Network Folder Accessing
  • Vote Up0Vote Down ShejinShejin
    Posts: 4Member
    Hi,

    I am doing a test run with Airtime 1.9.4 on a Linux Box. Its up & running fine !!

    But I am facing a road block, when I try to access Media Files from a Networked Location, either from NAS or a Ubuntu Server its not identifying. I mounted the shared folder and gave it's path (Eg.Path: /home/shejin/.gvfs/mserv on ubuntu-server) but "Airtime" is not able to identify the location and saying invalid directory. Can you pls tell me where I am going wrong.

    Secondly why there is "Storage Folder" and "Folder to Watch", its little confusing, will be glad if clarified.

    NB: FYI.. I am a new person to Linux, am here just for Airtime !!

    Thanks in advance
    Shejin
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Andrey PodshivalovAndrey Podshivalov
    Posts: 1,526Member, Administrator, Sourcefabric Team
    you can not use .gvfs folder. It's available only for your session.
    You should mount network resource via mount command
  • Vote Up0Vote Down ShejinShejin
    Posts: 4Member
    Thanks for your prompt reply Smile

    Can you elaborate a little more on this. Do I need to install smbfs for this ?!!
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Andrey PodshivalovAndrey Podshivalov
    Posts: 1,526Member, Administrator, Sourcefabric Team
    yes, http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-mount-remote-windows-pa rtition-windows-share-under-linux.html
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Paul BaranowskiPaul Baranowski
    Posts: 389Member, Administrator, Sourcefabric Team
    On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Shejin <
    airtime-support@lists.sourcefabric.org> wrote:

    > **
    >
    > Secondly why there is "Storage Folder" and "Folder to Watch", its little
    > confusing, will be glad if clarified.
    >

    Storage folder is where all imported files go (Now that I think about it, we
    should probably rename this to "Import Folder"). Watched folders are
    everything else.

    - Paul

  • Vote Up0Vote Down ShejinShejin
    Posts: 4Member
    Thanks Andrey.. but my problem is yet to be solved.

    Lemme explain my test scenario. I have a Ubuntu Server, on which I have a VMware Ubuntu Desktop (both GUI). I installed Airtime on the virtual machine and trying to Access/Add media files from the Server. My plan is to run multiple Airtime installations on different Virtual installations but all have to Watch Folder from the Server where I stored all my media files, which is shared. I Mounted this Shared Folder from my Server on my Desktop and able to see it and access it directly. I am trying to access it through Airtime by configuring the Manage Media Folders, where I want to choose Folder to Watch as the Shared Folder on my Server. But here am not seeing it to choose the folder nor I don't know how to type in the path manually there.

    Eagerly waiting for a reply with resolution.

    Thanks,
    Shejin

  • Vote Up0Vote Down ShejinShejin
    Posts: 4Member
    Thanks Paul Smile
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Andrey PodshivalovAndrey Podshivalov
    Posts: 1,526Member, Administrator, Sourcefabric Team
    share on primary server a folder via NSF server and mount it on each virtual instance. You can not use gnome (nautilus) mounting, as I said it doesn't affect for airtime stuff.

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNFSHowTo
    https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/network-file-syst em.html
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NFSv4Howto
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