[jus7incase]

Hi there,

I am not sure if this is ATV1-related, but since it is about AFP it is at least Mac-related.

Setup: Using XBMC V12 RC3 on ATV1, connecting an unRAID 5RC11 with AFP.

Problem: The AFP connections to the unRAID break after some time (e.g. in the morning after the night the unRAID AFP cannot be connected any more).

Log File: http://pastebin.com/wb7X0SVv

I currently fix this by killing the XBMC process (going to Video/Files and and Media source will _not_ work). Since I dont do anything to the unRAID to make it work again, I guess the problem is (at least partially) with XBMC.

Important to know: I have previously used the XBMC with identitical setup with a Synology DSM 4.2. The AFP connections got dropped there too, but when I went to Video/Files and selected a media source then the AFP got re-connected. This re-connect does not seem to work with my unRAID.

Background information: I have mapped all map-able pathes to remote files on the unRAID to have a near-identical setup on all machines running XBMC (see below). Also the DBs are hosted on MySQL on the unRAID.

Does anybody know what is happening and how I could get AFP not to be dropped or at least reconnected?

Thanks for caring,
JC



<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>special://profile/addon_data/</from>
<to>afp://[email protected]/xbmc/userdata/addon_data/</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>special://profile/advancedsettings.xml</from>
<to>afp://[email protected]/xbmc/userdata/advancedsettings_remote.xml</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>special://profile/favourites.xml</from>
<to>afp://[email protected]/xbmc/userdata/favourites.xml</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>special://profile/guisettings.xml</from>
<to>afp://[email protected]/xbmc/userdata/guisettings.xml</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>special://profile/LCD.xml</from>
<to>afp://[email protected]/xbmc/userdata/LCD.xml</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>special://profile/mediasources.xml</from>
<to>afp://[email protected]/xbmc/userdata/mediasources.xml</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>special://profile/playlists/</from>
<to>afp://[email protected]/xbmc/userdata/playlists/</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>special://profile/profiles.xml</from>
<to>afp://[email protected]/xbmc/userdata/profiles.xml</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>special://profile/RssFeeds.xml</from>
<to>afp://[email protected]/xbmc/userdata/RssFeeds.xml</to>
</substitute>
<substitute>
<from>special://profile/sources.xml</from>
<to>afp://[email protected]/xbmc/userdata/sources.xml</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>

[winestock]

There is a known issue with the AFP client in XBMC 12. Switch to using samba or NFS.

[jus7incase]

There is a known issue with the AFP client in XBMC 12. Switch to using samba or NFS.

I would rather not. Doesn't it mean that all file pathes in the libraries will break and I have to rebuild the library? It is work for 1-2hrs every time, whi ch I would like to refrain from.

Or is there a way changing the path of a media source without having to rebuild the library?

Thanks for caring,
JC

[winestock]

There is a known issue with the AFP client in XBMC 12. Switch to using samba or NFS.

I would rather not. Doesn't it mean that all file pathes in the libraries will break and I have to rebuild the library? It is work for 1-2hrs every time, whi ch I would like to refrain from.

Or is there a way changing the path of a media source without having to rebuild the library?

Thanks for caring,
JC

You have a couple options:

1. Use path substution: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Path_substitution
   
2. Use mysqldump on your mysql XBMC libraries, edit the dump file with a text editor to change the source path and then run that back through mysql as an input file. You will need to edit the sources.xml file and then re-cache the thumbnails by deleting the Textures DB.
   

[jus7incase]

Thanks for the help.

I have switched from AFP tp SMB and the problem has gone.