Hi

I've read a few old posts about changing the location for Recorded TV, I'd like to change my location from the default where is that? To D:\Data\Recorded TV

Some people suggest:

From within media center...

Settings->TV->Recorded TV->TV Storage->Storage Location

Others have said to use Symbolic links to redirect the default folder to your new location.

I guess the other option would be to edit the registry some where?

What is the best recommendation for doing this?

Also does this registry edit work on Vista? for refreshing recorded TV shows on a secondary Vista Media Center?

As I have a Vista Media Center laptop in addition to my main VMC PC that I would like to be able to access and playback the recorded TV content on. Will I be able to do this on a laptop with no tuner hardware installed?

Edit: I'll be using OTA Digital Freeview DVB-T source on the main VMC PC when my new TV Tuner card arrives.

Any other tips or pointers for a newbie user with the TV side of things in Vista Media Center?

Many Thanks

Use the GUI.

cw-kid:

Hi

I've read a few old posts about changing the location for Recorded TV, I'd like to change my location from the default where is that? To D:\Data\Recorded TV

Some people suggest:

From within media center...

Settings->TV->Recorded TV->TV Storage->Storage Location

 

 

This is how it's done.  Have you tried and it didn't work? 

 

As for watching the recorded tv files on your laptop, just share your recordedTv folder, map it on your laptop and use WMP to watch them.  no tuner hardware needed.

slydog75:

cw-kid:

Hi

I've read a few old posts about changing the location for Recorded TV, I'd like to change my location from the default where is that? To D:\Data\Recorded TV

Some people suggest:

From within media center...

Settings->TV->Recorded TV->TV Storage->Storage Location

 

 

This is how it's done.  Have you tried and it didn't work? 

 

As for watching the recorded tv files on your laptop, just share your recordedTv folder, map it on your laptop and use WMP to watch them.  no tuner hardware needed.

I tried this last night, there was an option for Recorder Storage in the Media Center TV settings. I could not specify a folder I had created such as D:\Data\Recorded TV

I could only select the root of C:\ or D:\ so I changed it to D:\ the system then created its own Recorded TV folder on the root of D:\ drive.

I did a few test recordings and they were saved to the D:\Recorded TV folder OK.

What is a Watch Folder then in terms of Recorded TV ?

I will look in to sharing out this newly created Recorded TV folder but i would like to view the recordings on the secondary VMC laptop in Media Center under Recorded TV if possible?

Thanks

I followed Mike's instructions here for sharing Recorded TV between two VMC PC's. Now on the secondary VMC laptop I can see the shows recorded on the main VMC PC. However when I try and play them it says:

Disk Error

A temporary problem occurred when windows media center attempted to play TV. Please restart windows media center or the computer and then try again.

If I try and browse to \\mce01\recorded tv using the run command on the laptop it says.

\\mce01\recorded tv is not accessible you might not have permission to use this network resource. contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.

Access is denied.

I followed Mike's instructions exactly. Both PC's are Vista Ultimate. Has anyone else got this working?

Only thing I did differently was run gpupdate /force on the main VMC PC and didn't reboot after editing the local computer policy. Perhaps I need to try a reboot.

 

 

Rebooting the main VMC PC didn't resolve the error in Recorded TV on the secondary VMC Laptop.

Check your ntfs and share permissions, that sounds like a permissions issue.

mabrown:

Check your ntfs and share permissions, that sounds like a permissions issue.

Not sure I get this? Why do you have to add the Anonymous Logon to the NTFS and Share Permissions on the Recorded TV folder?

I just added the user account that's logged on to the laptop, to the Recorded TV folders NTFS and Share Permissons as read only on the main VMC PC and now I can play the recorded tv files on the laptop in VMC. (Note: I have the same user account names on both the laptop and the main PC with the same passwords) So why bother with adding the Anonymous Logon to the permissions in the first place?

Edit: Or is adding the Anonymous Logon to the permissions what makes the recordings show up in the secondary VMC? and the additional step is also adding the user to the permissons you want to access and play the recorded content. I'm just wondering about the Anonymous Logon and what it actually does?

Update: I never got an answer to the above question about the Anonymous Logon and why I had to add further permissions for my users?

These are the permissons for my Recorded TV folder on the main VMC PC, both Share and Security Permissions that I ended up with, so that it would work and we could watch recorded TV on our secondary VMC laptop from the main VMC PC. I don't know if these permissions are correct? But they worked for me. Please comment.

Recorded TV folder share permissions:



Recorded TV folder security permissions:

Authenticated Users: Modify (Not sure if this is to high?)

SYSTEM: Full Control

Stuart (MCE01\Stuart): Full Control (My user account)

Neung (MCE01\Neung): Read & Execute, List folder contents, Read (Girl friends user account)

MCE (MCE01\MCE): Read & Execute, List folder contents, Read

(MCE is a general user account both I and my girl friend use sometimes on the secondary VMC laptop, this account looks at the music files on the main VMC PC. Whereas our own user accounts on the laptop look at a local copy of the music files on the D:\ drive on the laptop.)

Administrators (MCE01\Administrators): Full Control

Users (MCE01\Users): Read & Execute, List folder contents, Read

ANONYMOUS LOGON: Read & Execute, List folder contents, Read, Write

ZuneNetworkSvc: Read

WMPNetworkSvc: Read

ehstart: Modify

ehSched: Modify

ehRecvr: Modify

Note both our user names on the laptop and the main VMC PC are the same and have the same password set.

 

cw-kid:

Settings->TV->Recorded TV->TV Storage->Storage Location

I want to change the location of Recorded TV but I do not seem to have these options?  Under Settings>TV there is no Recorded TV.  There is Recorder but it does not have a TV storage option.

Either I am crazy or something is different on my PC.  Did this change under SP1?

wayner9:

cw-kid:

Settings->TV->Recorded TV->TV Storage->Storage Location

I want to change the location of Recorded TV but I do not seem to have these options?  Under Settings>TV there is no Recorded TV.  There is Recorder but it does not have a TV storage option.

Either I am crazy or something is different on my PC.  Did this change under SP1?

I don't know I did this before SP1. I will check the settings again post SP1 and let you know.

On my newly installed Vista Ultimate SP1 machine, it's under:  Settings -> TV -> Recorder -> Recorder Storage.

UseShare to get Network Service to see the files, then make sure the account you're logged in as has rights to the UNC.

WScottCross:

On my newly installed Vista Ultimate SP1 machine, it's under:  Settings -> TV -> Recorder -> Recorder Storage.

But this doesn't give you the option to change the folder - just the drive, maximum storage for TV and quality.  Nothing about folder.

When I changed the location for my Recorded TV from C:\ drive, I wanted the folder to be
D:\Data\Recorded TV but it would not allow this, so I ended up with just D:\Recorded TV

wayner9:

WScottCross:

On my newly installed Vista Ultimate SP1 machine, it's under:  Settings -> TV -> Recorder -> Recorder Storage.

But this doesn't give you the option to change the folder - just the drive, maximum storage for TV and quality.  Nothing about folder.

That's right.  VMC doesn't let you pick the folder, just the drive.  I was simply clarifying where to go to change the drive.