Issues with using Shares / Disks that are not always available

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Example: I have a "movies" share on a NAS disk that is not always switched 
on. How do i add this to MediaBrowser ? (e.g. using latest build 486)

- if I use a .VF file pointing to it, I get an error each time I start MB 
and the drive is not switched on (invalid path)
- if I use a windows shortcut to the share, stored in the default Video 
folder, the label displayed for that share's icon in MB is unpredictable 
and sometimes changes without any clear reason. Sometimes, the label is 
the label of the shortcut in the Videos folder. Sometimes, the label 
becomes the actual name of the share. Quite annoying !

Ideally I think the "invalid path" messages for shares in .VF files should 
be suppressed somehow, as I really think .VF files rock.

keep up the good work folks !

Original issue reported on code.google.com by frank.z....@gmail.com on 1 Feb 2009 at 11:55

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P.S. Although I haven't tried this myself, I must assume some folks are going 
to 
connect USB drives at some point, and we'll have a similar issue there.

Original comment by frank.z....@gmail.com on 1 Feb 2009 at 11:56

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P.P.S. as a workaroudn for the "unpredicatble label" issue above, I had to 
delete 
and re-create the shortcut to my network share a number of times before the 
label 
just "stuck". I have no clue as to why this seems to be so random. Right now I 
have 
one shortcut to a share where the label is the actual shortcut's label, and 
another 
one where the label is the share's real name. Go figure.

Original comment by frank.z....@gmail.com on 1 Feb 2009 at 11:57

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