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]

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

[Devilfish]

Try making the Recordings folder on the C: drive, not sure if you can mount to an external drive.

Does your external drive have an ethernet connection? So is it connected to your dreambox or router? If it's in a NAS enclosure then you need to select SMBFS as the filesystem and not CIFS, this is for a shared folder on a PC.

[westkill]

i have mine mounted to a usb drive encloser drive as it shows up in
start>computer as one of the hard disk drives
so in that drive create a folder as recordings and right click on it and share
then i used the web interface to mount it as a cifs
settings add your own ip address in pic 1 :)

[Sig-gotyouth]

awesome. thanks weskill will try it once I get home... otherwise I might just ask someone to do it for me by connecting with remote assistance or something lol

<--Sig-gotyouth added 130 Minutes and 11 Seconds later...-->

ok followed that screen and it seems to be reading the drive now.. but it tells me:

Record stopped due to full harddisk. Delete some recordings and try again.


so is there anything else I have to do? I seem to have 253GB free accoring to the drive under my computer

[westkill]

is it showing the drive mounted, when you press the mount button on the web interface then says inaccessable storage :alberteinstein:

[Sig-gotyouth]

no its still red... but unlike the other mounts that say 0 the one i set up sais 1 under auto

I'll get the info on my box if that helps?

do I need to restart the dreambox?

westkill.. could u tell me the settings you have on your dreambox aswell...

[westkill]

heres a screen shot of mine 3rd up from the bottom

[westkill]

try restarting the usb drive, click the interface off, restart the dreambox
restart the interface and try mounting it again
if mounted you should see the size of the drive above the help button :)

[Sig-gotyouth]

Im not sure what Im doing wrong... I seem to have the same setup as you but I just have the dredded red x's. tried it sadly it didnt work... is there any chance i could trust you with my ip and you could enter my net interface to sort it for me?

[westkill]

mines stopped working as well now lol

[Sig-gotyouth]

haha... sorry lol. yeh I really dont understand what I done wrong... I sent ya a pm.. if you can help me, I'll then post in here what went wrong and what was the solution for fellow noobs

[westkill]

is there a reason why you canot do it on the main drive of your pc or are you using a laptop with not much memory :)
just trying to see if your box is networked ok :)
i got you pm

[Sig-gotyouth]

main drive wasnt working thats why I tried the external... thats it really.. and my desktop isnt short of memory... Im running through a router.. maybe theres another port besides 8080 and 80 that I need to open?

[westkill]

so what drive are you running your os off if main drive not working if you dont mind me asking

[Sig-gotyouth]

haha nooo. I mean I tried my main c: drive to get recording working but it didnt work so I tried the external drive option... seriousley it would be so much quicker through msn... but wwhatever haha

[Devilfish]

If you're about tomorrow afternoon I'll hop on MSN and we'll try and sort it. :)

[Sig-gotyouth]

figured it haha... might wanna add to the guide to restart the dreambox to confirm settings. it seems thats all I had to do. found out by accident that recording now runs absolutley fine

[Devilfish]

I've never needed to restart the dreambox to get it to work but I'll add it nevertheless, thanks.

And glad you finally got it working, well done! :)

[Sig-gotyouth]

I also stumbled across another way to record just incase it turned out I couldnt get your method to work.. its by using a programme called n-grab. I'll upload a guide a found at another site...

also... how do I direct record. seems on the dkv1 img the option doesnt come under the blue button

[Devilfish]

I've edited that part of the guide as well. Although it does say that every image may be different.

For the DK V1 image, as described in the feedback thead ;), it's...

Green - SubServices for satellite viewing, i.e. Premiere Sport Portal. Also if you hold it down for more than 3 secs it shows the DVR controls for recording.

[dctyper]

ok followed the guide to the letter but i get a failed message

ive done:

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


but no joy!

my shared folder is in my shared documents on the c: drive

any ideas

[Devilfish]

Try giving the directory only one word, i.e. movies.

The user: section should be the username of the account you use on your PC. If your account doesn't need a password, leave it blank.

