Guide: Setting up Recording to a PC or NAS

[Devilfish]

How Do I Setup A Mount for Direct Recording?

This guide will outline how to setup mounts for direct recording.

We will assume that the dreambox is setup and you are able to connect via FTP/Telnet and can access the web interface.

Whether we are mounting to a PC or a NAS, we will need a shared folder to record to. For these examples we will use Recordings.

To share the folder...

* Right click the folder and select Sharing and Security
* Check the box that says Share this folder on a network
* Check the box that says Allow network users to change my files
* The Share name: should be the same as the name of the folder


Enable File and Printer Sharing on the PC hosting the shared folder.

* Open the Control Panel and select Network Connections
* Right click the network card and select properties
* Check the box next to File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
* Select OK and close Control Panel


Direct Recording to a PC

Using the remote select MENU > SETUP > EXPERT SETUP > COMMUNICATION SETUP > MOUNTS

IP: <ip.address.of.pc>
Select CIFS form the pulldown menu on the right hand side
Dir: <name of shared folder on pc><press yellow for capital letters>
LocalDir: /hdd/movie
Options: rw,soft,udp,nolock
Extra: nolock,rsize=8192,wsize=8192
User: <account on pc>
Password: <password on account, if no password leave blank>
Select Automount
Select Mount



A message should appear saying CIFS mount OK!

Save settings and exit from all the menus.

* To start direct recording, select Start Direct Recording from the Blue Button menu.

This may vary depending on what image you are using.

* To stop direct recording, select Stop Direct Recording from the Blue Button menu.


Check your shared folder on the PC and hopefully you should have a recording.

Direct Recording to a NAS Drive

Open your browser and enter the ip address of your dreambox into the address bar. This should bring up the web interface. To mount to a Samba share we have to use the web interface and not the remote menus.

Select CONFIG > MOUNT MANAGER > ADD

Fill in the settings to match your network

The User Name: will be the admin account on the NAS...usually admin.
The Password: will be the admin password on the NAS...usually admin.
(I would advise changing this in the NAS web interface to something other than admin)
If you have given the Recordings folder a password of it's own, you will need to use this in the mount settings.

Select Save.

Click Mount and if all is correct a GREEN tick should appear. This can take about 10 seconds to mount.

* To start direct recording, select Start Direct Recording from the Blue Button menu.

This may vary depending on what image you are using.

* To stop direct recording, select Stop Direct Recording from the Blue Button menu.

Check your shared folder on the NAS and hopefully you should have a recording.

To Playback Your Recording

Using the remote select MENU > FILE MODE >RECORDED MOVIES

A list of your recordings should come up.
Highlight the recording and press OK to start.

[dinarshad]

will this work with a router?

[Iano]

FYI, the settings above worked fine for my Buffalo Linkstation Live, but I had to change the filesystem to 1 = CIFS when I upgraded the NAS to a Buffalo TeraStation Live.

[dreadz123]

i have a 3.5" lan hdd enclosure -it has support for usb and ethernet on the case. can i use this to connect direct to dm500c and record or do i have to connect this to my router and go that way round?

i would rather try and set this directly to dm500c as my wireless router is quite some distance away and would mean having to route more cable around living room and stairs.

is that possible?

[Devilfish]

You can connect it straight to your dreambox.

Just need to configure it on the PC first with an ip address that will match the dreambox when it's connected.

Make sure you've created a folder on the NAS while it's connected to the PC.

Use the admin account and password when setting up the mount.

[dreadz123]

trying my best to get this on my nas drive. i have changed my ip address on drive so that matches similar to dreambox.created a shared drive, whilst it was on my pc.
tried connecting and setting up via above method and cannot mount- tried samba, nfs,cifs???

cant seem to find web interface as above whne connecting to box? can ftp and everything to box and drive so that is not the problem. tried allsorts of setting but to know avail? using the dk1 image?

anyhelp would be appreciated thanks

[Devilfish]

Always use SMBFS if mounting to a NAS drive.

Remember to use the ip address of the NAS.

Remember to use the account 'admin' and the admin password when mounting; no need to create a new account.

I assume your NAS is connected to your router?

[dreadz123]

yes mate, just reflashing as per your last advice, as probs saving the mount in web interface..am getting there mate

i made a backup earlier..ii wonder if that backup could be corrupt , hence why it wont let me save any changes? would relfashing with same image work, or is it better to go back to an earlier backup, with just the keys and roms on instead of services and bouquets?

sorry for all the questions

[Devilfish]

It could be corrupt yes, but I would never be able to tell you for sure.

If you're unsure, download it from here again. You should have the keys and scce files anyway from before, just do a scan again so that you know you're all fresh and ready to go.

[dreadz123]

ok that worked, but now i get a font blue 25 error?? and the box reboots???
was able to see that drive had 80b free, and then get this error? havent been able to start recording yet, but dreive was there?

[Devilfish]

Hmmm...oh dear! That sounds bad and I've never seen it before! Sounds like a font is missing or it's not capable of sizing it at 25. Are you using the main skin?

[dreadz123]

yep not changed anything regarding skin..like the default one

[Sig-gotyouth]

under /hdd '/movie' doesnt appear... nor does anything else... is this ok? if not what do I have to do ... I have set the folder up in a external HDD connected to my pc

[forrestlee]

doesn't work on linkstation pro?

I have a linkstation pro. So I followed "Recording to a NAS", but failed. The icon is still red(should become green).

I install samba in my linkstation(freelink_arm9-1.0rev2 from linkstation wiki forum).

I also tried use telnet to mount, also failed:

root@dreambox:~> mount -t smbfs -o user=root,passwd=liyun //192.168.1.103/share/movie /var/mnt/hdd
mount: Mounting //192.168.1.103/share/movie on /var/mnt/hdd failed: Invalid argument

root@dreambox:~> mount -t nfs -o nolock 192.168.1.103:/share/movie /var/mnt/hdd mount: 192.168.1.103:/share/movie failed, reason given by server: Permission denied
mount: nfsmount failed: Bad file descriptor
mount: Mounting 192.168.1.103:/share/movie on /var/mnt/hdd failed: Invalid argument

root@dreambox:~> smbmount //192.168.1.103/share/movie -I 192.168.1.103
Added interface ip=127.0.0.1 bcast=127.255.255.255 nmask=255.0.0.0
Server time is Mon Aug  4 20:42:30 2008
Timezone is UTC+8.0
Password:
Session setup failed for username=ROOT myname=DREAMBOX destname=192.168.1.103   ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (Access denied.)

Any ideas?

[Sig-gotyouth]

Having problems... have followed to the book... but doesnt seem to mount succesfully. I am setting the recordings folder in an external drive... at the root of the drive... any ideas what Im doing wrong?

IP : 192.168.1.xxx CIFS
Dir: Recordings
Dir: Recordings
LocalDir: /hdd/movie
options: rw.soft.udp.nolock
extra: nolock.rsize=8192.wrsize=8192
user: Aministrator
pass:

automount ticked

my recordings folder is in a freeagent external drive D:\Recordings