Moving recorded tv files

Hi, Im using Media Centre under Vista Home Premium 32bit.

Because I have a network attached storage device which has a limited
read/write speed, I have setup media centre to record tv to the local
(C drive. I later cut and paste these files to the NAS. THe NAS
folder hosting these pasted files is declared under the Media Centre
media folders.


However, because Im cuting and pasting these files, I think Media
Centre thinks the files have been deleted and so re-records episodes
of programmes which are setup for a 'series' record.


Any ideas how I can get around this?


I dont think the NAS is fast enough to record two channels (tuner is
dual) and has been unstable in the past with sustained read/write
(its
a NetGear SC101) so Im reluctant to record Tv direct to this device.
I
recently upgraded the firmware though and it has been very reliable
so
far.


Regards

Hi M:
I'm far from an expert but I have 7 hard drives used to store
recorded tv programs and the way I got Media Center to recognize all the
recordings which are transferred to other hard drives is as follows:

Open Media Center>click tasks>settings>TV>Recorder>Recorder
Storage>under "Record on drive:" select the hard drive you wish to store
recorded content>click Save. I know you don't want to use that drive to
record but doing the above will establish a Recorded TV folder that
Media Center monitors for it's guide and for listing saved recordings.
After you've done this simply record a few minutes of a tv show (which
you can later delete). Then look in "computer" at the drive and see if
there isn't a new folder called recorded tv. Put all the recordings on
that drive into that folder as well any subsequent recording files.
Then you can go back and change the recorder storage back to the drive
you prefer to use for tv viewing/recording. From then on all your
recordings will show up in the Media Center list of recordings and you
shouldn't get any re-recordings of already saved recordings. Don't
forget to change the recorder drive back to an internal drive though or
you probably will have a problem watching/recording tv if it is
disconnected. There is probably a simple run command to do the same
thing but I'm not smart enough to tell you how to do that but I know
this works on my set up LOL!

Good luck............newnerd


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newnerd