View Full Version : NFS (Network File System) client support (to map UNIX/Linux shares)
mydigitalself
2003-10-09, 13:53
i often experience performance problems with smb-based shared - especially when fast forwarding/rewinding. the general sentiment is that nfs over udp is a better performer than smb, what do you think the chances of implementing this are? ;)
yes, i really would like this feature myself
Gamester17
2003-10-13, 12:18
you don't think it would be overkill to add nfs support as well once xbmc gets full samba (http://www.samba.org/) support? ???
mydigitalself
2003-10-13, 12:40
you don't think it would be overkill to add nfs support as well once xbmc gets full samba (http://www.samba.org/) support? ???
i don't no! i've been using xbmp with smb since it was integrated and its not the perfect solution. my xbox sits on 100mb eth next to my linux box, so i don't think bandwidth is a problem. the problem i experience is mainly with fast forwarding
ff on smb is a lot jerkier than from the xbox hdd. also, sometimes i'll get half-way through a movie and have to stop it for some reason. if i try to fast forward for more than like 30 minutes, it starts getting jerkier and jerkier until it just freezes up and i have to hard reboot the box.
i did read that there was certain work going to be done for fast forward/rewing - but i feel that the problem i'm experiencing are due more to the smb portion and not the ff/rw functionality as it is much more stable on the hdd.
from what i've read, nfs is a better protocol for streaming of large conent - which is why i suggested it.
Gamester17
2003-10-13, 13:08
i've been using xbmp with smb since it was integrated and its not the perfect solution.
we know, both xbmc & xbmp currently uses libsmb++ which is buggy, that is not the same thing as samba (http://www.samba.org) which has not been integrated into xbmc or xbmp yet. we expect samba (http://www.samba.org) to work much better than libsmb++
i very much doubt that the official devs will add nfs themself if samba (http://www.samba.org) works as well as expected
harrynutt
2006-04-10, 17:06
does xbmc support nfs (network file system)?
i searched google and this board and i didn't find an answer, so i am assuming no...
Does anyone know if NFS can be used instead of CIFS (SMB Networks) on an XBOX connecting to a network share?
Thanks,
Mike
jmarshall
2006-10-10, 07:34
No, it can't.
diagdave@msn.com
2006-10-10, 12:27
try xbmsp, i made a python version for the pc and xbox which works, still needs a little dev, but i still use it at home, it runs faster then smb and faster than the xbmsp (ccxstream) program.
And it should run on any system that works with python:
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?p=101483
I'm not sure if there is any other more recent thread about this (I didn't find any) but I would second this feature request too.
I have been using a Popcorn Hour until now, but I now intend to switch to a Linux HTPC front-end with XBMC. My media server is also Linux and runs an NFS server which works great with the Popcorn Hour.
When I tried out XBMC a few days ago I noticed the lack of support to mount NFS shares from the GUI.
I know I can set up a samba server on my Linux media server, but NFS is much better for many reasons, why is there no NFS option in XBMC?
because nfs is a pain and not needed. mount the shares, problem solved
randywaterhouse
2009-08-13, 13:46
I had the same problem and what I did was to simply automount my NFS shares with NitoTV upon startup and then in XBMC I just see them as a regular path. Works like a charm :-)
Randy.
Why bother with all that? mount server:/share /media/mountpoint
or stick it in your fstab and be done with it. Mine's worked just fine like that for years.
TheUni
lnx-user
2009-09-01, 12:23
I'm using NFS for filesharing. It works really good.
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=57183
Performance is great. I haven't tested it against samba performance but nfs has less overhead then samba.
joelmeans
2009-09-01, 18:20
Why bother with all that? mount server:/share /media/mountpoint
or stick it in your fstab and be done with it. Mine's worked just fine like that for years.
TheUni
I second this. On Linux, just mount the nfs share locally and tell xbmc where it is. Works great for me.
wstewart
2009-09-01, 19:17
Just to add, I actually had problems with NFS performance with a multi-media system and find that SMB works much better.