nfs shares unstable

haegar33 · June 16, 2023 at 9:59 AM

Hi!

I am using Kodi 20.1 on a Raspberry4 connected via WLAN to my Synology NAS. I have no problem to mount the NAS video folders on my Pi4 either as direct file URI (nfs://192.168.x.x/share) or as described in the wiki as automount in the local kodi folder.

However in both cases the nfs connection is not always stable:

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2023-06-13 23:23:56.730 T:840     error <general>: NFS: Failed to mount nfs share:  (nfs_service failed)
2023-06-13 23:26:37.156 T:839     error <general>: NFS: Failed to mount nfs share:  (nfs_service failed)

This might be due to WLAN issues but I wonder whether anything has changed in recent Kodi versions w.r.t. to remote mounting? Normally NFS should be the most robust connection or should I change to SMB?

**chewitt** · July 15, 2023 at 7:12 PM

NFS has a reputation for being "lighter" which is great for low-bandwidth crap WiFi but SMB is often more resilient with dropouts and other forms of crap WiFi. There's no universal answer as WiFi is inherently a bit crap, and RPi4 WiFi is at the low-expectations end of on-board WiFi implementations so it's best to experiment and see what works best (or least-worst) for you.

If everything works briliant when you run an Ethernet cable you can join me (and the rest of staff) finger-pointing the WiFi connection