[SOLVED] Playback error on jellyfin library from samba nas device mounted on raspberry pi

clifford122 · 10-25-2022, 10:26 AM

I have a nas samba share that i have mounted on my raspberry pi that I use as a jellyfin server.

Unfortunately I get a playback error on libraries from that mounted share (but not in other libraries)

The /etc/fstab entry is as follows:

Code:

//192.168.1.220/mypassg /mnt/internetbox-nas cifs noperm,guest,uid=1001,gid=1001 0 0

When I try to mount manually it still asks for a password for the share with root as user, even thought the share has no password, however just hitting enter seems to mount it anyway

Code:

user1@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo mount -t cifs -o file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 //192.168.1.220/mypassg /mnt/internetbox-nas

Password for root@//192.168.1.220/mypassg:

Could jellyfin be failing to playback the files because of some permissions error? It can add the files and to a library just fine, so I imagine it can read them.

Could the issue be caused by something else? And if so how can I fix it?

Ffmpeg seems to give a "stale file handle" error

https://pastebin.com/uzXjijth

It fails to play whether hardware acceleration is on or off.

Also when I first mounted the share and made a library it worked fine, but then stopped for some reason.

Please help!

pan64 · 10-26-2022, 08:37 AM

that means something is wrong with that mount. Or with the network. You need to check logs for additional information.
Can you read those files? (cat file >/dev/null works?)

clifford122 · 10-26-2022, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by pan64

that means something is wrong with that mount. Or with the network. You need to check logs for additional information.
Can you read those files? (cat file >/dev/null works?)

How do I read them? What exact command should I use?

michaelk · 10-26-2022, 05:42 PM

When you manually mount the share without the guest option like what you have in your fstab file the mount command will automatically prompt for a password regardless.

The stale file handle error basically happens because you asked for some nonexistent data. Does the same error happen when you try to play any file on the share? You can try adding the noserverino option to the fstab or mount command to see if the error goes away. I can not determine whether it is a samba, client or server problem at the moment.

look for cifs errors in the output of the dmesg command as well as /var/log/syslog. I'm guessing, its been awhile since I have played with a Pi.

What kind of device is the NAS? Have you updated it recently while the Pi was still connected? Have you rebooted the Pi and does the error still persist.

clifford122 · 10-28-2022, 10:05 AM

@michaelk

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You can try adding the noserverino option to the fstab or mount command to see if the error goes away.

This seems to have solved the issue. Although I'm still a little unclear on what the problem was exactly, thank you very much regardless.

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Does the same error happen when you try to play any file on the share?

Yes, it happened with music files too. I did not have trouble playing back files on other devices however.

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What kind of device is the NAS?

It's a router that has nas functionality with an HDD plugged in, as far as I understand it hosts the contents of the drive using several protocols simultaneously, samba included.

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Have you updated it recently while the Pi was still connected?

No, I don't believe so.

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Have you rebooted the Pi and does the error still persist.

Yes I had tried rebooting both the Pi and the nas/router several times.
Also seeing as I had mounted the nas on other systems using samba before it didn't seem to be an explicit issue with the nas setup.