[Sig-gotyouth]

also after try rebooting your dreambox

[dctyper]

i didnt put the user in, didnt think i needed to as im the only one. thanks

[Celtic67]

Hi, I've just installed the DK image & things seem to be going well so far, but I'm having a problem with setting up recording.

When trying to create the mount, I get to local dir, press OK to set it & get a file explorer. I can browse to /hdd, which shows 1 directory called movie and I have the green button listed as save. If I go into movie, the option to save with green disappears. So, I can only set the local dir to /hdd, it won't change to /hdd/movie as it refuses to save when I'm in there.

I thought if there was something in movie, I'd be OK but I can't create a dir in telnet as it tells me it's a read-only filesystem.

I guess this gets created in a text config somewhere? If I could edit that, I could just change /hdd to /hdd/movie.

Just to add to this, I managed to get it mounted using Curious123's suggestion of the web interface here:

recording help (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=5001&highlight=movie#5)

When I go into the mount menu on the Dreambox though, I can't see this mount. To mount the PC shared drive, I have to go to the PC, fire up the web interface & mount it that way, so this is only a temporary solution. The web interface doesn't see my failed settings either, even though I saved them.

[cgscott]

shared ok and mounted. Show i have over 100gig free 72 hours recording but i cant find the start record feature. I am using dk v1.1

Any help guys?

[Devilfish]

shared ok and mounted. Show i have over 100gig free 72 hours recording but i cant find the start record feature. I am using dk v1.1

Any help guys?

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f34/mount-record-pc-6667/

[scz_caos]

Thanks a lot ;)

[octavious]

I have set up to record from my DM 500C to my PC. After some trial and error I finally got it work. Problem now is that the recordings are very poor (5 secs and then the recording sticks for 5 secs and then continues). I've read that that the DM 500C's processor is relatively weak and therefore may contribute to the problem. Any ideas to improve the recording quality?

DM 500C
Gemini 4.2
vlc media player 0.94

Streaming to the PC works no problem.

[cgscott]

Cant see what the problem is.

I use dk image and the recording is fnie.

I have recorded for up to 2 hours without any hassle.

What cam you use?

I use evocam

[octavious]

I am using

MgCamd 1.30a/New CS 1.60

if that makes any sense.

[cgscott]

Cool the only thing i can suggest is the cam your using is causing the problem.

Tey downloading evocam and see how that works.

[octavious]

Tried Evocam, Same problem if not worse. Could the source of the problem lie somewhere else (e.g. wireless LAN, PC, etc.)?

[cgscott]

Could be in lan. If your using wireless then this could be a big prob. try a straight through cable see what happens.

If nothing then it could be the image.

try a different image see how you get on. Ive had no probs with the dk image on my 500.

Never tried gemini recording to be honest.

[octavious]

OK I will give it a try when I get home. It means running cables everywhere, but is worth it to eliminate the w-lan as a possible cause of the problem.


Still no luck. The recording with Evocam seems to worse than with MgCamd 1.30a/New CS 1.60. I might consider a new image over the weekend to see if that has any effect. Any recommendations or any other tips?

New LAN cable tried and problem solved.

[kal]

Does anybody know if there is a way to "pause" recording, in stead of stopping it? As everytime there is a commercial on and i stop it, i have to create a new recording for each time i want to continue recording.

[Methanoid]

I'd be grateful for some help in setting up NAS recording on a Buffalo Linkstation.

Trying to use Samba (since it has Samba) but should I use CIFS?

Likewise I have seen /var/mnt/movies used as well as /mnt/movies - which is it with the DK1.1 image?

Server directory - default share on a LS is called "share" but would I type just share in the box or /mnt/disk1/share which is the path on the LS ??

Anyone actually got a LS rather than a lesser NAS?

[ianj]

Does anybody know if there is a way to "pause" recording, in stead of stopping it? As everytime there is a commercial on and i stop it, i have to create a new recording for each time i want to continue recording.

Kal,
From what I've been reading it depends on the kind of box you are using and with which image.

I am trying to get my DM600 up with PLI final as I believe this supports real timeshifting.

[ianj]

I'd be grateful for some help in setting up NAS recording on a Buffalo Linkstation.

