAS disk do you use? Have you tired it over Wifi?  How fast is it? 

Thanks

Title: Re: Library on NAS
Post by: glynor on May 07, 2006, 12:42:56 am

Quote from: SiGuy on May 06, 2006, 05:22:08 pm

Thank you for your help, glynor .  I did have my library stored on the NAS (so it could be shared across the network).  I've made a local copy and now file access from the NAS works fine, and there are no crashes after resuming.

Glad I could help!

Title: Re: Library on NAS
Post by: JimH on May 07, 2006, 07:20:31 am

We've seen drive problems that were cured by updating the driver.  Here's one from the "Weird and Wonderful" thread here:

Import Audio Fails
Updating the firmware for a Maxtor external drive solved it:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=3;topic=27912.22#msg202264

Title: Re: Library on NAS
Post by: avpman on May 07, 2006, 08:42:55 am

Question for J.R. Are there any plans to fix it so the library can also be stored along with the media on an NAS drive?

I'm about to invest in a Buffallo Tech 1TB NAS drive specifically so I can move my media and library to a shared device.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Library on NAS
Post by: avpman on May 09, 2006, 10:32:51 am

Quote from: avpman on May 07, 2006, 08:42:55 am

Question for J.R. Are there any plans to fix it so the library can also be stored along with the media on an NAS drive?

I'm about to invest in a Buffallo Tech 1TB NAS drive specifically so I can move my media and library to a shared device.

Thanks!

I am still hoping to get some feedback from J.R. on this before I invest in a NAS drive.

Thanks.