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Cannot access files in shares over NFS
Hi I'm trying to access my the shares on my ReadyNAS 104 from my media player (Popcorn Hour). Both are connected via a Netgear WNDR3700 and the network setup is fine. I can also access the files in...
vandermerwe wrote: When you play the files, you are trying to play them after browsing to them or are you using a media library app on the PCH to play the files?
What have you put as the "share folder" when you setup the nas share on the PCH?
I'm simply browsing on the PCH, no apps are in use. When I try to add a share on the PCH, I use one of the share names that I have setup on the ReadyNAS. So, "Movie1/Movie1", "Data/TV", etc. The image below is from the PCH browsing to the NFS share. I'll add some screenshots of the ReadyNAS setup - this might make it clearer what I've done.
BTW - do you know Heinke? I've seen him play many times for Leinster :wink:
The strange thing that I do not understand is that I can open each of these shares and see the files (1080p mkv files) but they simply fail to play. They work fine with SMB.
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