Trying to use Samba (since it has Samba) but should I use CIFS?

Likewise I have seen /var/mnt/movies used as well as /mnt/movies - which is it with the DK1.1 image?

Server directory - default share on a LS is called "share" but would I type just share in the box or /mnt/disk1/share which is the path on the LS ??

Anyone actually got a LS rather than a lesser NAS?

Methanoid,
The best place to start is to setup the directory on your NAS and connect to it with a PC. Then use something like WINSCP to connect to it and find the directory. At the top of the right hand pane in WINSCP it gives you the path name. Copy that into your dreambox settings and you should be good to go.

(Sorry I can't tell you specifically about the Buffalo but this method works with the 3 other devices I have for mapping)

[mcassidy]

Thanks very much for the information. I would like to know if Ngrab can be used in a similar manner. I have managed (thanks to DK forums) to connect my dreambox to my router using a wireless access point. I am trying to use Ngrab for timer recordings onto a NAS drive. The NAS drive is attached to the router and I can access it wirelessly from my laptop. So far I have not been successful but I reckon your information for direct recording will be very useful. BTW can the timer be used for direct recordings?Cheers.

[mcassidy]

Hi. I have just written a long post which was lost in the ether when I unexpectantly received a "Web Page expired" message. I am trying to set up a direct record to a NAS device. The NAS device ia attached to my router. It does NOT show an IP address only a MAC address. The NAS device shows as drive I: on my laptop.
I have tried to follow your instructions but I am using Vista.
I have created a folder Recordings on the NAS drive. However it is not clear how to set this folder to Network Sharing using Vista. I have right clicked on the folder and used the "Share.." option. I set this to the path name of my laptop (\\MCASSIDY-PC)
I can access the enigma web interface (192.168.1.5 .. Dreambox IP) and have attempted to add a mount .. without success!!
There are several fields which I am not sure about.
What should go into Client Directory? I tried \\MCASSIDY-PC)
What should go into Server Directory? I tried I:\Recordings
What IP address should I use? I tried the Router & Laptop IP addresses with the User Names & Passwords for each. (The NAS shows no IP address)
I would be very grateful for any help.
Cheers.

[mcassidy]

Hi. I have used Devilfish's guide for recording to a NAS drive. However I did not have any success at first. I have since discovered that I have a NDAS (Network DIRECT attached storage drive). This appears to be (according to internet information) a better technology than NAS. NDAS does NOT use an IP address even though it is attached to a router. The software for the NDAS device needs to be loaded onto any computer which needs to share the storage. The device then needs to be "mounted" on each machine. The storage appears with a drive letter and the PC essentially regards it as if it was another attached drive. I did eventually manage to get a recording onto the drive. I used a folder RECORDINGS on the host PC and set the required permissions as in Devilfish's guide. I did however use the settings for the DIRECT record to PC rather than those in the NAS section. I used the Dreambox remote to mount as in the communications menu. The recording started ok and I could see the contents of the RECORDINGS folder growing by the minute. I stopped the recording and then attempted to view it using menu .. file mode .. recovered movies. The movie was there ok and it started to play. However after few moments the screen became unviewable. I was not able to stop the playback and had to remove the power cable from the dreambox. When I restarted the dreambox the DK image persisted and no TV channels were available. I thought at first that VM had finally managed to detect my MAC settings and had sent a signal to silence the box!! (Recent postings). However all I had to do was press menu and then TV mode. The box had remained in file mode. I tried again but this time the movie had disappeared from the the Recorded Movies.
I am not sure why this happened but it may be because I am using a Wireless Access Point to attach the Dreambox to the router.
I then tried Ngrab. The settings were already given in an earllier posting. I used the NDAS drive for the recording. I was very pleased with the result. The recording was very good quality with only the odd frame/sound missing.
I might try to attach the Dreambox directly to the router using a long CAT cable (not feasible long term) to see if there is any improvement.
Thanks again for all the information. I am new to this area but have learned a lot from the forums.

[AllyB]

Hi,

Well having finally got the box and bouquets all set up all channels decoding correctly I now attempting to add a usb hdd and try recording. i also want to set up recording to pc as an option too.

