Hi I've got the TVIX 5000U which now seems to be working relatively ok, i.e it can stream .ts files over my wired network without freezing. I use the wizd interface to stream files on the Helios X3000 as it allows me to link multiple folders (currently have 12 different drives and 1 TB NAS server). I would like to make all these drives also accessible on the TVIX and was wondering whether I could get it to run on the wizd interface as opposed to the propriety one.

Does anyone have an experience of running wizd on the 5000U and if not is possible to have as many drive locations accessible. In the set up menu I can only see connection possibilities for 4 drives.

The Tvix network interface is NOT propriety. It supports SMB and NFS, which are both open standard network protocols.
If your NAS is running o a Windows PC or if you just want to use the Tvix NetShare application (which enables NFS) you can use Junction Link Magic to create "shortcuts" between several drives into one folder.
If it's a linux box I guess you can create links using "ln -s" and the directories should be possible to access.


To use the Wizd server software is however not possible.
/J

The Tvix network interface is NOT propriety. It supports SMB and NFS, which are both open standard network protocols.
If your NAS is running o a Windows PC or if you just want to use the Tvix NetShare application (which enables NFS) you can use Junction Link Magic to create "shortcuts" between several drives into one folder.
If it's a linux box I guess you can create links using "ln -s" and the directories should be possible to access.


To use the Wizd server software is however not possible.
/J
I also use WIZD and have become quite comfortable with its flexibility. I am seriously considering purchasing the TVIX4100SH but the issue of multiple drives/folders has me gun shy. Several very helpful people on this forum have provided posts like yours on how to get around this issue. Unfortunately I really do not understand what they and you are telling me. I am a windows user with moderate PC skills. Unfortunately I have never mounted drives in windows and I have only dabbled with Linux. My knowledge of file sharing is close to zero, it was zero until recently but it is still primative.

Does DVICO provide any type of documentation for being able to access root/multiple drives and folders? I have downloaded their manual but it of course just details no root drives and only 4 folders.

Why in heavens name would they have such a restriction?

Do you know of any detailed guides?

BTW your suggested work around is completely different than the two I have seen previously.

Ok,
maybe I misunderstood your problem... :p

As I understand it you have several drives or folder you want to access from your Tvix. E.g.
D:\movies
E:\more movies
F:\even more movies

If you have your PC turned on, while accessing those, use the Tvix application NetShare. This enables NFS sharing of 1 folder.
So create your c:\my share, c:\my share\one, c:\my share\two, etc...
one folder per drive you want to access.
Then use Junction Link Magic to mount the drives in the newly created folders. It's all really easy.
Search for Junction Link Magic in the Tvix 5000 thread. There are many posts concerning accessing several folders and drives from the Tvix.

For your 1 TB NAS I would use a separate entry of the 4 possible network paths in the Tvix.

I'm accessing 3 drives via the NetShare and one NAS server and still have 2 entries (of 4) left unused in the Tvix.

It's only if you want to access more than 4 different servers/PCs from the Tvix that you will be limited.
/J

@jofa;

Thanks, I think I better understand what needs to be done... Can not really give it a try until I purchase the 4100SH...which should not be long now.

If it's a linux box I guess you can create links using "ln -s" and the directories should be possible to access.

It works. My movies are spread out among multiple drives, and I use directories of symbolic links to organize in multiple ways:

Alphabetically
By Director
By Genre
By Star
Everything in one directory

etc.

@jhue and jofa;

How did you come by the information on how to do what you suggest? Did you somehow get it from DVICO? Were you just knowledgeable about that kind of stuff and figured it out yourself? From this forum?

There are two things I am getting at:

1. Why doesn't DVICO have the necessary how to guides? Where do customers who do not frequent this forum or any forum find out what they need to know? Seems silly on DVICO's part....

2. Where do you suggest I go looking in order to find out more about mounting drives in both Windows and Lenux?

You could also get your hands on a NFS server.

- Microsoft has something called SFU (Unix Services for Windows). Free.
- Pro NFS ($40)
- Allegro NFS ($65)

They will allow you to share root etc.
Currently I'm trying out ProNFS and Allegro and they work as planned.

I might end up buying the Allegro which looks and feels like the best one.
No issues with streaming, as well as mounting up DVD-burner/ROM into a folder which is shared under the NFS server.

M.

You could also get your hands on a NFS server.

- Microsoft has something called SFU (Unix Services for Windows). Free.
- Pro NFS ($40)
- Allegro NFS ($65)

They will allow you to share root etc.
Currently I'm trying out ProNFS and Allegro and they work as planned.

I might end up buying the Allegro which looks and feels like the best one.
No issues with streaming, as well as mounting up DVD-burner/ROM into a folder which is shared under the NFS server.

M.
Thanks for the suggestions!

I recently converted an old 2GHz pc to Linux to be used as a server. I make that sound like I know what I am doing but....I installed Linspire on it. I noticed that when I setup Sharing on the HDDs there is an NFS option...Do you think that will work with the TVIX like the solutions you mentioned above?

Yes, NFS works fine.
I use NFS to share from my Maxtor Shared Storage drive, which runs a small Linux system inside.

/J