Twonkymedia server and unc path

fblue · Post by **fblue** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:05 pm

i hope i get help here.

i have some problems with 5.0.68 to 5.1.1 RC2. I have shared folders on a XP pc. This shares
i have mappend to a drive letter.
when i start the twonky config page and will insert this drives to the sharings a can't
see my drive letters. also it is not possible to insert the UNC path here, sorry. i can insert
the UNC path but twonky don't find the files.

The network shares on windows xp and twonky runs on windows 7.
i have try it with 5.0.68,5.1 and 5.1.1 RC2

Have anybody ideas for me.
fblue

mgillespie · Post by **mgillespie** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:22 am

It's a REALLY bad idea to share media on network drives, as you are doubling the network traffic. Media is being read in across the network and then streamed out again.

You really need to look at getting Twonky installed on the device that's hosting the media (or setting up multiple servers, a licence is good for 3)

fblue · Post by **fblue** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:04 am

mgillespie wrote:It's a REALLY bad idea to share media on network drives, as you are doubling the network traffic. Media is being read in across the network and then streamed out again.

You really need to look at getting Twonky installed on the device that's hosting the media (or setting up multiple servers, a licence is good for 3)

You are right. But i have make the same with linux and it hast been worked fine. The test with linux was only a test and i can not switch to this BS. fact is i have network shares now and can not install twonky on the different machine i have my media files. i there no way to do this with windows.

frank

IronG · Post by **IronG** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:12 pm

Yes, it can be done. First you'll need to check what account is running twonky and make sure that this account has access rights on the other machine.

/IronG

fblue · Post by **fblue** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:12 pm

IronG wrote:Yes, it can be done. First you'll need to check what account is running twonky and make sure that this account has access rights on the other machine.

/IronG

thanks for your answer. twonky runs under the system account. i have also try administrator and my own with admin rights. the other machine share have full rights to everyone. the problem is that i can not give the w7 pc rights to the other pc. thats only possible in a domain. this machines stays only in a workgroup.
what i not understand. When i browse the drives in twonky i can not see the drive letters for my network shares.

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