I have read the guide at the beginning of this thread. I get stuck after setup as there is no expert setup - communication setup.

I have a dm800. Is this different? its using the gemini project enigma 2 image.

Any advice appreciated :)

Aly

[linfield]

Is there a way to record f:santaclaus:rom dreambox 500c to xbox hdd?

[Methanoid]

Is there a way to record f:santaclaus:rom dreambox 500c to xbox hdd?

Probably if you set your Xbox as a Linux NAS by installing DamnSmallLinux on it.... but to be honest I wonder if the Xbox is up to it. It has a 10mbit ethernet, the Dreambox is 10/100mbit.

[Fishofgold]

Hi - I am a newbie - I have been trying to set up up my dreambox 500c to record directly to my PC but without joy.

I have succeeded in ftp'ing my box, and have set up a shared folder on my pc but now I am stuck - as my menu system differs greatly from that in the tutorial.

i.e. Using the remote select MENU > SETUP > EXPERT SETUP > COMMUNICATION SETUP > MOUNTS - does not exist on my box

I believe the image file on my dreambox is "Neutrino Dreamplus Ultra 2.03"

Any help would be gratefully received.

[drawflex]

Read every post in this thread to try and get to the bottom of my problem.. still no joy for me.. any help greatly recieved..

Win Vista NTFS share on 192.168.2.3 "rec" in root of C:
Dreambox 500-c on 192.168.2.2 running DK1.1
Belkin Wireless router gateway 192.168.2.1
Unable to get the directory to mount at all, through Web interface or In Mounts menu :(
Directory is shared and everyone is a co-owner
File and printer sharing is ON
Here's what I'm using in web-interface

Filesystem=1 Automount =1
Client /hdd/movie
Server rec
IP 192.168.2.3
Username box ( created user account on PC )
Pass (none created)

Can anyone spot anything i've missed ? I've turned windows firewall off no joy and wonder if it may be router settings or something.. BTW loving the new image .. ta

[drawflex]

woooo I sorted it... password protected sharing was switched on, and i didn't give the 'box' account a password.

Quality is crappy though.. un-usable infact , audio and video freeze every 2-3 seconds for a second or so :( ... any tips ?

P.S. I'm using the 1.1 image, evocamd2.12 , and then new roms ... Also can I use DK1.1 to record via remote on my DM500-c or have i gotta use the web interface ? cant seem to use the green button thingy.. also how do i install addons ? No blue button thing.

[rashed62]

hello and tanks

[mehdiest]

thanks for your help

[dubman1]

Hi All,

i was sucessful mounting a windows xp pc share drive for recordings using the remote control as per Devilfish guide.

Now I am trying to mount a Landrive using a wired network connection to my network.
My pc can see and access the Landrive shared folder OK. i.e. \\SERVER-3703\TV

I have not set a password on this folder.

I have tried to mount using the web interface of my DM500c, but it FAILS to mount.

I have tried all kinds of variations of settings.

I have read all posts i can find re nas drives etc, and tried all kinds of combination but to no avail.
any help would be appreciated trying to get this to work.

Where am I going wrong?? These are the steps I followed.
==============================================
Open Browser on pc
enter the ip address of my Dreambox 192.168.1.20

login to enigma web interface of DM500c

Click on CONFIG Button - Click on MOUNT MANAGER Button


Description: LANDRIVE (is this field just a label ?)

Filesystem Type: 3 (0 = NFS, 1 = CIFS, 2 = DEVICE, 3 = SMBFS) (Do I use type 3 SMBFS for my landrive?)

Auto Mount: √ (Checked this box on)

Client Directory: /hdd/movie

Server Directory: SERVER-3703\TV
(this is the landrive shared folder I have not set a password on this folder, is this field case sensitive? also do i use \ or / for path extensions)

IP: 192.168.1.20 (this is my landrive ip address)

User Name: admin (username of Landrive)
Password: admin (password of Landrive )

Options: rsize=4096,wsize=4096 (left as default)

sync:
atime:
execm:
noexec:
ro:
rw: √ (checked this box)
users:
nolock: √ (checked this box)
intr:
soft: √ (checked this box)
udp: √ (checked this box)

===============================================
:withstupid:

Sorry for the long post ,Thanks for reading it.

