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SexyGreyFox · 12 Nov 2017 at 10:06

SexyGreyFox said:
Fixed.
I copied the working folder called K Documentary, called it TV and moved the video files from my K TV into it - it worked!
I deleted the original folder and renamed the new TV to K TV - it worked.
I did this with the other 3 non working folders.

Obviously the Permissions for the Documentary folder must have been different than the other 3 but I went over every parameter several times side by side!
And like I said they worked on my other devices loaded with Kodi 16.

Not really fixed

Anything new I put in them doesn't work but works on all my other devices!

NeverWinter · 13 Nov 2017 at 09:51

I've recently moved from a Lubuntu build on my n54l to WS2016 to host my SQL DB and files.

It's really struggling playing any files, buffering a lot when it never used to. I've read this may be down to SMB shares, is it worth me using NFS instead?

I've tried playing with cache settings in advancedsettings but every now and then you just see the cache go from near 100% down to 0 in a matter of seconds.

This is happening on my laptop, and FireTv.

Any suggestions?

Metallifux · 13 Nov 2017 at 10:46

I use hanewinn nfs on my windows server mainly because I could never get along with smb. Easy to set up recommended.

pepp77 · 13 Nov 2017 at 10:55

Good free piece of software to rename files with

http://www.filebot.net/

NeverWinter · 13 Nov 2017 at 11:32

Metallifux said:
I use hanewinn nfs on my windows server mainly because I could never get along with smb. Easy to set up recommended.

Not worth using the windows built in NFS?

NeverWinter · 13 Nov 2017 at 11:33

pepp77 said:
Good free piece of software to rename files with

http://www.filebot.net/

Not free on Windows 10 annoyingly, very decent piece of software though.

EssexBoy · 13 Nov 2017 at 11:41

NeverWinter said:
Not free on Windows 10 annoyingly, very decent piece of software though.

Yep i used it before when manually sorting files.

pepp77 · 13 Nov 2017 at 12:07

NeverWinter said:
Not free on Windows 10 annoyingly, very decent piece of software though.

Odd, as I am using it on 10 Pro at home.

Metallifux · 13 Nov 2017 at 19:50

NeverWinter said:
Not worth using the windows built in NFS?

I had no luck with it, mind you I didn't persevere for long and I had already purchased Hanewinn.

NeverWinter · 13 Nov 2017 at 21:08

Installed Hanewin, set up the NFS share as apparently built in Windows NFS is 4GB max.

This is the drive on the server when it buffers, still happening with Hanewin with the following advancedsettings:
buffermode:0
memorysize:536870912
readfactor: 20
Laptop I'm currently testing on has 8GB RAM.

NeverWinter · 14 Nov 2017 at 11:26

I couldn't work it out. Clean WS2016 install and it seems to be doing better. HDD activity is what I'd expect to see and no buffering so far.

maj · 20 Nov 2017 at 22:44

I've been having trouble with SMB too on both Kodi and SPMC and have everything hard wired. Only way I can get it to read shared folders on my network is to manually add a network location by IP address. Solid Explorer can connect via SMB no problem.

w1ze1 · 20 Nov 2017 at 22:57

NeverWinter said:
Not free on Windows 10 annoyingly, very decent piece of software though.

Not sure if meets your needs but does me once set up.

http://www.therenamer.com/

NeverWinter · 21 Nov 2017 at 00:00

w1ze1 said:
Not sure if meets your needs but does me once set up.

http://www.therenamer.com/

Thanks, I actually bought filebot a while backk though.

maj said:
I've been having trouble with SMB too on both Kodi and SPMC and have everything hard wired. Only way I can get it to read shared folders on my network is to manually add a network location by IP address. Solid Explorer can connect via SMB no problem.

You have to add by IP address in Kodi anyway eg. SMB://0.0.0.0/share

maj · 21 Nov 2017 at 00:28

Yeah but is that done automatically or manually? I thought in Kodi <16 and below you could browse for existing SMB shares without needing to input IP's etc manually. It only seems to be an issue since v17 came out, at least for me.

w1ze1 · 21 Nov 2017 at 00:31

i seem to remember that was the case before on older builds, you simply browsed to it instead of typing it in.

NeverWinter · 21 Nov 2017 at 00:42

maj said:
Yeah but is that done automatically or manually? I thought in Kodi <16 and below you could browse for existing SMB shares without needing to input IP's etc manually. It only seems to be an issue since v17 came out, at least for me.

i could browse for nfs shares but couldn’t find my smb ones. I see what you mean. Don’t know why that is.

silverblack · 21 Nov 2017 at 01:37

Rebooting your router usually sorts out SMB shares.

w1ze1 · 21 Nov 2017 at 11:26

smb 1.0 is capute on Shield since Windows Update last time around.

maj · 21 Nov 2017 at 19:03

Restarting router makes no difference for me. Not that it was suggested as the cause, but neither does having my VPN turned off.

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