English => Support => Topic started by: Nautilus2067 on June 07, 2012, 08:59:41 am
Title: Cannot view pictures when using DB stored on server
Post by: Nautilus2067 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
Title: Re: Cannot view pictures when using DB stored on server
Post by: rick.ca on June 13, 2012, 03:39:52 am
Bumping so someone who knows the answer might notice... ;)
Title: Re: Cannot view pictures when using DB stored on server
Post by: Nautilus2067 on August 07, 2012, 10:13:06 am
Nostra, can you give a statement on this topic?
Oliver
Title: Re: Cannot view pictures when using DB stored on server
Post by: nostra 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.