[jony_mandy]

Hi All

Finally managed to mount debian linux NAS box running samba and DM500C with Digital Kaos image 1.1

This is how I did it

1) NAS Drive : add samba user with name in CAPITAL Letters e.g. DM
2) NAS Drive : add password to samba user name in CAPITAL Letters e.g. DM123
3) NAS Drive : Create a share directory with write permissions and guest access.
4) Dreambox : with web interface, added mount (smbshare) with client directory : /hdd/movie/

Record quality is excellent.

Cheers

[dubman1]

Hi all,
well I finally got my setup to work.
I am using DW image on my DM500c

This is the setup that worked for me;
===========================================
Open Browser on pc
enter the ip address of my Dreambox 192.168.1.20

login to enigma web interface of DM500c

Click on CONFIG Button - Click on MOUNT MANAGER Button


Description: LANDRIVE

Filesystem Type: 3 (0 = NFS, 1 = CIFS, 2 = DEVICE, 3 = SMBFS)

Auto Mount: √ (Checked this box on)

Client Directory: /hdd/movie

Server Directory: TV (only enter the shared folder name )


IP: 192.168.1.20 (this is my landrive ip address)

User Name: admin (username of Landrive)
Password: admin (password of Landrive )

Options: rsize=4096,wsize=4096 (left as default)

sync:
atime:
execm:
noexec:
ro:
rw: √ (checked this box)
users:
nolock: √ (checked this box)
intr:
soft: √ (checked this box)
udp: √ (checked this box)


Click on SAVE button
click on MOUNT button

if it still showes Mount failed after 10 - 15 seconds then exit web interface and login again to web interface again.
drive should show that it is mounted.

Thanks to all, I am realy learning a lot about this system from this foram

[blowfishcable]

will it able to grab movies on my share network HDD

[blowfishcable]

and let them playback on my TV?

[mpikguru]

thanks a lot!!!!i will try it!!

[boto]

Thank u, i will try your way and feed u back :)

[vroom_buddy]

I've followed the instructions and have succesfully recorded something onto my NAS drive from my Dreambox 500C. The file is named with the date, channel and program name. However, when I go into File Mode on the Dreambox, I don't see the recording or anything else much. When I use the <> buttons on the keypad, it seems to cycle through files in the /var/keys/ directory.

Any ideas how I can get to see my recordings. I'm using DW2.0. Thanks in advance for any help.

[costellon]

Hi, thanks for your time and effort. I tried to connect my en500c to my pc following the instructions but to no avail. I cannot FTP either (using filezilla) but I can flash an image using dreamup. I just want to record onto my pc hd. Could Vista be the culprit ? I have a crossover cable directly connected to my box and a wireless router for my broadband, all of my settings are as you specify above but the box will not mount, please help

[HoaxKey]

I have managed to setup my wirless adapter, and now i can wirelessley ftp into my DM500c. I have also managed to set up a mount, ok got the "mount ok!" message. However i now have no idea how to actually record to my pc or stream avi/mpeg files to my TV. Any hints? I pressed the blue button and i only have 4 options from ym plugins:

DreamNetCast Internet Radio
RSS newsreader
TuxBox
Teletext

thanks!

[thecoogster]

Probably if you set your Xbox as a Linux NAS by installing DamnSmallLinux on it.... but to be honest I wonder if the Xbox is up to it. It has a 10mbit ethernet, the Dreambox is 10/100mbit.


Trying myself to get it to record to ps3 running yellowdog linux, not too sure about xbox but cant see why it wouldn't work on xbmc

[marhoon]

Dears

I have Dreambox SM500-S and I have recorded fine, but I cannot find What I recorded from my dreambox; I can play it on my computer
do I need to do any changes in my setup, I have done exactly what mentioned here

[bardock]

Hey

First of all I want to thank you for the Ngrab suggestion. I tried the OP's original solution but for some reason I couldn't get a successful connection between the DBox and my computer. I tried the Ngrab solution and I managed to connect and recorded up to 5 minutes before everything got terminated with no warning. I tried it a few times and the same thing happened.

