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ReadyDLNA does not find all files (dirs, files missing)
Hi,
I just recently purchased a RN102 (6.0.8 ) and loaded all my media files onto it. It's been on for a few days now so any DLNA indexing services should have had more than enough time to finish.. however, a lot of folders are missing - completely randomly. And some folders contain only half the files - other files appear in wrong places. Why??
I was using a Buffalo WVL before (actually, I still am until I get this sorted out) with Twonky and it worked beautifully. Twonky detected all my files and the directory structure was very good. (it was the same as my directory structure)
With ReadyDLNA as it's now, it's completely unusable. The folder structure isn't even correct! As an example: I have 20 .mpeg files in one directory but this directory is not showing up - instead one of the .mpeg files shows up in the root (in "folder" view on TV). :? How is this even possible? If ReadyDLNA has found the directory and the files in it, why not just show the whole directory? Why would it skip 19 files and "move" the last one to root?
Photos from my last holiday won't even show up. I used 2 cameras, a sony compact and a nikon dlsr. So I have 2 directories called "Sony" and "Nikon". Both contain .jpg's For some reason only Sony shows up :? :? Twonky displays both..
I must have missed something. Where's the re-indexing button? Or how do I install Twonky? (I'm using a SONY 46" EX500 if it matters)
I just recently purchased a RN102 (6.0.8 ) and loaded all my media files onto it. It's been on for a few days now so any DLNA indexing services should have had more than enough time to finish.. however, a lot of folders are missing - completely randomly. And some folders contain only half the files - other files appear in wrong places. Why??
I was using a Buffalo WVL before (actually, I still am until I get this sorted out) with Twonky and it worked beautifully. Twonky detected all my files and the directory structure was very good. (it was the same as my directory structure)
With ReadyDLNA as it's now, it's completely unusable. The folder structure isn't even correct! As an example: I have 20 .mpeg files in one directory but this directory is not showing up - instead one of the .mpeg files shows up in the root (in "folder" view on TV). :? How is this even possible? If ReadyDLNA has found the directory and the files in it, why not just show the whole directory? Why would it skip 19 files and "move" the last one to root?
Photos from my last holiday won't even show up. I used 2 cameras, a sony compact and a nikon dlsr. So I have 2 directories called "Sony" and "Nikon". Both contain .jpg's For some reason only Sony shows up :? :? Twonky displays both..
I must have missed something. Where's the re-indexing button? Or how do I install Twonky? (I'm using a SONY 46" EX500 if it matters)
You are responding a 2 year-old thread (and I suspect the bug being referred to has already been fixed).
There is no need to use SSH to force a rescan. Just use the rescan button in the web ui.
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- Ok. There is likely a combination of two issues-
(a) Sometimes the ReadyDLNA scanning crashes due to a multimedia file it can't parse. Since the scan is incomplete there are files missing.
(b) in order for files to be played, both the ReadyDLNA server and the player need to support the format (codecs and a transport from the NAS to the player).
The only way to fix (b) is to convert the media.
Start by doing a manual rescan from Frontview, and see if that helps (services, then streaming services - you'll find a rescan control in there).
If that doesn't help, then my guess is that you running into (a). The challenge is to find the files that are causing the crash. There is an add-on that puts ReadyDLNA into debug mode here: viewtopic.php?f=76&t=27946
If you are ok with ssh command lines, you can avoid the add-on and do a manual scan from ssh, and see where it breaks. Let us know if you are interested in that approach. - thanks for your quick reply
i have many music over 140 gig flac/mp3/wmv etc
movies are various formats i had some that were mkvs and read they caused some issuses so i deletetd them
i tried a rescan after deleting the mkvs same issues were there(missing folders) ssh not sure what to do with that etc
i am to new to the world of nas drives and any help from this forum would be grateful. - MKVs will work (at least it does with my devices). Some MKVs have header compression, and that can cause issues with some devices.
If you aren't up on SSH then I suggest we should avoid that approach Try the debug toggle (sparc add-on in my link above) and look at the log after you rescan. - will thanks
- i click on rescan files it does nothing
does not say"now scanning " - Not sure if you are on a newer or older system. I'm only familiar with 4.x.x software. Check the contents of /var/log/upnp-av.log for errors. If you don't have ssh access download the logs from the link on top right of System->Logs page of Frontview. If you force a rescan the log output of that should show up in this log file.
steve - thanks Steve there is so much information in this log file i do not kwow what to do with it
i found apnpav and there is a lot to scroll through what am looking thanks - It is a lot. One thing to try is scrolling it to the end, and seeing where it stops. If the scan crashed, the media file that is provoking it will be in the vicinity of the last file in the log.
- do i look in the upnpav file or some were else in the log file
thanks - upnp-av.log is the log file for ReadyDLNA, so yes that is the log file to look in.
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