"Watched" file indicator does not seem to work. New V3 upgrade. [RESOLVED]

[dindale]

Very pleased with many of the changes in the v3 release.  I've been playing around with it, and can't seem to get the "watched" file indicator to work.  I have it turned on in the "misc" menu, and when I browse to a file and hit "menu" it has at the bottom the "eye" and a check mark next to it.  I move down to this menu choice and hit enter - it closes the menu and drops me back to the folder - but no indicator next to the file name (as the docs indicated it should be).  I also opened a movie and let it run half way through - still no watched indicator showing up after I quit the movie.

Ideas?

Thanks.

Changed subject header to indicate RESOLVED status

[MarioB]

Do you watch video file on the internal HDD, USB or over network. If it's over network maybe Mede8er don't have writing rights to write down appropriate *.t file which indicates that the video file is watched.

[dindale]

That could be it.  I did watch the movie over my network off of a NAS.  The vast majority of my media is streamed over the network (I've got 6TB of music and movies). 

The question would then be (since I did not receive any error indications) - how do I confirm that this is the issue?  Once I'm able to confirm it, then the question is - what permission changes to I need to make to allw the Mede8er access?

Can you elaborate on the "*.t" file you mentioned?  What is written to the folder?

Thx - Keith

[Insomniac]

A "~.t" file is written to the movie source folder to indicate that the movie has been watched - you need write permissions in order to allow the Mede8er to do so.
Create a network 'shortcut' with User Name and Password with such write permissions in order to allow this functionality.

[dindale]

Thanks.  I did a couple of tests and confirmed that the problem was indeed write access.  I had already created a shortcut to test it out - and confirmed that it worked when logged in through the shortcut.  Unfortunately, it takes a bit of time for the Mede8er to establish the login through a shortcut.  Two questions:

- Is there any way to speed this up?
- Is there any way to drill further into my NAS (folder stack) to make up for the extended access time.  If, instead of just logging in, I could specify a folder path along with the login credentials - it would eliminate the navigation time it normally takes to reach my movie folders and make up for the extended login wait.

Thanks - Keith.

[Insomniac]

Another update... another day...

[Maasbommel]

Hi dindale,

I don't know what kind of NAS you are using, but on my synology I solved this as follows:
- I created shared folders on my NAS with the names: Video, Music, Photo
- then turn NFS on on this shares
- now use your mede8er with NFS to connect to this shares: faster and it gives one level less. You just create a shortcut per folder you created on your NAS

regards,
Maasbommel

[dindale]

I'm running a WHS - which doesn't have an elegant NFS solution. I have set it up previously (to see if it works) but it was buggy and I eventually tore it out.

I appreciate the suggestion. I will play around with things and see what I can come up with.

Keith