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I have a general question about ISO handling. I notice that when I play an ISO file over my NAS that it can take 30-50 seconds before it starts playing - the first time I play it.
A second time (also after a reboot) it will play instantly. I checked my debug log and I think it has something to do with css handling, which it has to do once for each ISO.
Is this normal behavior for an XBMC setup (Linux)?
And if so is there any way I can let xbmc scan all my iso's at once, so next time I want to play I don't have to wait?
Can post debug log and more specs, but I suspect this is normal behavior. Hope someone can clarify that.
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tyche
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My XBMC on Linux has mounted NFS directories to a ReadyNAS. An .iso movie starts instantaneously for me. No different than an .avi.
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tyche
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I've seen this same thing over a year ago when I first started using XBMC with an AppleTV. I connected via CIFS (SMB) and had .iso images take extra time to start.
I then connected to the share with NFS and the .iso would load instantly. I think I even posted about it since others had similar problems - all with smb shares. I took the simple solution of not using smb ever again. A year later and it's still around.
I would suggest you mount your directories via NFS and try that.
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I tried it but I can't get this to work.
i first did this:
sudo mkdir /home/xbmc/NAS
then:
sudo mount 192.168.1.30:/private /home/xbmc/NAS
which gives me:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on 192.168.1.30:/private,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
(for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might
need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program)
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
I Think the path might be incorrect. I am sure about the ip adress, and I know the folder name is /private with al subfolders below it. also my nas requires a password, so how should I insert that?
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make sure package nfs-common is installed
then, check the man page for mount...i believe you need to specify the fs type. also, specifying user/pwd should be one of the options as well. my nfs line looks like this (put it in /etc/fstab once you've got it working so it will do it on boot)
192.168.1.102:/nfs/Public /media/storage nfs rw, hard, intr