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Offline Nautilus2067

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Cannot view pictures when using DB stored on server
« on: June 07, 2012, 08:59:41 am »
Hi there,

actually I have stored the PVD DB on the movie server. PVD is installed there as well. I use TeamViewer to access that server. Everything works fine except that I am looking for a possibility to accesss the DB with a PVD installation on a local frontend. So I installed Firebird on the server and changed the path to the movie data so it uses shares instead of absolute paths.

Server:

PVD:D:\Programs\PVD
Movies:\\server\public\movies\
DB:\\server\public\data\PVD\movies.pvd
Pictures:   \\server\public\data\PVD\posters\

 
The first thing that appeared a little strange to me was that you have to use an absolute path when connecting from a client to the server:   

Instead of using \\server\public\data\PVD\movies.pvd one has to link to \\server\E:\Data\PVD\movies.pvd. Once I figured that out, I could access the database. But I cannot see any pictures. If I look at the properties in the client installation (which are of course the same as on the server, because they are stored in the DB) I can see the correct path: \\server\public\data\PVD\posters\. Entering the path in an explorer window I have access to the pictures.

Am I doing anything wrong? I know I could store the pictures in the database, but for various reasons I decided otherwise.

All Computers are running Windows 7 Professional x64.
PVD version 1.0.2.3

Kind Regards,
Oliver
« Last Edit: June 12, 2012, 02:17:26 pm by Nautilus2067 »

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Re: Cannot view pictures when using DB stored on server
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2012, 03:39:52 am »
Bumping so someone who knows the answer might notice... ;)

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Re: Cannot view pictures when using DB stored on server
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2012, 10:13:06 am »
Nostra, can you give a statement on this topic?

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Re: Cannot view pictures when using DB stored on server
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2012, 07:23:12 pm »
Actually you can not have posters saved externally with remote databases. The only way is to make PVD store images in the database file on the server machine.
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