Can I stream from a NAS on a ZGemma?
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I meant to ask if the srt file which is stored on NAS will be automatically showing once you start playing the movie?
sean lindsey
Newbie
Hi there, just bought aH9.2s box and got it up and running using OpenATV which is what was installed already.
I have a seperate media player which I use to play h264 files and I saw this supports H265 so trying to set this up to play my films. They are stored on a NAS drive, WD my cloud which sits on my wired LAN network.
I can get to mounts setup, tried rescanning, but cannot see my NAS at all on the network. All i get is the zgemma box.
Please can anyone explain what I could be doing wrong?
sean lindsey
Newbie
Hi, Thanks for the reply.
Not sure about samba, I have re powered my NAS, if I view connected devices on my pc, it shows zgemma, and my NAS . Nas is shared on network. no passwords, my media player, summvision just picks it up off my network with no settings.
Yes all devices are hard wired on network LAN. If I log into my ISP router, I can see my NAS, ZGEMMA, and all other ethernet devices all UP and connected, so cannot think why my zgemma does not recognise it at all?
Not sure about samba, I have re powered my NAS, if I view connected devices on my pc, it shows zgemma, and my NAS . Nas is shared on network. no passwords, my media player, summvision just picks it up off my network with no settings.
Yes all devices are hard wired on network LAN. If I log into my ISP router, I can see my NAS, ZGEMMA, and all other ethernet devices all UP and connected, so cannot think why my zgemma does not recognise it at all?
Sounds like your NAS is running a DLNA server service (just like your Zgemma does) which is why your computer is able to see it. Therefore you probably need a DLNA client on your Zgemma - - Green Button - Green Button - Extensions -- look for and install a DLNA Client/Browser
sean lindsey
Newbie
Thanks, did that and installed a DLNA browser and I can see my NAS, I can browse through the folders, thought great! ....But i can not see all my movies, just a few . All my movies are MKV files so cant see why I can not see all my videos? Also to use it, do I have to go to the settings, where the plug in is and select it each time, or can I assign a button to take me straight to my NAS? I will have to look in to it further, but if I am only able to watch a handful of my videos, then maybe I am better keeping my media player connected for this?
Sorry, I am new to this, only got the box yesterday, I really appreciate your help so quickly after I posted :-)
sean lindsey
Newbie
Do I need to mount my NAS? I did try this, but could not see it at all, after installing the DLNA plug in, I did try rescnning, but still unable to see my NAS, so can not mount it.
Willo3092
VIP Member
All my receivers are connected to my NAS and use it as a recording location.
You can allocate the coloured buttons to go directly to the mounts in the movie list.
Set up as below in Mount Manager, username and password is on the next screen in settings.
Save and completely reboot the box so that the settings are written to fstab.
Go back into Mount Manager and click on the mount you created, then green to save.
Overwrite the existing mount and you should then be able to see and access the share in /media/net/ or /mnt/net/
You can allocate the coloured buttons to go directly to the mounts in the movie list.
Set up as below in Mount Manager, username and password is on the next screen in settings.
Save and completely reboot the box so that the settings are written to fstab.
Go back into Mount Manager and click on the mount you created, then green to save.
Overwrite the existing mount and you should then be able to see and access the share in /media/net/ or /mnt/net/
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sean lindsey
Newbie
Cool, many thanks. I will have a look