OK, here is my try based on the magnolias post over here...


Works in sense it really mounts on start with wired network, BUT the indexing is strange! It semas like there is some problem with ID3 tags, coz I can see ID3 tags only in my MP3 files and even this does not make the box show me any info about albums, artists and so on When I change the view on in Music section. The only way I can list my music is with Show All Music option, and that sucks...

Well seriously, this device is one BIG early egg full of bugs and behaviours without sense... It really make me a bit down for what I expected from it and what I really got.

Just to add my thanks to the above and also something that I had to change.

Here's my script /usr/local/etc/mountnas



I had to add the 'sleep 5' between the mount and the bind, otherwise it just wouldnt work.

I also made it executable


then added the following code to /usr/local/etc/rcS at the end of the file


I tried to use a 16mb usb pen drive initially and this didnt work!, it complains about required >20mb on-screen.

I've now plugged up a 120mb pen drive and its happily scanning away.

Whilst its good that this works and there are people like us who understand and are able to get it to work, the vast majority of people that buy the PlayOn wont have a clue where to start with this.

They really need to address this issue urgently!

Have tried all the variants of the scripts above and even though they all mount it OK (I can go into USB->C and see all my movies), no scan is getting initiated

Thanks for all the tips here, this really improves my NAS-experience.
My mountnas script looks like this:

I added the last command to have the YAMJ Jukebox in the root of the USB-drive (for fastest access).
However, if I uncomment the share2 and share3 lines, my files don't get indexed. It could be because these folders contain too many files, or that mounting three shares takes too long (they are mounted correctly when uncommented). Maybe I should play more with the sleep times.
It does not matter too much as I am mostly interested in using the NAS for video.

Ok, i understand all the scripts, but can't get my Telnet to connect...

When i just switch on my mini2 (with powerbutton), move to my computer and try to connect with telnet (either with PuttyTel, or the windows-telnet-client) it says it can't connect. (also after few minutes, and i checked the IP-address on the mini2 as well)
Its a wired connection through a router.

Is the mini2-telnet on any special port, or does it need to be in a special submenu on the mini2 or something?

No, no special port for telnet connection... standard 23 port. This souds really strange... try turn off any firewalls...

No, its just telnet (not ssh) on the Mini2 IP address and port 23 (the standard telnet port). I use PuTTY.

Login with root, no password required.

Hey guys, ive spend my evening on this.. and still not working

I have an USB stick with the folder Movies on it, and i am able to browse to the folder in /mnt/usbmounts/sda1/Movies

If i use the mount -t cifs command with the information below i keep getting the "Unknown error 6" code..
Ive searched google for the error code 6 and couldnt find a thing

Anyone knows what is going wrong?

The 192.168.0.50 ip adres is from my QNAP Nas TS-419p+
I can access the \\192.168.0.50\Public\Films share on my PC with any problem.

/ # mount -t cifs //192.168.0.50/Public/Films /mnt/usbmounts/sda1/Movies -o username=JeFF,password=******
mount: Mounting //192.168.0.50/Public/Films on /mnt/usbmounts/sda1/Movies failed: Unknown error 6
/ #

Hmmpf if i try the same command without giving -o username/password i get the following error code:
: Unknown error 22

Thanks for your work on this, guys, I never did understand Unix or vi so it's been a great help. But is it right that all the files appear in one huge list rather than being broken down by folder? I'm waiting for it to index them all before I can see if using a separate share for 'Films' works, although it exists as a sub-folder of my Videos share so they'll appear twice (for now).

Would I have to set up shares for 'films', 'documentaries', 'music', and then each TV series to see them in separate folders?

Also, how do we force a manual scan, or does it do it every time we switch on?


To JeFF1985

Following the examples given, I believe your commands should be:

mount -t cifs //192.168.0.50/Public /usr/local/etc/Movies -o username=JeFF,password=******
then:
mount -o bind /usr/local/etc/Movies/Films /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/Films

although you'd be better off following sandeman684's example as closely as possible (using the variables) as it worked first time for me.

I assume error 6 is something like 'directory not found' and error 22 'unknown login'.

Not having any success getting the Movies mount to work. On my server (HP MSS EX490) I have this directory structure;

and of course many more directories, one for each movie. I can't get the indexing to occur and I also can't get a list of the directories via the Files option or Files Manager option. Are the multiple directories the issue? I can get directory listings for Pictures and Music but they don't get indexed either.