X5 - how to share internal drive on network

[nykolas]

hi

I would like to know if I can share my pvr recordings on the x5  across my network so I can watch it from other devices?

or can I ask the PVR to save to a network drive?

 

thanks

 

nicholas

 

[Emporium]

No. and no

Making the pvr recording available over the network, would involve the buzz box having some sort of file server running on the box.  Right now, there is not many readily available file servers for Android.  

And similarly, for the the PVR client to be able to save on a network share, it would need to include some sort of filesystem network client (like NFS or SMB).  With few exceptions, this is typically only found in file managers like ES File explorer, Solid Explorer, etc..   Yes there are some media players that include SMB clients to be able to scan network shares, but for the PVR to be able to use it, it would ideally be at the OS level, and NOT at the application level.  And at the oslevel, being able to remotely mount a filesystem has all sorts of implications other than just the kernel support for the various filesystems.  There would need to be all sorts of error handling added for alot of things.  example of a few is when credentials fail to mount a remote filesystem. when a remote filesystem is not available (powered down or otherwise), when it becomes unavailable while being used, and also the OS root permission to be able to actually perform the mount.  

Not saying it will never exist, and it is very interesting.  But I would be surprised if it is high on the future feature list.

Considering I have a few NAS servers, I agree being able to put all recordings into one location from all devices would be nice.

IF you want, you can always download an FTP server for your Buzz box from google store ,and then setup some script on your NAS (or other machine) to be able to occasionally connect to you r buzz box and synchronize/mirror the pvr storage directory.  Keep in mind however that the metadata which describes the episodes/content of all the files is stored elsewhere (not in same directory).  So you would be getting just a bunch of media files with what seems like random names.