Hello,
Very very new here and also very new to putty, so please go gentle.
Ive just managed to mount my Vero 4K using fstab to my Synology NAS.
My NFS Share is called “Diskstation” located on ‘Volume 1’.
I have the following folder structure;
Diskstation\Videos
Diskstation\Videos\Kids
Diskstation\Videos\Adult\Movies
Diskstation\Videos\Adult\TV Shows
Ive created the above so I can use a kids profile and parents profile.
running a showmount -e command I get “/volume1/Diskstation”.
Ive edited my fstab file to read;
“192.168.0.202:/volume1/Diskstation/ volume1/Diskstation/ nfs noauto,x-systemd.automount 0 0”
I can now ‘cd / ls’ the above directory and see the two folders Kids / Adult, so assume I have mounted correctly?
My next question is, how should this share present itself within OSMC? Should I simply add a video source, browse my NFS server and map my folder “Diskstation\Videos\Kids” and this would automatically pick it up through the fstab mount Ive just created?
typically the mount directories of the /etc/fstab should be under /mnt, so I suggest to change fstab line to 192.168.0.202:volume1/Diskstation /mnt/Diskstation nfs defaults,x-systemd.automount,noauto 0 0
(the kernel creates the directory Diskstation on its own, you do not have to do it manually)
as you already pointed out, in the mediacenter you add sources from that by traversing the root filesystem and follow /mnt/Diskstation and subdirectories
Unfortunately there is some issue with the concept, since using the fstab-method and nfs you cannot prevent your kids to add the adult directories as new sources when logged in with their profile but of cause this depends on the age and technical capabilities
Addition: Have a look at this https://kodi.wiki/view/Media_sources#Locking. So, at least there is theoretic way to protect some sources … but haven’t used it before and don’t know how convenient this is.
#3 isnt a problem, the kids are aged <8 and are not yet savvy enough to jump outside of their profile, I have something similar on previous popcorn hour media player and its not been an issue so far.
Profiles appears to be a good way to go for me as I can boot into their profile directly and lock down the menus / remove the bits I dont want.
Yes, and you see in the late addition in my post, there are ways to more protect the sources … but that would mean you have to enter a password/pin to access such adult-sources as well. Don’t underestimate the abilities of your children, it’s just a question of time.
It doesn’t show in the screenshot. Anyhow, it’ll be whatever you called in in /etc/fstab, so if you’d originally mounted something to /mnt/Diskstation, that’s what you’d unmount. If it’s mounted, you’ll see it when you run df.
Update your add-ons. It looks like your YouTube addon is probably in need of an update.
Enable “Wait for network” in My OSMC > Network.
Your system journal is being overwhelmed with a repeated block of messages. I’m not sure what it’s about but it’s possibly related to your settings.
The /volume1 and /mnt/volume1 directories seem to be part of the local file system, rather than remote shares. I think they’re just a distraction, so leave them for now.
