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General => Users => Topic started by: Pipoca on December 18, 2008, 06:02:11 PM

Title: MDs don't play media
Post by: Pipoca on December 18, 2008, 06:02:11 PM
Hello,

The MDs in this installation don't play media that is stored on the core. When I hit "Audio", for example, the files list and thumbnails (covers) are shown, but if I pick a song from a CD and select "Play", an error message pops up saying:

File not found:
/home/public/data/audio/<CD title>/<song title>

Remarks:
1- The core/hybrid is working fine (plays audio and video locally).
2- When connected to another core, both MDs (a Toshiba Satellite and an Acer TravelMate) play audio and video nicely.

I've already reinstalled both MDs, rebuilt the images etc. without success.

TIA,

Pipoca
Title: Re: MDs don't play media
Post by: Zaerc on December 18, 2008, 07:10:40 PM
Does /home/public/data/audio/<CD title>/<song title> exist on your MDs?
Title: Re: MDs don't play media
Post by: Pipoca on December 18, 2008, 07:38:26 PM
No, the /audio directory is empty. There are 4 empty directories below /data: audio, documents, pictures and videos. However, I can browse and see the pictures stored in the core when I hit Pictures->Public->Flickr...

Thanks for you reply.
Title: Re: MDs don't play media
Post by: freymann on December 18, 2008, 07:59:33 PM
Quote from: Pipoca on December 18, 2008, 06:02:11 PM
The MDs in this installation don't play media that is stored on the core. When I hit "Audio", for example, the files list and thumbnails (covers) are shown, but if I pick a song from a CD and select "Play", an error message pops up saying:

File not found:
/home/public/data/audio/<CD title>/<song title>

I'm thinking you didn't set things up the way you were supposed to.

By default, if you netboot a media director, all the drive mappings are done for you, automatically, and you can view media on the core or wherever it has been cataloged from.

Since you have such an obvious gap in things, I suspect there's a lot more going on here than you've indicated.

Do you have a core with dual network cards?

Do your media director's network boot?
Title: Re: MDs don't play media
Post by: Pipoca on December 18, 2008, 08:12:43 PM
QuoteI'm thinking you didn't set things up the way you were supposed to.
I followed the instructions and all went very smoothly. The only problem I had was with the Toshiba NIC, which was easily solved according to the "Unrecognized NICs" topic of the wiki.

QuoteBy default, if you netboot a media director, all the drive mappings are done for you, automatically, and you can view media on the core or wherever it has been cataloged from.
Exactly what happens when both MDs are connected to an other core.

QuoteSince you have such an obvious gap in things, I suspect there's a lot more going on here than you've indicated.

Do you have a core with dual network cards?
Yes.

QuoteDo your media director's network boot?
Yes.

Thanks for your reply.
Title: Re: [SOLVED] MDs don't play media
Post by: Pipoca on December 22, 2008, 02:43:46 PM
After reinstalling LMCE on the core, keeping settings and home, the MDs are playing media again. Curiously, during the reinstallation process, I read a message like "Wrong MAC address for device ,<nnn>", where <nnn> is the number of a MD.

Thank you all who tried to help.