PI4 with OSMC to read folder/files on Windows10 via NFS

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Oh the source? You could have gone to videos>files, highlight an extra source, context menu> remove source. That would be the same as editing sources.xml. I was talking about the deleting the actual video database where all the library data is stored along with the old artwork.

systemctl stop mediacenter
rm ~/.kodi/userdata/Database/MyVideos116.db
rm ~/.kodi/userdata/Database/Textures13.db
rm -r ~/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails
systemctl start mediacenter
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Reading through the article, it talks about autofs and fstab, am i supposed to begin and install the autofs package ? and edit all those config files as it talks about them?:
/etc/auto.master
/etc/auto.smb.shares
~/.smbcredentials

I thought it would be easier just to simply add the entry in the /etc/fstab or notā€¦? In fact i canā€™t see that it tells you to actually modify that file at all.

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You would use one method or the other. Just forget about fstab and work your way through the guide I linked a couple posts up about autofs. And yes, you will install autofs and then make those three files.

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Yeah, you should either use autofs or fstab, but donā€™t try to mix the two. The end result is similar - you end up with the OS automatically mounting a remote share so that (from Kodiā€™s perspective) it behaves like a local folder. But the autofs approach is usually more reliable.

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I might go silent for a couple of days and will attempt it soon. Iā€™ll come back f I have more issues, but all thanks very much for your input, its been interesting.

Might have to invest in a low cost NASā€¦if there is such a thing. That way I can plug it in direct to my router too. The speed between the NAS and my PC (wiFi) will not be an issue, but I will benefit from faster comms speeds with my Pi

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Your pic from Windows show the share named with a dash and not an underscore. You also have an extraneous comma in that line, although I donā€™t know if that would make any difference.

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Thanks for that. Believe it or not I noticed that too as I was copying and pasting everything together and hence I then removed my post. Your just too efficient, thanks for being on the ball!

Lets see if this remains more stable because recently as I have been watching stuff via the samba share, it would suddenly stop playing a film and go back to the menu and I would have to go back in and play the movie - luckily the option to resume was there.

PS I did not remove any comma- i did not spot that, but as I can see the files in thee shared folder I will leave it as it is.