Sorry if I posted this to the wrong forum but I want to add support for my USB DVD writer to WindowsinDocker.

According to the docs at their github I need find out the vendor and product id for my writer using the lsusb command.

 

When I ran lsusb it returned the data I needed...

 

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0e8d:1806 MediaTek Inc. Samsung SE-208 Slim Portable DVD Writer

 

So my vendor id is 0e8d and product is 1806

 

According to heir gitub I need to add the following to the docker-compose.yml file

 

environment:
  ARGUMENTS: "-usb -device usb-host,vendorid=0e8d,productid=1806"
devices:
  - /dev/bus/usb

 

However Uraid does not use the standard compose file but rather it's own unique config file.

 

And when I edit the config for the WindowsinDocker via Unraid's Docker->Edit option, I see no place where I can place this command? I am using the advanced view? Any ideas?

 

Cheers from Nova Scotia

 

Ken ala Vetteman

 

If you look at the bottom of the config page there’s a link for add another path, port or variable. You want to add another variable. Probably with ARGUMENTS as the key and "-usb -device usb-host,vendorid=0e8d,productid=1806"
devices:
  - /dev/bus/usbvas the value. I haven’t tested this though. You may need to play with it some.

Thanks for the reply.

 

 

However when I added the value as

 

"-usb -device usb-host,vendorid=0e8d,productid=1806"
devices:
  - /dev/bus/usb

 

It will only allow me to enter it on a single line and not as three lines as you show above as there is no way to enter multiple lines for Value, only one single line,

 

Thus the WidowsinDocker now will not start.

 

 

 

Once I remove the entries, WindowsinDocker starts.

 

How do I enter multiple lines for the Value using the Advanced View?

Perhaps add the device separately.

If that doesn’t work you might try posting in the support thread for that docker.

I added the device separately

 

For config type I choose Device

Value as   - /dev/bus/usb

 

When I apply I get an failure message stating  - /dev/bus/usb is not a path

 

And WindowsinDocker becomes an orphan which I remove and re-install.

 

Found this on google-

https://forums.unraid.net/topic/152260-how-to-passthoug-a-usb-device-to-a-docker/?do=findComment&comment=1364502

7 hours ago, wgstarks said:

If that doesn’t work you might try posting in the support thread for that docker.

 

I could not find a Docker thread on our Unraid forum.

2 hours ago, wgstarks said:

Found this on google-

https://forums.unraid.net/topic/152260-how-to-passthoug-a-usb-device-to-a-docker/?do=findComment&comment=1364502

Thanks kindly but what was recommended did not work. 

 

When I run the following command on my Unraid terminal

 

ls /dev/serial/by-id

 

I get no such file or directory

6 hours ago, Vetteman said:

 

I could not find a Docker thread on our Unraid forum.

Click the docker icon and select Support.

On 6/20/2024 at 7:00 AM, wgstarks said:

Click the docker icon and select Support.

I did that initially but that takes me to a support Github for WindowsinDocker where the solution is to edit the docker-compose.yml file with a text editor.  Which appears not to be a solution in Unraid as they changed the location of the compose file and users must edit with the Unraid webgui.

 

Again, I could not find any WindowsinDocker on Unraid which should be a prerequisite to any apps or plugins Unraid allows listed in their Webgui.

 

 

Edited June 21, 20242 yr by Vetteman

Never mind. I've given up on enabling my DVD Writer. I will use my Windows 11 vm instead where my DVD Writer works fine. And I will lIve with the issues my VM has and which do not exist in the Docker. Having my DVD Writer available is more important then the other vm issues.

 

I would suggest to LimeTech please do not allow any apps or plugins which do not have a support forum on Unraid's website.

 

The suggestions from the github support appear not to work in the Unraid environment.

 

Cheers from Nova Scotia

 

Ken aka Vetteman

Edited June 23, 20242 yr by Vetteman

I installed Remmina Remote Desktop Client on my Zorin linux computer and when I access my Win 11 VM I do not have the issues I do with VNC.

 

I will not search further on how to get a USB drive working for WindowsinDocker as the support for this docker is non-existent for Unraid and on the Unraid website.

 

Ken ala Vetteman