I'm connecting through a router the connection never drops off so that isn't the problem. I can't for the life of me figure out why it keeps on getting terminated.

Any ideas?

[bardock]

I'm still having the Ngrab problem so I tried the OP's mount trick and I've finally managed to get it to mount but for some reason I get a message saying the storage is inaccessible when I try to record.

I have a DM500 with Gemini 4.2
directory: movie and created a shared filed called movie in c:\ with read and write enabled. (I even tried movie within movie)
Localdir: var/mnt/hdd (I tried mnt/hdd as well)
Options: rw (I've also tried rw.soft.udp.nolock)
Extra: nolock,rsize=8192,wsize=8192
I've set username and password and I've also got the IPadd set corectly.

Any help would be appreciated! I'm bitterly disappointed I've missed the liverpool v fullham match because of the whole Ngrab thing. I'm hoping I can get this set up before the next match.

[tonto2k]

Hi all,

I have been trying unsuccessfully to mount a drive on my DM500c and record to a nas computer running freenas. I have followed this guide but still no luck :(

My nas server is accessble from any computer and has a static ip 192.168.1.111

My Dreambox has a static ip of 192.168.1.241

I can stream movies to my laptop from the nas so I know its setup correctly.

I accessed the dreambox via web interface and entered all my details as follows:

Click on CONFIG Button - Click on MOUNT MANAGER Button


Description: NAS server

Filesystem Type: 3

Auto Mount: √

Client Directory: /hdd/movie

Server Directory: TV

IP: 192.168.1.111

User Name: paul
Password: dreambox123

Options: rsize=4096,wsize=4096 (left as default)

sync:
atime:
execm:
noexec:
ro:
rw: √ (checked this box)
nolock: √ (checked this box)
intr:
soft: √ (checked this box)
udp: √ (checked this box)

Next I click save, when I return to the Mount manager I have a red cross next to the mount and when I click mount it still does not mount ! ? ! :(

I think if I could the drive mounted I could prob do the rest eventually !

Any ideas please ?

Thanks.

[IrelandKev]

Hi all, I am at the start of the guide, but when I go into the Sharing and Security Properties of the folder, I cannot change the "Share this folder on the network" and " Allow network users to change my files" options, they are that grey colour that you cannot change.
Any help? Thanks

[Richdog]

Im having trouble setting this up on a DM800... I create a shared folder and then configure the path on the box, mount it and it says ok... but when I try ahd record it says "space less than 100MB" as though its using the internal memory of the box still. The mount says its active so is there some setting im missing to change the recording and timeshift versions to the PC instead of the box?

[pangster]

Im having trouble setting this up on a DM800... I create a shared folder and then configure the path on the box, mount it and it says ok... but when I try ahd record it says "space less than 100MB" as though its using the internal memory of the box still. The mount says its active so is there some setting im missing to change the recording and timeshift versions to the PC instead of the box?

I've set up my DM500c per instructions here and get a similar message (i.e. harddisk is full) - although I have >100 Gb free! ??>.

[godsakes]

i've been able to setup a mount in the menu (it tests okay when asked to mount)

but when i try to record it says the drive is inaccessible

any ideas?

EDIT:

i've since used Ngrab to record to the PC - and playback using the softmodded xbox (with xbmc)

[aasaad]

It keeps giving me the same message. "CIFS monut '192.168.1.1/Dreambox harddisk' FAILED

[sweetballa79]

I was wondering if it is possible to record a channel while watching another one and if it's possible to record more the one channel at the same time.
Cheers

[pug]

can you connect up more than one DB to your network connect to your nas, and recover and play movies on all of then, are you limited to how much you can record!

[skinkone]

After much trial and tribulation, I got my NAS (Iomega Screenplay HD Pro) to mount on Dbox 500. However, I can only record using the Timer...record DVR function. I cannot record with Ngrab on the NAS.

