Firstly, I am unsure this is actually a problem with Kodi, and as such this is may be more of an information gathering post. Before detailing the problem, a little about my setup:
- Media Storage:
- Synology DiskStation DS1821+
- Synology DiskStation DS1821+
- Android Clients:
- Galaxy Tab S9
- Galaxy S9 Plus
- Galaxy Tab S9
- PC Clients:
- Windows 10 PC
- Windows 10 PC
- Kodi Version:
- 21.2 Omega (but have tested this going back to version 19)
- 21.2 Omega (but have tested this going back to version 19)
- # This is the real iso file
- /Video/Movies/Movie A (2000)/Movie A-Movie B.bluray.iso
- /Video/Movies/Movie A (2000)/Movie A-Movie B.bluray.iso
- # This is just a folder containing a relative symlink to the iso in Movie A, using a command like 'ln -s "./../Movie A (2000)/Movie A-Movie B.bluray.iso"'
- /Video/Movies/Movie B (2001)/Movie A-Movie B.bluray.iso
- /Video/Movies/Movie B (2001)/Movie A-Movie B.bluray.iso
- # When using SMB protocol:
- /Video/Movies/Movie B (2001)/Movie A-Movie B.bluray.iso
- /Video/Movies/Movie B (2001)/Movie A-Movie B.bluray.iso
- # When using NFS protocol:
- /Video/Movies/Movie B (2001)/./../Movie A (2000)/Movie A-Movie B.bluray.iso
- /Video/Movies/Movie B (2001)/./../Movie A (2000)/Movie A-Movie B.bluray.iso
- nfs://synology/Video/Movies/Movie B (2001)/Movie A-Movie B.bluray.iso
- nfs://192.168.50.85/Video/Movies/Movie B (2001)/Movie A-Movie B.bluray.iso