Can't rip to mapped NAS drive

GrahamM · 21st March 2011, 21:08

This is my first post, so please be gentle!

I am having trouble ripping to a share on a NAS device.

I have my ripping output destination set to M:\Music\__Rips, and the naming convention set to <Artist>\<Album>\## - <Title>. M:\ is mapped to a share (\\gaia\media) on a NAS box with 4TB of storage.

When I rip a CD, it goes through all the motions - reads the CD and shows percent complete for each track in turn as the rip progresses - but there is nothing in the folder!

If I set the destination to L:\Music\__Rips (where L:\ is a USB drive) then everything works fine.

If I set it to reference the share by name instead of mapped drive letter (\\gaia\media\Music\__Rips) then it still fails.

Thanks in advance!
Graham

Batter Pudding · 22nd March 2011, 11:14

Go to your NAS drive and check you can actually write files to it. Either start a new notepad document in \\gaia\media\Musica\__Rips or copy another file to that location.

I am guessing you are looking at a file rights issue of some form.

GrahamM · 22nd March 2011, 15:58

Oh yes, I can definitely write to it. In fact, what I am doing in the mean time is ripping to a local drive and then using Windows Explorer to copy the files to the NAS.

GrahamM · 22nd March 2011, 21:03

Hi BP

Your reply got me to thinking that there must be some problem with the folder, rather than with WinAmp. I rechecked all the permissions and they looked OK. So then I tried deleting the folder completely and recreating it with the same name and other attributes, and now it works!

I guess the real cause will remain a mystery, but everything is now working as it should and I thank you for giving me the push in the right direction :-)

Cheers,
Graham

Batter Pudding · 23rd March 2011, 09:19

Glad I could be of help.

21st March 2011, 21:08	#1
GrahamM Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 3	Can't rip to mapped NAS drive This is my first post, so please be gentle! I am having trouble ripping to a share on a NAS device. I have my ripping output destination set to M:\Music\__Rips, and the naming convention set to <Artist>\<Album>\## - <Title>. M:\ is mapped to a share (\\gaia\media) on a NAS box with 4TB of storage. When I rip a CD, it goes through all the motions - reads the CD and shows percent complete for each track in turn as the rip progresses - but there is nothing in the folder! If I set the destination to L:\Music\__Rips (where L:\ is a USB drive) then everything works fine. If I set it to reference the share by name instead of mapped drive letter (\\gaia\media\Music\__Rips) then it still fails. Thanks in advance! Graham

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22nd March 2011, 11:14	#2
Batter Pudding Major Dude Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,665	Go to your NAS drive and check you can actually write files to it. Either start a new notepad document in \\gaia\media\Musica\__Rips or copy another file to that location. I am guessing you are looking at a file rights issue of some form.

22nd March 2011, 15:58	#3
GrahamM Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 3	Oh yes, I can definitely write to it. In fact, what I am doing in the mean time is ripping to a local drive and then using Windows Explorer to copy the files to the NAS.

22nd March 2011, 21:03	#4
GrahamM Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 3	Hi BP Your reply got me to thinking that there must be some problem with the folder, rather than with WinAmp. I rechecked all the permissions and they looked OK. So then I tried deleting the folder completely and recreating it with the same name and other attributes, and now it works! I guess the real cause will remain a mystery, but everything is now working as it should and I thank you for giving me the push in the right direction :-) Cheers, Graham

23rd March 2011, 09:19	#5
Batter Pudding Major Dude Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,665	Glad I could be of help.