The problem is that the DVR recording has missing frames and skips around - clearly unsatisfactory. I tried DVR recording from Dbox to PC and the result is the same. Ngrab-to-PC gives great quality.

I would love to find a way to enable Ngrab recording on the NAS. On the PC, I used a little program called Ngrab lite, but I don't know what the NAS analog would be. I tried putting something called "ggrab", but my feeble unix attempts ended in frustration.

Any ideas on how to proceed?

[saayinla]

will this work for a 800hd box?

[rsorez]

Thanks again for the tutorial:devil:

[jvig]

Still no result on a dm 7020s.
I'm trying to mount a samba share on my ubuntu 9.10
(I'll give it a little more try before I move my disk from PC to dreambox!
:hmpf:)

[zaradoct]

Hi, how can I play my recorded movies that I recorded in my PC by the Dreambox to my TV?

[Norway321]

Thanks alot for useful information! :wavey:

[dpierik]

:musicus:How can i change the location where de files or safed?

[satlasertv]

thanks so much

[rayyen]

Great guide, thanks!

[beenieman]

WOW!!
Hello to everyone from Barbados in the Caribbean.
This is a great tut!!

[harky]

like to ask if i use telnet (rounter) to rec will it slow down the rounter connection???

[glenn_ost]

nice guide

[Beppe71]

Hi
I need help to set up my NAS and record on it. I have a DM500C with DK V.1 immage. I have been able to mount the NAS and even play movies from it but I have problem to record movies on it. If I try to record I get this message "Record failed due to inaccessable storage".
I have checked the record paths and tried two different set up: /hdd and /hdd/movie.
Can you please help?
Thanks
BP71

[trampjuice]

I am not sure about DK1.1 but heres my experiance.
I have a another linux box on the network (192.168.1.x) and its got a whopping great HDD attached to it. I have setup a samba share on it called movies.

After many months 'upgraded' to a neutrino image which was great for everything but NAS recording, I have just reflashed an old Pli Jade image today and have been amazed at how great it records AFTER CHANGING SOME SETTINGS.

Record settings:
Description – Media
CIFS, 192.168.1.14
Mountpoint : /media/cf
Server Directory: movies
Username : root
Password :xxxx
Options : soft, rsize:8192, wsize:8192

The key thing I found was to take off all the options you think will make it faster - like sync, linuxext, rw etc..and just leave 'Soft'; Its miles better at reading and writing to the NAS. In fact its near perfect now!!!!!! I think part of the problems with recording are dm500 resources - with a 6mb Image like PLi Jade its prob running far less processes and so has plently of CPU left to record nice and fast even while you are watching the thing. With a 8MB image like Neutrino you have to turn off the cam and even then the result is garbled.

Mountpoint is also called 'client directory' (Its the mount point for the dm500!):bounce:

[trampjuice]

Don't forget to change your 'Recording and Playing Settings'
Recordings on --> '/mnt/cf/movie'
or you will be looking at a blank screen and wondering where all the files went and why you can't access them for hours like I did!

[trampjuice]

Turn off the cam on Pli Jade images on record, or someway to kill non core processes when its recording - it would prob. record even better then with more CPU left over. (maybe via command line kill ps etc...)

[trampjuice]

Make sure that your server/NAS directory is read write - i.e. chmod 755 on it or under windows right click and change permissions to make it a share. Then check your share permissions work so you can read and write a file to it.

The other key thing is to check that your filewall is not blocking traffic!
You can test reading and writing from the share from the dreambox by opening up telnet and logging into it.

Form the command line -

mount -t cifs //192.168.1.1/hdd/movie /media/hdd -o user=admin,password=admin

check its mounted properly with 'mount' again.

(obvoiusly replace with your username and pw)

With this you should be able to test that reading and writing from the dbox to the other computer works - that eliminates a lot of problems and leaves only the details of the images setup to worry about!:captain:


Then mount the

Hi
I need help to set up my NAS and record on it. I have a DM500C with DK V.1 immage. I have been able to mount the NAS and even play movies from it but I have problem to record movies on it. If I try to record I get this message "Record failed due to inaccessable storage".
I have checked the record paths and tried two different set up: /hdd and /hdd/movie.
Can you please help?
Thanks
BP71

[cameronr]

This is my first reply to a forum. I found this "guide " very helpfull:smokin::coffin:

[techno_konan]

thx for the DOC :)

[vigo4d]

Thanks for all share.

