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Thread: Do Junction Points still work in Mezzmo?

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    Hi Yury,

    You can change your Mezzmo server from operating in the Local System account to your Windows user account. This will enable it to understand your user-defined mappings, etc. See this FAQ - http://forum.conceiva.com/showthread...r-home-network

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    Hi Paul.

    No need to change the service account, it will not help, because I do not use any user-dependent mappings.
    I am only talking about "NTFS junction points" (next I will call it simply "Junction"), which are created by the LINKD utility in Win2003/XP. It is not user-dependent links!

    Local System account perfectly sees and understands user-created Junctions, that was what I was trying to show you in my example, but you did not understand me. Maybe here is guilty of my bad English and very very bad online translators
    I'll try again.

    We have following folder structure:
    "d:\videos\tv" - Junction, that points to folder "e:\tv".
    Folder "e:\tv" contains the subfolder "MyRecords" which contains the file "movie1.mp4".

    (1) Execute the command "Add Folder", as a target specify "d:\videos\tv\MyRecords".
    Result: Mezzmo stores in database the original path "d:\videos\tv\MyRecords\movie1.mp4". Service, which running under Local System account, perfectly works with this file (I checked this), despite the fact that this path contains Junction.
    It can not be otherwise, since a Junctions are not bound to any user.

    (2) Command "Add file" with target "d:\videos\tv\MyRecords\movie1.mp4".
    Result: all exactly the same as (1): the same original path recorded in database, service also works perfectly with this file.

    (3) Again "Add folder", but with different target: "d:\videos\tv".
    Result: Mezzmo resolves the Junction, and now stores absolute path in database: "e:\tv\MyRecords\movie1.mp4"
    The same will happen if as a target specify "d:\videos", or "d:", i.e. any folder located above Junction in folder tree.

    So what prevents you to store original path in the database in the last case ? In my opinion nothing!

    The current implementation more similar to programmers bug: they parse path down through the folder tree, but forgot to do it in upward direction.
    I suggest to forget about it for downward direction too , i.e. always store original path in the database. This will kept full functionality of the Junctions, as well as other similar links. The problem of using any user-dependent mappings in this case may be easily solved by running service under user account.

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    Understand now, Yury. Thanks for the excellent explanation. We'll look into this problem & fix it for a future release.

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    Any news on this? Noticed today after moving a LOT of files around and creating junctions points that mezzmo spent hours recreating all metadata :/

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    We'll re-test this for the upcoming Mezzmo v4.0 and make sure it's working.

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    Fun fact: For some Files it is working, for others not. Inside the same Folder! I have a Folder Documentary and inside files other subfolders. The files in the root use the junction-path, all files inside subfolder 1 use the junction path, all files inside subfolder 2 get re-indexed and got duplicated entrys in the .db (took a look with a sqlite browser)... For a second Top-Folder no files at all use the junction path. So no straight behaivor at all.

    Is there any ETA for 4.0?

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    Thanks for the further information. We'll try to make some time this week to check it out. Mezzmo v4.0 is finished - we are just doing final testing and bug fixing over the next few days. Then Beta testers will get their hands on it and have a chance to see how it performs with their files and devices.

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    Ok, so I assume it's a closed Beta. Hope to get my Hands on the new version soon since I'm having some troubles with the current version (Encoding Performance for Panasonic Viera, Database Maintenance doesn't cleanup all not-found-anymore-files in the DB, junction points, messed up thumbnails for Folders if the first file won't get online metadata showing the file-still even if metadata is collected afterwards [I mailed about this with you in December where you stated "The next major version will allow you to edit sub-folder/sub-playlist artwork and we'll also give you more control over how they are set - since that's what users are requesting."] and some little nasty bugs). Or is there a way to slide into that beta testing?

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    It's not closed Beta . It is limited though so we can manage it. We may be able to squeeze you in if you can provide feedback during your testing. See http://forum.conceiva.com/showthread...r-Beta-testers to request a Beta invite.

    Mezzmo Android: Install it on your tablet, smartphone, Android TV or Amazon Fire to browse and stream files from your Mezzmo library to all your devices. Full details at http://www.conceiva.com/products/mez...mo_android.asp
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