Azbox connect to Synology Nas

[tylleaffe]

Hi

I would like to play my mkv's ect. from my Synology Nas, but i can only see the Synology in Workgroup, I cant see the contents of it. There is no problem in accessing my PC. Why is this?

Hope somebody can help me.



Keep up the good work :)

[gorski]

Another one here...

Errrmmmm.... no go.... :(

I set up the Synology DS210j properly, it is working GENERALLY but - not with AZbox HD specifically... Namely, I can access it from my PC but not from AZbox HD, Mounting Wizard [v. 1.3 by Daniel] or not [actually, it got confused at some point and the stuff I put into it got changed...]!

Interestingly, I can get in with AZbox HD's FTP Client! But I can not play anything from it, just move files [to the DOM, I think, because it froze quickly] etc.

But that won't do... When I try via Movies -> Network, for instance, it doesn't ask me for username/password and when it gets in the NAS - it can't see anything...

I activated the NFS server, as well as Windows one, created shared folders, given permissions [NFS one specifically, too!], added exceptions in the firewall, in the router and so on and so forth...

Nada! I am lost for words...

Does anyone know EXACTLY how to mount NFS server's shared folders, put in the obviously necessary username/password and be able to stream to AZ HD from it, please?

But wait: my Windows7 has username and password but AZbox HD isn't asking for them in order to get in, and it still is able to go into Win7 shared folders and play from them! Weird or what?

If it is possible, after all, to get into the NAS and play from it onto AZ HD: would it be possible to record onto a dedicated TV Record folder in the NAS, as opposed to a built-in HDD or a USB attached HDD???

Thanx in advance!

[gorski]

I was messing and messing with it until...

Heh, just discovered that in Win Server I haven't put the IP address and now CIFS works... [it seems...??]

But I can't tell which one actually works... I deleted the Mounting Wizard having tried it, as I stated earlier, which meddling left a few files behind and maybe they are working? Here is StartUpNFS from DISK2/etc:

192.168.x.x:/volume1/video /DATA/movie 1 0 1
192.168.x.x:/volume1//music /DATA/music 1 0 1
192.168.x.x:/volume1/photo /DATA/picture 1 0 1
192.168.x.x:/volume1/TV Record 1 0 1
/DATA/recordfile 0 0 0 0
These folders can't be seen via "Network" but by going directly into Movies, as it's being mounted right there!

It doesn't ask for username/password, even though I have them for the NAS.

Still, VOB is going great, MKV, too. Must test more...

Generally: IT'S WORKING!!!! :D

From my laptop [WLAN to the router and then LAN/cable] it wasn't as good. I had many more problems, then going straight via the LAN cables from the NAS! On top of that, lately I have mostly streamed from the USB HDD attached to my laptop. That made it even more difficult!

Anyways, as Zeini and co. said in their Wiki article ( iki%2F%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DNFS_mounts): I can't record over the net to NAS, though, it seems... Here is a little online translation from German to English of the article:

The Network File System - NFS abbreviated (also Network File Service) - a system developed by Sun Microsystems protocol that allows access to files over a network. Process, the files are not transferred as in FTP, but the user can access files that reside on a remote computer, access, as if they were stored on their local hard drive. If NFS is UNIX network protocol.

The equivalent to NFS on Windows and OS / 2 environment is Server Message Block (SMB). While authenticated at the SMB user, authenticates the more popular the NFS V3 client machine, only NFS V4 allows user authentication.

NFS services are also available on Microsoft Windows servers, UNIX workstations, which may have access to their files. On Windows, a maximum possible NFS V3. However, it is mostly used in mixed environments with SMB Samba on Unixseite.

These instructions cover manual integration of network drives using NFS mounts.

Requirements:
- Telnet connection to your AZ-Box. How does this read here.
- NFS sharing a folder was created on a PC or NAS. On Windows, NFS shares can be realized only after installation of an NFS server. is used when a Windows PC without a NFS server, only the application of SMB mounts possible.

An NFS mount command is as follows.

mount -t nfs -o nolock,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 "IP-Adresse des PC":/Freigabename Mountziel {Btw, Zeini explained: "NFS-Freigabe means NFS-Sharingname of the PC or NAS - in this example from the device with IP 192.168.0.2"}

In our example, the mount command looks like this:

mount -t nfs -o nolock,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 192.168.0.2:/Movies /DATA/movieBy entering this command via Telnet, the NFS share with the Movies folder / DATA movie / connected to the AZ box. The NFS share movies has been set up on the PC or the NAS with the IP address 192.168.0.2 before.

After successfully entering the Mount command via Telnet, are in the file manager on the AZ box mounted the files in the folder in the film, visible.

192.168.0.2:/Movies = NFS-Freigabe, which you have established, for example, on your PC or NAS. 192.168.0.2 with the IP of the PC or NAS is in the network and Movies is the name of the share. The two information must be adapted to each of these events.

/DATA/movie = the destination on the AZBOX. In the case of "film".

Any number of NFS mounts are performed. Each mount command must however have a different target on the AZ-BOX. Multiple NFS mounts the directory / DATA / movie are not allowed. When multiple folders to be mounted with movies, there is the possibility subfolder in the / DATA / movie to create and to mount it.

You can create a subfolder, with, for example the name of movies in which you type the following commands:

mkdir /DATA/movie/MoviesThis folder must be only once did he create will be retained after a restart of the Az-Box.

The mount command would look like this:

mount -t nfs -o nolock,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 192.168.0.2:/Movies /DATA/movie/MoviesApart from "film" there's "music" and "Photos".
These folders can be mounted as follows:
Film = /DATA/movie
Musik = /DATA/music
Foto = /DATA/picture It is not possible to mount a recording of the folder directly record to a network drive. How you can still take up to a network drive in post recording will be introduced to network drive.

However, the so prepared NFS mounts you can now set up permanent NFS-mounts via a startup script.So, simply substitute, as to whatever you have named your folders, plus your correct NAS IP address and...

One more thing: I was trying the described manner of getting it started, so I was also using the PuTTy [Telnet] set of commands, as described.... Maybe that did it?

Dunno :( - must investigate to be able to do it again, when necessary... :p

Thanx a bunch!!!!!!!!!!!!!:sleep:

[gorski]

I figured it out... I combined what Zeini & co. wrote on their Wiki site with BuyukBang's PM and made it work!

At the moment I am testing BuyukBang's new Priority Manager 1.8. One of the functions is automount NFS shared folders from external machines.

I figured a way different to what he had in mind but it works at my end... He needs to test it at his end first and then we'll see when more of you test if it is kinda universal...

From my Synology NAS [Linux OS] I simply activate NFS sharing, create Sharing Folders and then install and configure Priority Manager 1.8 and it all works really well, including VOB files [DVDs]. Must test more demanding mkv files. Already tried 720 and all was fine, more or less. Must find stuff with DTS sound...

Cheerio!:cool: