Banana-Pi and external SD cards
- Xibo for Android
- DSDevices DSCS9X/95 Set-up Guide
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- CEC Screen Power on/off with DSDevices
- Hardware Recommendations
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- Running Xibo for Android
- Resolving Common Issues
- Error shown when I try to licence my Player?
- Player not updating from the CMS?
- I can see my Licence entry but the Player appears unlicensed?
- Error message - Player is missing dependencies
- My scheduled Layouts are not working?
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- Troubleshooting for Administrators
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- Can I use the Xibo name / logo?
- Can I run a Xibo Player on Raspberry Pi?
- How can I increase the upload file size limit?
- How do Players communicate with the CMS?
- How many displays can Xibo support?
- How do I reset the Xibo_admin account password?
- Power On/Off for Players
- Testing with Xibo
- Why do I need a Default Layout?
- Xibo for Android FAQ's
- Autoplaying Embedded Youtube Videos
- Closing to Home screen
- Displaying Images
- Embedded TV
- External SD card not listed when running Banana-Pi
- Helper Command to change Time zone
- HTML5 Video
- Memory Notifications
- Menu not accessible
- SSL Support
- Using Portrait Displays
- Video wont play properly
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Banana-Pi and external SD cards
Xibo for Android doesn’t list your external SD card when running Banana-Pi.
This is a problem with Banana-Pi and the way it mounts the SD card. Instead of mounting to /mnt/sdcard it mounts to a cryptic sub folder of the “/mnt/extsd” path. (For example “/mnt/extsd/179-1/”). Xibo cannot find this sub folder and therefore does not offer it as an option for the external storage location.
Resolution
Resolving this problem requires some modifications to a system file on the Banana-Pi device. Modifying system files can be harmful if done incorrectly and we recommend referring to the original article source if there are any doubts over the changes required.
The resolution is a modification to the “vold.fstab” file which can be found in /etc/.
There is a line in this file which begins with “dev_mount sdcard” and ends with “2”. The 2 needs to be replaced with a 0.
After rebooting the device the /mnt/extsd partition will be lost and appear in /sdcard
Source
The source for this article can be found here: http://forum.lemaker.org/viewthread.php?tid=1287&extra=page%3D1.
