[vdr] [ANNOUNCE] vdradmin-0.97-am3.3
C.Y.M
syphir at syphir.sytes.net
Thu Jul 14 11:22:26 CEST 2005
Andreas Mair wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>>Thanks, Andreas. I should RTFM better :). I was just trying to see if I
>>could map a directory to a Windows PC using Samba, but it looks like its
>>using 8.3 (shortname) dir listings which causes it to fail. Thats ok. I
>>appreciate the clarifications. NFS would be the best solution.
>
>
> Don't know how you setup samba, but I use it to share my VDR's recordings
> and they all have long names. Maybe it has to do with a missing VFAT
> define?
>
To remove the 8.3, I had to add this to [global] in smb.conf:
# Prevent 8.3 directory listings
case sensitive = yes
preserve case = yes
mangle case = no
mangled names = no
But, now vdr is using invalid DOS characters which prevents the files from
opening. I dont think that ":" is valid. :)
Regards,
C.
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