Questions about shares and web gui

[bender6681]

Hi, First time poster here. I have a G2 running the latest firmware. I cant seem to get the webgui to load. I have ran other firmwares on here that have a web gui. Is there a way to make this work? Next I cant seem to get nfs shares to show up. SMB works fine but has a problem running mkv files. What is the best and easiest nfs server for windows and how do I set it up? Last thing is when I try to play a movie that is unsupported or has some sort of problem I have to reboot the whole thing to play anything else. What causes this? Thanks in advance for any help. Sorry if any of these questions are to noob.

[RMerlin]

The G2 doesn't have a web server built-in, so it has no web interface.

You can get part of it added through enLiven (http://forum.wdlxtv.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=2107), however it hasn't been updated (yet) for 0.4.5.3.

As for an NFS server under WIndows, search the forums - there are tons of posts on Hanewin.

[bender6681]

Thanks for the reply. I now have my nfs shares mounted but it seems to still have an issue. First issue is that if there are more than 5 items to display it says there is no media in the folder. I am also having issues playing mkv files. I have read about demuxing them to turn off header compression but i cant find anything explaining how to use the tools to do it. Is there a guide somewhere?

EDIT
I figured out how to remove the header compression but i still cant play mkv videos over nfs shares. Still cant see anything in the share if there are more than five items to display. I really really want to watch my movie now. I dont know what else to do.

[MyLastWord]

for playing MKV file over NFS, try turn off Media Library, and video in list or preview mode (not thumbnail), your share should be there under USBx. I don't know why but this is my case anyway.

[bender6681]

I turned off media library and that helped load the folders quicker but still getting no media found when trying to go to my share that has more than 5 items listed. Have tried this with all 3 view modes as well.

[MyLastWord]

one more thing you could try is to turn off display file size (together with media library off). Also why dont' you try with 3 shares first. I have 4 NFS network shares and doesn't seem to have the same problem (though they are show up under USB1 for me, because of media library off).

[MyLastWord]

I just read up on CIFS-Interceptor from http://wiki.wdlxtv.com/How_to_setup_CIFS_Interceptor, I will give it a try.
Also, Somewhere in the wiki page, someone suggested to turnoff jumbo frame.

[b-rad.cc]

sounds to me like you might want to add proto=tcp to your nfs's xmount options

[MyLastWord]

I guess CIFS_interceptor only work for Live or Live Plus device, not G2 device, since there is no "network share" item in the video menu.
I will try tcp protocol. Has NFS (client) version differ from G1 to G2 device? I also have G1 device and xmount NFS share using the (default) udp protocol
without problem playing the movie like the G2.

[MyLastWord]

I have made some progress, with a combination of proto=tcp, set video output to 1080p50. Now I am able to play any movies that the G1 was able to play.
List mode or thumbnail mode doesn't make any different. I think the 1080p50 did the trick. I haven't try to see if Media Library on would make any different yet. I am happy now.