[yovany164]

ok muy bie saludos de venezuele

[mk9833]

Yo, anyone using Mio box to link up the dream box? It gave me a error message:- CIFS mount '192.168.1.66/record/hdd/movie' Failed! I did all the step, but still the same message.....

[mk9833]

Anyone can help?

[michaelbomett]

I'm interested in setting up the same but using Ubuntu. Anyone with a step by step guide. Thanks

[reon]

I'm interested in setting up the same but using Ubuntu. Anyone with a step by step guide. Thanks

Looking for the same.
Have mounted my windows laptop but would like to mount on my linux pc more space and always on. But keep failing to mount

[alunfennell]

ON PC:

1. Start Program / Run/ enter "cmd.exe" - this will start a command window (black background typically).

2. in command window enter

mkdir d:\dreamboxshare
mkdir d:\dreamboxshare\movie
net share mymovies=d:\dreamboxshare /unlimited

where
mymovies is the name the dreambox will see and
d:\dreamboxshare is the shared directory. It HAS to have a directory "movie" below it, which is where the movies will be recorded.

Note forward and back slashes - it is important.

That is the PC prepared. Remember that this share is public and can be seen by any device on the network (including the Dreambox or other STB).


ON THE DREAMBOX:
1. On remote press: Menu/Setup/Expert Setup/Communication Setup then press blue button or navigate to "mounts" and press enter. This displays the "Mount Manager". (Gemini)
2. In the "IP" line enter the IP address of the PC you prepared as above.
2a. Select "Cifs" in box to right of IP.
3. Highlight "dir" line and press enter. Key in "mymovies" in the Dir field.
4. In "Local Dir" key in "/media/hdd" or "/hdd". This depends on your STB but should be "/media/hdd" on Dreambox.
5. In "Options" select "rw" - VERY IMPORTANT
6. In "User" and "Password" enter a username and password that have access to your PC.
7. Click on "AutoMount" if you want the share to be automatically mounted when you restart the Dreambox. (must be ticked for automount).
8. Press yellow button to save.
9. Press green button to mount.

Make sure you get no error messages. If it all worked, you should now be able to record on your PC without any special software.

The same method can be used to mount a Windows compatible NAS drive. By using Cifs you do not need a NFS NAS drive (which is typically much more expensive than the Windows versions).


Enjoy.

[kingbslim73]

Anyone out there can tell me if i can use Dm500s to record to PC external drive, first post on this site. Is there any help for this running Windows 7.

[raysquid]

Hi there....I am very new to the world of Dreambox.

I am setting it up to record to my pc. There are refernces to ip address and usually is 192.168.etc.

My pc is one of 4 and connected to a modem / router.

When I do the command "ipconfig" on my pc I get 10.1.1.3. Is this the ip address I should use on the Dreambox configuration.

Any help would be appreciated.

Ray

[frosr6]

trying to set up my external hard drive that is connected to my Netgear WNDR3400 router with usb cable. I can access the hard drive on my pc but not on my Dreambox 500s. In my router settings page i have 4 different options to access it. ftp, ftp via internet, Http, and Http via internet. what one should i use? My router has \\readyshare\USB_Storage listed as available folders. Im running PLI jade3 and am in the web interface trying to mount no luck. any help please?

[*DP*]

I got mine mounted and it started recording and then crashed the box. Any suggestions? :(

[deyv337]

Thanks a lot :)

Just the info I was looking for!

Straight to the point and works great.

[sonik3]

that works, great job

[briangoo]

ok on mountpoint i get options of
media/cf
/hdd
/nfs
/server1,2,3,4,5,
/usb
/var
or browse any ideas?

on my computer i go into sharing & security & it says about local sharing (make this folder private tick box)& network sharing options or customize & general any help plz ???????????????/

[briangoo]

trying alufennels way & in the command box it says
the syntax of the command is incorrect ?????????????