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QNAP NAS NFS Setup with Kodi - Shredder_guitar - 2021-04-18
I am really struggling with setting up the Qnap NFS setup for Kodi, I have followed the Wiki via
https://kodi.wiki/view/NFS
My structure Originally was as follows
\\QNAPROOTNASNAME\Multimedia\Animation\{many movie sub-dirs}
\\QNAPROOTNASNAME\Multimedia\Movies\{many movie sub-dirs}
\\QNAPROOTNASNAME\Multimedia\Movies2\{many movie sub-dirs}
\\QNAPROOTNASNAME\Multimedia\TV Shows\{many TV sub-dirs}
I could not see anything below the multimedia Dir in Kodi...so i tried setting up a new test share with the animation folder to be
\\QNAPROOTNASNAME\Animation\{many movie sub-dirs}
This allowed me to see another layer down so i could see all the movie folders in this directory; but it does not go beyond that layer and not seeing any of the movie files in the sub-dir's.
I stopped at step 12 and tired to get to the dir's from Kodi expecting to see results of the changes...and to some degree i can tell it did something because before i wasn't able to access the main .\Animation directory at all...and now i can see 1 layer below...but it always seems to stop there.
In the past, I've never been able to get this to work correctly and just said "screw it" and used SMB instead, but i hear that using NFS is much faster and would like this to work. Can someone please assist with some tips or another set of eyes on what i may be doing wrong?
RE: QNAP NAS NFS Setup with Kodi - Klojum - 2021-04-18
(2021-04-18, 06:27)Shredder_guitar Wrote: but i hear that using NFS is much fasterIn theory, and for some it probably is, because the NFS protocol has less "overhead" than SMB. But 'your milage may vary' as they say. And "much faster"..? I doubt it. NFS does not magically double your network connection.
(2021-04-18, 06:27)Shredder_guitar Wrote: I could not see anything below the multimedia Dir in KodiWhat does the /etc/exports file in your Qnap NAS look like? You'll have to SSH into your NAS for finding that.
RE: QNAP NAS NFS Setup with Kodi - Shredder_guitar - 2021-04-18
(2021-04-18, 07:25)Klojum Wrote:(2021-04-18, 06:27)Shredder_guitar Wrote: but i hear that using NFS is much fasterIn theory, and for some it probably is, because the NFS protocol has less "overhead" than SMB. But 'your milage may vary' as they say. And "much faster"..? I doubt it. NFS does not magically double your network connection.
(2021-04-18, 06:27)Shredder_guitar Wrote: I could not see anything below the multimedia Dir in KodiWhat does the /etc/exports file in your Qnap NAS look like? You'll have to SSH into your NAS for finding that.
*removed*
*NOTE - I have since removed the "Animation" folder as a share and is now back to being a sub dir of the Multimedia folder
RE: QNAP NAS NFS Setup with Kodi - Klojum - 2021-04-18
With old(er)Synology NASes, I had to change the
insecure parameter to insecure_locks to fix a similiar problem. But that is about the extend of my support for this issue I'm afraid. QNAP may handle things differently internally.
RE: QNAP NAS NFS Setup with Kodi - Shredder_guitar - 2021-04-18
(2021-04-18, 07:57)Klojum Wrote: With old(er)Synology NASes, I had to change theinsecureparameter toinsecure_locksto fix a similiar problem. But that is about the extend of my support for this issue I'm afraid. QNAP may handle things differently internally.
*sigh* SMB it is then. Ha. Thanks anyway