woodsb02 17 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Ok. First question :-) I am trying to play music via DLNA. Tried my TV and blu-ray player and I don't see an option to list my music sorted "By Folder". That's a bug, misconfiguration or some other error, right? If everything works ok, I will have an option to get my music listed "By Folder" like it is on the storage filesystem? Did you try installing mediabrowser on FreeNAS with the pbi from josh4trunks or with my port? If using my port, do you have the mono patches applied from the 2 FreeBSD bug reports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisma 15 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 looks good so far. stupid issue I had to google, to access the server, you need to type the url - http://<jail ip>:8096/mediabrowser/ Something that may be obvious to most MB3 users, but not obvious to someone using it the first time. Figured I should mention it in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh4trunks 70 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 I always put a link to it in the edit menu for the plugin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisma 15 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 (edited) I always put a link to it in the edit menu for the plugin. Yep, I checked and you did indeed include it in the plugin properties. Ignore my post. Though it is good for others to know you included the direct link in the plugin properties page! Edited November 9, 2014 by Hisma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsb02 17 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 stupid issue I had to google, to access the server, you need to type the url - http://:8096/mediabrowser/ Something that may be obvious to most MB3 users, but not obvious to someone using it the first time. Figured I should mention it in this thread. I have recently updated the FreeBSD port to include this as a message when installing from ports/packages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisma 15 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 (edited) library has found my media just fine (i simply mounted storage in the jail that points directly to my media library). Library synced up just fine. I have movies, TV, and music in my library. Frontend is on an HTPC connected to my TV, and I am able to stream everything well using the windows 8.1 client software. I did have an issue trying to play a 4K media file (I have a 4K TV), but that may have nothing to do with the back-end. DLNA also confirmed working. My TV is a samsung, and mediabrowser pops up on my source list. Was able to browse my library the same fashion as I can from the front-end app. Video -> movies -> movies, and all my movies show. Can't test live TV yet, I can maybe try to run serverwmc from my HTPC, but that sort of defeats the purpose of running mediabrowser on my NAS, doesn't it? I see having a linux/bsd-based TV backend as the missing piece with MB3 (going on a tangent here, sorry). I currently use xbmc, and I have mythtv running on my freenas server. With the mysql library management, I am effectively having my freenas server as my media backend. Live TV is a must for me since I pay for cable. Hopefully some ace TV backend devs jump on board at some point so we can integrate live TV with our MB freenas backend. Then I can use MB3 exclusively. Until then, xmbc it is, though I may consider trying xbmb3c in the meantime . Good work devs. Can't find any faults that seem to be related to the backend at this time. Edited November 10, 2014 by Hisma 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37046 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 That's great to hear. You might be in luck because a new developer has joined the community and mentioned interest in implementing MythTv: http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/12560-integrating-tv-schedules-and-recorded-tv-playback-functionality/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisma 15 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 That's great to hear. You might be in luck because a new developer has joined the community and mentioned interest in implementing MythTv: http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/12560-integrating-tv-schedules-and-recorded-tv-playback-functionality/ Now that is exciting news! I recently looked at some threads on MB TV backend development, and it didn't look too promising for mythtv... it's barely been mentioned from what I saw. People seem to find it unwieldy/difficult to set up. While it's not so user-friendly to set up, it's super versatile, considering I got it successfully working on my freenas server (the only tv backend capable of this afaik). I also know it works for mac as well. So it'd be great if it got going... could make MB attractive to a much wider audience. I'll keep my fingers crossed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsb02 17 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 library has found my media just fine (i simply mounted storage in the jail that points directly to my media library). Library synced up just fine. I have movies, TV, and music in my library. Frontend is on an HTPC connected to my TV, and I am able to stream everything well using the windows 8.1 client software. I did have an issue trying to play a 4K media file (I have a 4K TV), but that may have nothing to do with the back-end. DLNA also confirmed working. My TV is a samsung, and mediabrowser pops up on my source list. Was able to browse my library the same fashion as I can from the front-end app. Video -> movies -> movies, and all my movies show. Can't test live TV yet, I can maybe try to run serverwmc from my HTPC, but that sort of defeats the purpose of running mediabrowser on my NAS, doesn't it? I see having a linux/bsd-based TV backend as the missing piece with MB3 (going on a tangent here, sorry). I currently use xbmc, and I have mythtv running on my freenas server. With the mysql library management, I am effectively having my freenas server as my media backend. Live TV is a must for me since I pay for cable. Hopefully some ace TV backend devs jump on board at some point so we can integrate live TV with our MB freenas backend. Then I can use MB3 exclusively. Until then, xmbc it is, though I may consider trying xbmb3c in the meantime . Good work devs. Can't find any faults that seem to be related to the backend at this time. Glad it's working! Those damn mono bugs took me ages to find and fix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh4trunks 70 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 OK, if i don't hear of any show stoppers by tomorrow I'll submit the plugin to the FreeNAS repo and make a pull request to merge the source to FreeNAS' github. