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n_damian
Aspirant
Nov 10, 2016

DLNA symbolic link not working

I would like to use symbolic link with DLNA. When I create a symbolic link to /data/movies DLNA index movies but on PC/TV movies not working.
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JennC's avatar
JennC
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Nov 10, 2016

Hello n_damian,

 

What is the current firmware version of the NAS?

 

I think this is done through SSH.

 

Regards,

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n_damian
Aspirant
Nov 11, 2016

Hello JennC,

 

FW 6.6.0

 

Over SSH:

ln -s /private/movies /data/movies

After rescan, I see movies on the TV/PC but they do not work.

 

  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 11, 2016

    I'm not sure why you are needing to do this.  Where is "private" - the OS partition or somewhere else?

     

    • n_damian's avatar
      n_damian
      Aspirant
      Nov 11, 2016

      My rn104 config:

      Volume 1 - /data (admin files)

      Volume 2 - /private (less important files)

      Volume 3,4 - /mirror (more important files)

       

      I want to share some files with other users via DLNA and i don't want create new share special for this.Other users want do this the same.
      Finally DLNA server will stream files from /data/movies.

       

      • StephenB's avatar
        StephenB
        Guru - Experienced User
        Nov 12, 2016

        If movies is a share on private, why not just enable DLNA on that share?

         

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