Hi archie1810
Thanks for the offer. Just looking at your setup, it is similar to mine, but you seem to have the jukeboxes on the same drive / share, and in locating the index files, the POHD scans the whole drive, including your content.
There are ways to seperate this out, which work slightly differently in the SDK3 and SDK4 firmware. If you are interested in splitting the juleboxes out and speeding up the the search time for the index file let me know, and I'll post some instructions - it will involve telnetting to the box and editing a few scripts
Andy

Hi Andy,

YES! Definitely i'm interested to get that "split-out" method and the steps please

FYI:
Telnet to which box?
I have removed the Busybox stuff from my PoHD, that includes no more telnet to my PoHD.
But all my NAS boxes have all telnet enabled by ffp method (Fonz Fun Plug).
I have 3 NAS D-Link DNS all of them

Thanks in advance.

Regards, Archie.

Hi Archie1810

A quick guide in sveral stages, this example is for a movies share

Assumptions

• You only have one USB disk or memory stick attached, with two partitions defined
• They will appear in the AC Ryan player as /tmp/usbmounts/sda1 and /tmp/usbmounts/sda2 respectively
• You have PuTTY or other Telnet client on your PC
• You know all linux commands are case sensitive
• You can use vi as a text editor on linux
• Your movies are in a share called movies, with wide open permissions
• You have moved your Jukebox into a sperate share called jukebox again with wide open permissions

USB Drive

• Create a directory in the root of /tmp/usbmounts/sda1 called movies
• Create a directory in the root of /tmp/usbmounts/sda2 called jukebox
• You can do this by connecting the disk to a windows PC via USB, or when telnetted to the box in the following section

Player Startup Script

• This script is /usr/local/etc/rcS
• Telnet to the player and login as root with no password
• Create the directories on the USB volumes from the section above if you have not already done so
• Edit the startup script with vi
• At the bottom of the script add these lines, changing the IP address to match your PC or NAS box

• Note the jukebox share is not mounted with read only permissions as per the movies share as the AC Ryan box needs to write it's own content into the jukebox directory
• Save the script (for vi hit the ESC key then type :wq and hit return)
• Reboot the player

Jukebox

• edit your library xml file (ACR_library.xml by default) and set the playerpath line to

Delete your index file and Jukebox directory
Run YAMJ and let it build a new Jukebox from scratch

You are now clear to go and browse for the index file on the jukebox. Look for it on the USB drives, on the second volume (should be drive D: or E:)
As it will only search the jukebox share you've mounted onto the usb drive, it will find your index file faster. Let it do it's usual update routine for a first time load of the index file.

This is how my system is configured, only I also have a tvshows share mounted onto a directory on the first USB drive, and a second library defined for tvshows in the library XML file

Let me know how you get on

Andy

Wwwooowww... Thanks so much for your time, Andy... Writing these long steps guide should have taken much of your spare time

I will now need to print this out and let me have a kick start let say, tonight after my kiddos sleeping and then i could spend sometimes with my PoHD with your guides.

Thanks and I really appreciate your assistance.

Best Regards, Archie.

Hi Archie, did you get this working?
Andy

Hi Andy,

Thanks for the follow-up care... No, I have not try this yet, as now is exam period for my kids, I would better not to play with my toys during their study time
I will let you know the outcome after I tried it.

Thanks again

Best Regards, Arc.

No problem Archie, I'll leave the topic open for you to reply

Andy

Hello Andy,

Just an update - my PoHD player, I dont think there is Telnet activated into it, but I have not tried yet.
If there is no telnet, then what do I need to do to have telnet server running inside it, please?
Thanks.

Rgds, Arc.

Hi Archie
If you cannot telnet to the player then you are probably using an early download of the v7317 firmware, in which AC Ryan forgot to enable Telnet. Please re download the firmware from their support page and reinstall it. Telnet will then be enabled.
If you need a good Telnet client for Windows, try PuTTY from here. It is free to download, and you need the Windows installer

Andy

Hi Andy, it's getting interesting here...
I have Telnet in my Player, so its firmware is a good one.
Then... Let me understand here, since it involves one USB Flash Drive to configure, I have some questions:
1. Any specific size of flash drive recommended? 4-8GB in size?
2. Does it mean everytime I want to use my player for the Jukebox, I need to plug this flash drive into its USB port on player first right?
3. Is there any specific reason why we use Flash Drive?
Thanks in advance.

BR, Arc.