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsb02 17 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 OK, if i don't hear of any show stoppers by tomorrow I'll submit the plugin to the FreeNAS repo and make a pull request to merge the source to FreeNAS' github.Quick question, does the pbi build from the FreeBSD port, or does it effectively duplicate the port code? E.g. For future updates will it automatically pull in my FreeBSD port updates? If not it seems like a lot of duplicated maintainer effort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauravg 0 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Did you try installing mediabrowser on FreeNAS with the pbi from josh4trunks or with my port? If using my port, do you have the mono patches applied from the 2 FreeBSD bug reports? I downloaded the link posted in the FreeNAS forums. Wasn't even aware that there are two versions. How do I confirm which version I'm actually running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh4trunks 70 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 @@woodsb02 it builds from your port, essentially all FreeNAS would maintain is the code display the Python api to start/stop the plugin. @@sauravg these are two different install methods. you either uploaded a PBI (or in the future clicked install from the repo) for the FreeNAS plugin... or you ran a command to install/compile the package/port version for FreeBSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauravg 0 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 hese are two different install methods. you either uploaded a PBI (or in the future clicked install from the repo) for the FreeNAS plugin... or you ran a command to install/compile the package/port version for FreeBSD. I uploaded a PBI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scharbag 15 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) Awesome job!!! Just tried it out and the PBI installs without a hitch. One question: should I continue to use the \\server\share targets for media or should I share the files into the jail and point the server to \mnt\folder? Or will that just confuse the clients as they will never be able to access the \mnt\folder links. For testing, I shared the files to /mnt/folder. On further investigation, the network option does not show any folders and the \\10.A.B.C\share does not work as it says the network path does not exist. It is probably just me being an idiot. Again, fantastic job!! Cheers, Edited November 11, 2014 by scharbag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh4trunks 70 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Awesome job!!! Just tried it out and the PBI installs without a hitch. One question: should I continue to use the \\server\share targets for media or should I share the files into the jail and point the server to \mnt\folder? Or will that just confuse the clients as they will never be able to access the \mnt\folder links. Again, fantastic job!! Cheers, I don't know if I fully understand, but for MediaBrowser access to the files (residing on FreeNAS), I'd use a local read-only mount. I think in my brief time looking there's a way to tell clients an alternate path if they want the files directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisma 15 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) Awesome job!!! Just tried it out and the PBI installs without a hitch. One question: should I continue to use the \\server\share targets for media or should I share the files into the jail and point the server to \mnt\folder? Or will that just confuse the clients as they will never be able to access the \mnt\folder links. For testing, I shared the files to /mnt/folder. On further investigation, the network option does not show any folders and the \\10.A.B.C\share does not work as it says the network path does not exist. It is probably just me being an idiot. Again, fantastic job!! Cheers, I would mount the storage directly to the jail. You can mount it as read-only as was mentioned. I would avoid using an absolute path to the storage. You keep everything contained to the jail this way. jexec into the jail, and make directories in /usr/local that correspond to the media... like a /tv folder and a /movie folder. Then mount those directories as storage from the freenas remote GUI. From what I know, the client will have no problem seeing what the server can see. Edited November 11, 2014 by Hisma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh4trunks 70 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 The plugin is now in the FreeNAS repo so you can install it just like any other plugin. I deleted the PBI I linked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauravg 0 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 So shall I delete my MB installation created by uploading a pbi and install it from the repo (so I can get future updates automatically)? Are there any updates yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh4trunks 70 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Updates will still be available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utee05 0 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I am unable to access the link to the pbi. Is there another method on how to get MB3 for freenas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrainAss 22 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 If only my FreeNAS server was more powerful and ready for such awesome things. Oh well. Good work guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh4trunks 70 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I am unable to access the link to the pbi. Is there another method on how to get MB3 for freenas?it's been added to the FreeNAS repo. Installing it from the plugins tab is the recommended method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utee05 0 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Ok thanks. I need to update to 9.2.x of my freenas so this makes a great opportunity to install the plugin as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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