Hi,I am having issues with my Readynas 316, specifically integrating with Media Browser Server (MBS). The (MBS) has been configured to download video file images such coverart, however, it will only do so for videos where the folder was created in OS6. The coverart will not download for files which have been copied from another hard drive for example. The share is set up as below.data/Videos/Movies/Video Folder (XXXX)/video files.............Using WinSCP I have logged into the NAS root directory, selecting all Video folders have attempted to update the permissions recursively to '0777'. Doing so does not enable the MBS to save the image files into the video folder, however, as stated before if I create a folder in the NAS using the GUI with the same name as the origginal the coverart will download instantly. For the reasons I stated above I do not believe the permissions are being applied, any help to identify and correct the issue would be appreciated.Regards,Rob

Check the ownership of the files.

Hi MGM, the folder and ownerships are 'admin'. As a test I made a new folder with a movie title and the coverart downloaded immediately. I then created another titled folder, however, changed the ownership to 'guest' and the coverart also downloaded immediately. Seems to be no contrast 'Admin' vs 'Guest', both which have full rear/write access.

Is there a Media Browser Server app? How are you doing this?Have you tried restarting MBS?

Hi mdgm,Media Server is running on a separate pc which also has the media player client installed (if a server app was availableI would use it). The server simply looks at the NAS library and communicates with the client to display the video. MBS has been restarted multiple times, so has the PC which it is installed. Its interesting that these old folders, although have the same permission and ownership settings as the 'new' folders do not allow the MBS to save the coverart. Media Browser FYI: http://mediabrowser.tv/

Are all these folders in the same share?If not, are the share settings different?

Readynas 316 - Permissions Will Not Apply To Copied Folders

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mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jul 30, 2014
Check the ownership of the files.
robcf
Aspirant
Jul 31, 2014
Hi MGM, the folder and ownerships are 'admin'. As a test I made a new folder with a movie title and the coverart downloaded immediately. I then created another titled folder, however, changed the ownership to 'guest' and the coverart also downloaded immediately. Seems to be no contrast 'Admin' vs 'Guest', both which have full rear/write access.
mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jul 31, 2014
Is there a Media Browser Server app? How are you doing this?

Have you tried restarting MBS?
robcf
Aspirant
Jul 31, 2014
Hi mdgm,

Media Server is running on a separate pc which also has the media player client installed (if a server app was availableI would use it). The server simply looks at the NAS library and communicates with the client to display the video. MBS has been restarted multiple times, so has the PC which it is installed. Its interesting that these old folders, although have the same permission and ownership settings as the 'new' folders do not allow the MBS to save the coverart.

Media Browser FYI: http://mediabrowser.tv/
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jul 31, 2014
Are all these folders in the same share?

If not, are the share settings different?
robcf
Aspirant
Jul 31, 2014
Hi Stephan,

All files/folders are in the same share. File structure as follows:

share: 'Videos'

sub folder: 'movies'

contained in 'movies' are the individual 'film folders' which contain both the video file and any associated data such as metadata or coverart.

therefore: data/Videos/movies/film folder/contents (video_ts folder, coverart, film.mkv ect)

Permissions and file ownership are the same for all folders.
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Aug 01, 2014
robcf wrote:
Permissions and file ownership are the same for all folders.
I am thinking they might not be.

Are you comfortable using ssh to check?
robcf
Aspirant
Aug 01, 2014
If they are not that would be a reasonable explanation.

So far, to verify and change the folder permissions/ownership I have logged into the NAS root directory using WinSCP (I am not SSH command line fluent). Saying that, if you can provide me with the appropriate command lines I can access the root directory via my mac terminal window and report the findings.
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Aug 01, 2014
mdgm might be better for the mac terminal - I use windows, and don't know much about macs.
mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Aug 01, 2014
For Mac you would need to e.g.

# ssh root@ip.address.of.nas

Or in Windows use PuTTy (a free SSH client)

The shell commands you use would be the same for both methods.

Commands to familiarise yourself with would include cd, ls etc.

For example you could do

# ls -la /data/Videos/movies

Which will show you the ownership and permissions for that directory and the files and folders inside that directory.

If you want to list the contents recursively you can do e.g.

# ls -laR /data/Videos/movies