mbnwa 49 Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 I setup a Path substitution for S:\ to \\SAN1 however in the MBC log's it shows that it's still trying to play the video file from S:\ location. I am running MBC version 3.0.163.0 5-3.2 Am I doing something wrong to not be able to get Path substitutions working as expected? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfnetwork 514 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Before jumping into your issue, question; why don't you create your media folders using \\san1 UNC paths in the first place instead of S:? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbnwa 49 Posted May 18, 2014 Author Share Posted May 18, 2014 Just for the simple fact I did not think about it at the time of setup. I would think of changing it however if I do that I would have to redo all my collections ect as MB does not auto group 3D movies with my non-3D movies so it's about 2hrs of work to re-setup the collection. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfnetwork 514 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 (edited) I understand. I'm not sure path substitution is meant to do that... (what would be the purpose, besides correcting an wrong path setup) But I might be wrong too... Personally, reason for me to use it is so that in the NFO files (XBMC saver plugin), the actor image paths are using samba (smb://....) instead of UNC (OpenElec; Linux) If I would be in your shoes, I would redo it, but that's me.. (I actually redid a lot of work manually a little similar to that just because I wanted to switch from Map drive path to UNC) Just to have a simple base configuration of the MBS... To simplify support later on... In case this generates specific other issues in the future... ***Again, I might be wrong about path substitution, so if you really don't want to redo it, hold on for a second opinion... Edited May 18, 2014 by sfnetwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbnwa 49 Posted May 18, 2014 Author Share Posted May 18, 2014 Thanks I might end up redoing it but figured I would check here first if I was doing something wrong Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfnetwork 514 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 (edited) Based on your needs, I think filters would be more what would make your life simpler. Wouldn't this solve your issue? Edited May 18, 2014 by sfnetwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14960 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Path substitution should be doing what you are trying to make it do but this really doesn't have anything to do with MBC. Moving to the server forum so we can diagnose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbnwa 49 Posted May 18, 2014 Author Share Posted May 18, 2014 So just to add more info seeing this might be a server issue vs a MBC issue - I am running the dev builds currently running Version 3.0.5250.29164 I currently have my sub setup like the below: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mup8t6nuyb8pcyg/Screenshot%202014-05-17%2021.45.54.png My Library is setup as follows: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kcgksnmwbktn9z4/Screenshot%202014-05-17%2021.46.45.png So the goal would be for S:\Media Storage\Movies to become \\SAN1\Media Storage\Movies However with this set MBC when trying to play files still shows the normal path and not the UNC path from the substitution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardyname 195 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Are such a "basic" setup expected to work ? Should it not be S:\Media Storage\movies --> \\San1\insertpathtomovieshere\ Atleast that's how i have done it ^^ but maybe we need someone who actually knows this to confirm or tell me I am an idiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
im85288 1493 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 (edited) I think as Beardyname says you need to map the full path for it to work...though I never tried with partial paths. My setup works fine with path substitution, but each full path is mapped to a substitute such as: Edited May 18, 2014 by im85288 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14960 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Yeah, it may just be that you need to have it defined at least at the share name level as opposed to machine name level. So try defining them one level down from where you are. So, instead of "S:\" Try "S:\Media Storage\". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbnwa 49 Posted May 18, 2014 Author Share Posted May 18, 2014 (edited) Before trying the simple method thinking I was over complicating it I tried the full UNC path and still did not work and I have tried every variation of the UNC path however Media Browser Classic still just pulls from the S:\ mapping At this point I am going to just reload the Library with correct UNC paths. Thanks for the help guys Edited May 18, 2014 by mbnwa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbnwa 49 Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 Not sure why this was moved to Linux Server @@Luke my issue with with the Windows Server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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