Can't use \\192.168.1.X\Dir style w/ HDTV!

[jsidlosky]

When I use a local disk e.g. D:\Media, for my video directory all works fine.

When I map to \\192.168.1.5\Media (in my case), the video plays so horribly slow, and the CPU usage goes to 100%. Infact, if its set to record something, it will 100% the CPU in the SageTVService process, telling me the problem is recording HDTV to a network drive (even if its on the LOCAL machine).

When I use PVR150's this works fine. But with Aver A180's and or ATI HDTV Wonder, it doesn't work.

I'm guessing its too much traffic to shuffle through Windows Network stack or something, I don't really know! Its strange.

Anyone else have any thoughts? I would like this to work so I can do COMSKIP, otherwise it just won't work.

[marneb17]

Maybe your firewall/antivirus software is "in the way". Meaning that it analyses the whole traffic. Set it to not check the traffic in your "home zone".

You could try to use your computers name instead of the ip. But I don't really see how that could help.
Maybe your harddrive is fragmented? But then it would neither work in a normal folder.

?
Marne

[nielm]

If you use an IP addr in the form you are trying, the traffic will always go over the network, even if the IP is the local hosts IP (the same goes if you use machine.domain.com or similar)

If you use \\machinename\dir , then Windows is intelligent enough (!) to access the disks directly if machinename is the local host, thus bypassing the networking subsystems, firewalls, etc

[marneb17]

I didn't know that. But then my tipp was correct.

(Too many positive smilies )

[jsidlosky]

Thanks marneb17 and Nielm, that makes sense.. I'll give it a try tonight.

[jsidlosky]

If I have the server save to a directory mapping on the local machine, it uses 100% of the CPU when recording (just one show).

I tried:
\\192.168.1.2\Media
\\127.0.0.1\Media
\\SageServer\Media (Where "SageServer" is name of machine)

I also tried mapping a drive letter, e.g. M:.

It DOES record, I see the video files being created on the local hard disk, but when trying to play back while recording, that results in one frame played per ten seconds.

The reason I want to do this?, for ComSkip of course.

The backup plan I have is making a D: drive letter on my SageClient which is a map to the D: drive letter on the SageServer. Then on the Server, use D:\ for my files (which is the case right now). ComSkip will look for the video files on the same path then "D:", since both the Server will be using D:\ and the client using D:\. Tricky eh!