Posts by Wanderer189

  • OMV6-Alpha and SMB shares

    Wow, no wonder why folks are going to better WORKING software options, you sure helped me change my mind to switch. You two AZZHOLES that support OMV or are suppose to be (not the software itself or the dev), I have more than one post on here with more details about the issue, this was the one I happened to post in.


    I do support the awesome dev for his awesome contribution, to the rude commentors, your support comment show how ignorant your minds are and should be replaced

    Quote from KM0201

    I would re-read donh's signature.

    You're a AZZHOLE! And you were made a Mod to support the dev????? With such little INTELLIGENCE???? No wonder why so many many folks are leaving OMV. Including me.

  • OMV 6: Missing execution rights on SMB share / Workaround

    Thank you for replying. Yes, Kodi has always been a pain concerning SMB. I just updated to v6.025 and I had hoped it might work, but it didn't. So far, I don't see an option for a miniDLNA in the OMV6 plugins yet. That would be a good way to go if there is one released.

  • OMV 6: Missing execution rights on SMB share / Workaround

    Thanks for the reply. It works fine with OMV5. If it isn't going to work in OMV6, I suppose I will never be able to upgrade. I have approx. 26TB of data being used. Sure not going to buy more HDDs to format them to a different format and copy all that data to them.


    To expensive and take days to do. Maybe it will be fixed to work like OMV5??

  • OMV 6: Missing execution rights on SMB share / Workaround

    I have been testing v6 since the release. Using a PC and have both internal a& external HDD's formatted in NFTS, then mounted in OMV.


    I cannot get SMB shares to be seen by any applications on anything android, like nvidea shields, the shields mount fine and everything can be browsed, but apps like Kodi and others I have won't work. When you try to add something via SMB, it is just comes up blank. I have tried using SMBv1, 2 & 3. This applies to trying to connect via SMB in Win 10 as well.


    I posted something like this in a couple other threads, then instructed to come back here after posting on Git. I was hoping 6.0.4 might fix it, but it didn't. Everything works fine and still does with same setup and v5.

  • OMV6-Alpha and SMB shares

    I am having an issues with OMV 6\Alpha not playing right with 3 Nvidea Shields. All works great in OMV 5.


    Here is what I have going on:

    OMV 6 is installed on a external SSD used with a PC. A few external USB drives and an internal HDD. Server name is "NAS" (no quotes)

    Everything works great on accessing shared folders from any of the other PCs on the network as Mapped drives. The PC's see the server NAS. However, they wont see shared folders via SMB though.


    Next related issue. Nvidea Shields, apps like Kodi and others that can use network shared data, will not recognize them as SMB shares. The shield itself sees the NAS and mounts it. Once I tell an app to look for the server, it isn't there, however folders within it can be seen, just not via SMB.


    Something odd about it, is on the shields, Kodi that was preconfigured sees and even writes to the shares, but I can't add new sources via SMB within Kodi or other apps. For example, I have an app that is a screensaver that uses your own photos. In OMV 5, you just pointed the app to the server (in my case called "NAS" (without quotes)), then selected a shared folder (on the NAS) called "Photos".


    The file structure on the hard drive is as such with the first folder being Media; then everything else within that:

    Media>Photos or Media>Movies>Family or Media>TV Shows>Crime, etc.


    On a separate HDD, I have game roms, so the struture for it is like:

    Games>Roms>Arcade or Games>Roms>Atari 5200, etc.


    I can point apps to the folder called Media, but not via smb if this is making any sense???


    The shields see the server (NAS), I can attempt to connect them to the network storage, it looks like it does, but don't think it is connecting correctly. BTW, just set up and connecting as guests only.


    Any advice or something you can point me too that might help would be appreciated. Especially with Kodi

  • OMV6 review

    I set up smb shares the same as I do with OMV5. Pc's see everything fine if I map the shares as a drive, but apps on Nvidea Shields or things like Kodi, will not recognize them as SMB shares.


    Something odd about it, is on the shields, Kodi that was preconfigured sees and even writes to the shares, but I can't add new sources via SMB within Kodi or other apps. For example, I have an app that is a screensaver that uses your own photos. In OMV 5, you just pointed the app to the server (in my case called "NAS" (without quotes)), then selected a shared folder (on the NAS) called "Photos".


    The file structure on the hard drive is as such with the first folder being Media; then everything else within that:

    Media>Photos or Media>Movies>Family or Media>TV Shows>Crime, etc.


    On a separate HDD, I have game roms, so the struture for it is like:

    Games>Roms>Arcade or Games>Roms>Atari 5200, etc.


    I can point apps to the folder called Media, but not via smb if this is making any sense???

  • OMV v6 Testing

    I have been testing OMV 6 for a few weeks now. I was just curious if there is a specific place or thread to report issues or look for information. I have browsed the forums but don't see any specific stuff any where.:?:

  • OMV 6-Alpha

    Quote from mi-hol

    That would be actually surprising because merge of a new & faster NTFS driver is only happening for kernel 5.15 or later.

    A benchmark using the tools here would deliver hard facts.

    Are you inclined to run it on your OMV 6 system?

    mi-hol : Not sure about the tools you're referring too, I assume DiskMark64. If so, here is what I am getting using OMV v6, 16TB Seagate (over 3/4 filled with game roms) attached USB 3, mapped to Win10 Pro machine. Let me know if that is helpful.

  • OMV 6-Alpha

    I got all up and running from the external ssd. I did pull the data & power cables off the internal HDD that has OMV v5 on it just to be safe. Other than the browser issue (not able to do everything in chromium type browser, Brave), things are running really nice. With the same PC being used, when transferring flac files to one of the drives (MediaSonic Raid), I was getting about 10mb with v5, but with v6, it now starts at over 100mb and levels out 30-65mb after the cache transfer. (all setting are default from install except I enable the write cache feature)


    I have 3 shields for streaming and my own fork of kodi and they are running a bit quicker when starting a locally stored movie or show, they start playing quicker with no delay.


    In the past, with OMV 5, when I would install docker/portainer, the smb speeds would always be driven down to like 1/2 the speed, so I haven't tried installing them yet. Have asked a few others that are playing with v6 to see if they have checked for that, but not heard back yet. if someone has checked it, please let me know.

  • OMV 6-Alpha

    Quote from KM0201

    I can't imagine why it wouldn't.

    I have a pc running OMV5 installed on a small internal hdd and currently using a few external drives (NTFS format) on it now for SMB storage . I was thinking about installing v6 on a external ssd and using it, and if I ran into issues, just pulling the external ssd and allowing it to boot back into v5.


    I played around with v6 a couple weeks back and the only issue I had was having to use multiple browsers to configure things, but I had only tested with one storage drive rather than 4 or 5.


    I really liked it and not real sure, but seems the smb transfers were a bit faster and more stable in v6

  • OMV 6-Alpha

    I am curious if I setup a system with OMV v6 Alpha, when v6 is officially released, will it update or will I have to start fresh again?

  • Moving OMV5 from Pi4 to PC

    I currently have a pi4 running OMV5. It has 2 external USB drives attached to it. A 16tb raid box and a 16tb seagate. Both drives are using the NTFS format and primarily for samba shares.


    I have set up OMV5 on an older pc I had. I have it running and mostly setup, excluding storage.


    Is there a easy way to move the 2 hdd's to the PC and maybe copy a certian folder or config files from the Pi4 to the PC, allowing me to keep all the setting/names, etc. for the 2 drives and reduce down time on the NAS?


    I would like to compare transfer speeds before making a permanent switch.