EXT4 Synology Share

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Hi,

I am connecting to my Synology share, which is formatted as EXT4, using SMB protocol. I was wondering if using this guide : Mounting network shares with autofs (alternative to fstab) would help me to:

  1. Remember the connection details, at the moment, every time the Vero is turned off, I have to re-enter the credentials
  2. Improve the speed of the connection? Some of the larger movie files do seem to buffer every so often.

I just wanted to check here first before I go down the wrong path.

Thanks,
Shai

2

Yes, but that should not happen even if using Kodi direct access.

Yes, while it also still depend on your network quality

3

Does this mean I am doing something wrong when I set up the access to the share?

I did test it a while ago and the results to the Synology were good. Might have to try it again, just to be sure.

Thanks for the quick response.

4

Might be, but my recommendation would be anyhow autofs.

5

Thank you

6

Hi,

I have managed to get this to work using the instructions, but I cannot see any of the shares mounted on the Vero when connected to the TV.

Sorry for the silly question, but where do I see the share?

When I tried ls -lah /mnt// using Putty, this shows my share and all the files.

The command sudo systemctl status autofs says it is active (running)

7

Hi,

To add the video source in kodi: you browse to the root file system, mnt and nameofshare.

Thanks Tom.

8

Thanks Tom

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