A
Annonymous Coward
Newer files written to a shared folder are unaccesable using Windows
Explorer
DESCRIPTION:
=============
I own an HTPC with a very old video capture card (no broadcast flag) that
records television shows in either MPG1 or MPG2 format. The HTPC dumps all
of the files that it records into a shared folder which is accessable from
all of the computers on my home network. Now all of the files written to
the folder by the video capture software before the month of October are
accessable over the network. All of the files written to the folder by the
video capture card are visable using Windows Explorer but are not accessable
using Windows Explorer or any type of media player. Blowing away the share
and re-creating it dosent resolve the issue. The files are also not corrupt
and are playable upon my workstations if I initiate the file transfer from
the HTPC instead of from one of the workstations. The kicker is that while
I cant access any of these newer files using Windows Explorer, I'm able to
access ALL of the files using IIS 5.0.
TROUBLESHOOTING:
==================
This happened once before and I was able to resolve the issue by doing an
FDISK, reformating and rebuilding the PC. Unfortunately the problem came
back at about the same time that I installed FFDShow, Made some changes to
the MPEG1 and 2 capture settings, installed IIS and enabled web sharing.
I thought that the capture card software might have a lock on the files so I
created a new folder and moved all of the files over to the new one. The
files moved to the new folder without any problems. I deleted the old
folder, renamed the new one to the name of the old one and shared it out
with "everyone" access. I'm still able to access all of the files that were
written prior to October but none of the files that were written after
October.
I'm able to upload files to this shared folder and then download these same
files. I'm just not able to access files written to the folder by the
capture card and ATI multimedia software.
I tried killing every single process that I could get away with killing in
Task Manager without taking the system down, apparently none of these
applications are the cause of my problems.
I thought that IIS might be locking the files so I turned off IIS - nothing
happened. Next I disabled the web share, and after rebooting was I still
unable to access the files. The odd thing is that I'm able to access the
files using IIS but I'm unable to access the files using a web share.
SYMPTOMS:
===========
- All files written prior to October in the same folder are accessable from
within Windows Explorer, IIS 5.0 or Windows Media Player. All files written
after October "in the same folder" are not accessable unless your using IIS
5.0. For example, "The Batman006.mpg" is viewable and accessable from the
same folder that the file "The Batman007.mpg" is stored, but I can access
006 accross the network and not 007.
- Windows Explorer generates the following error when I attempt to drag and
drop the file to one of my two workstations: Cannot copy [File Name]: Access
is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the
file is not currently in use.
- Windows Media Player Generates an error: "C00D11D2: Cannot access the
file"
- ZoomPlayer generates an error: Unable to play [File Name] This may be due
to a corrupt file, missing filters, filter conflicts or other hardware
issues.
HARDWARE:
============
Home Theater PC
Windows XP Pro SP2 | File Sharing
Windows Media Player 10
IIS 5
AMD 1300+
512MB PC 133 CAS2
80 GB PATA 133 Maxtor 8MB Cache 7200 RPM
10/100 Generic Network Card
ATI ALl-In-Wonder 128 16MB
Workstation 1 PC
Windows XP Pro SP2
Windows Media Player 10
AMD 3200+ 64bit
1GB DDR 400 PC3200 CAS2
200 GB SATA 150 Maxtor 8MB Cache 7200 RPM
250 GB SATA 150 Maxtor 8MB Cache 7200 RPM
10/1000 3COM Network Card
ATI 9800 128 MB
Workstation 2 PC
Windows XP Pro SP 2
Windows Media Player 10
Intel 3.0 GHz
1GB DDR 400 PC3200 CAS2.5
80 GB PATA 133 Maxtor 8MB Cache 7200 RPM
10/1000 Dell Network Card
NVIDIA GeForce 5200 128 MB
Any ideas folks?
Marc...
Explorer
DESCRIPTION:
=============
I own an HTPC with a very old video capture card (no broadcast flag) that
records television shows in either MPG1 or MPG2 format. The HTPC dumps all
of the files that it records into a shared folder which is accessable from
all of the computers on my home network. Now all of the files written to
the folder by the video capture software before the month of October are
accessable over the network. All of the files written to the folder by the
video capture card are visable using Windows Explorer but are not accessable
using Windows Explorer or any type of media player. Blowing away the share
and re-creating it dosent resolve the issue. The files are also not corrupt
and are playable upon my workstations if I initiate the file transfer from
the HTPC instead of from one of the workstations. The kicker is that while
I cant access any of these newer files using Windows Explorer, I'm able to
access ALL of the files using IIS 5.0.
TROUBLESHOOTING:
==================
This happened once before and I was able to resolve the issue by doing an
FDISK, reformating and rebuilding the PC. Unfortunately the problem came
back at about the same time that I installed FFDShow, Made some changes to
the MPEG1 and 2 capture settings, installed IIS and enabled web sharing.
I thought that the capture card software might have a lock on the files so I
created a new folder and moved all of the files over to the new one. The
files moved to the new folder without any problems. I deleted the old
folder, renamed the new one to the name of the old one and shared it out
with "everyone" access. I'm still able to access all of the files that were
written prior to October but none of the files that were written after
October.
I'm able to upload files to this shared folder and then download these same
files. I'm just not able to access files written to the folder by the
capture card and ATI multimedia software.
I tried killing every single process that I could get away with killing in
Task Manager without taking the system down, apparently none of these
applications are the cause of my problems.
I thought that IIS might be locking the files so I turned off IIS - nothing
happened. Next I disabled the web share, and after rebooting was I still
unable to access the files. The odd thing is that I'm able to access the
files using IIS but I'm unable to access the files using a web share.
SYMPTOMS:
===========
- All files written prior to October in the same folder are accessable from
within Windows Explorer, IIS 5.0 or Windows Media Player. All files written
after October "in the same folder" are not accessable unless your using IIS
5.0. For example, "The Batman006.mpg" is viewable and accessable from the
same folder that the file "The Batman007.mpg" is stored, but I can access
006 accross the network and not 007.
- Windows Explorer generates the following error when I attempt to drag and
drop the file to one of my two workstations: Cannot copy [File Name]: Access
is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the
file is not currently in use.
- Windows Media Player Generates an error: "C00D11D2: Cannot access the
file"
- ZoomPlayer generates an error: Unable to play [File Name] This may be due
to a corrupt file, missing filters, filter conflicts or other hardware
issues.
HARDWARE:
============
Home Theater PC
Windows XP Pro SP2 | File Sharing
Windows Media Player 10
IIS 5
AMD 1300+
512MB PC 133 CAS2
80 GB PATA 133 Maxtor 8MB Cache 7200 RPM
10/100 Generic Network Card
ATI ALl-In-Wonder 128 16MB
Workstation 1 PC
Windows XP Pro SP2
Windows Media Player 10
AMD 3200+ 64bit
1GB DDR 400 PC3200 CAS2
200 GB SATA 150 Maxtor 8MB Cache 7200 RPM
250 GB SATA 150 Maxtor 8MB Cache 7200 RPM
10/1000 3COM Network Card
ATI 9800 128 MB
Workstation 2 PC
Windows XP Pro SP 2
Windows Media Player 10
Intel 3.0 GHz
1GB DDR 400 PC3200 CAS2.5
80 GB PATA 133 Maxtor 8MB Cache 7200 RPM
10/1000 Dell Network Card
NVIDIA GeForce 5200 128 MB
Any ideas folks?
Marc...