i installed the newest xbmc and when i try to add videos from source via smb it says "error 2" when im on wifi and when on ethernet nothing shows up.
i had it working a couple days ago and i installed avg pc tuneup on my pc and everything went to ****.
is it something in the settings of windows that changed? or is the ouya just a POS?
Any help with be apreciated
BrothaJINC said:
i installed the newest xbmc and when i try to add videos from source via smb it says "error 2" when im on wifi and when on ethernet nothing shows up.
i had it working a couple days ago and i installed avg pc tuneup on my pc and everything went to ****.
is it something in the settings of windows that changed? or is the ouya just a POS?
Any help with be apreciated
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Well if it was working before you installed pc tuneup I'd say it's not OUYA that's a POS... I'd say look at tuneup.
I'm running 03/08 (yesterdays build) of XBMC and SMB functionality is spot on.
danbst said:
Well if it was working before you installed pc tuneup I'd say it's not OUYA that's a POS... I'd say look at tuneup.
I'm running 03/08 (yesterdays build) of XBMC and SMB functionality is spot on.
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i deleted it after i ran it.
i have my droid razr as a bluetooth keyboard and noticed it kept disconecting and reconecting. i disabled it in settings and smb worked in xbmc.
so its fixed for now. thanks for the help tho
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Show box is sideloaded on both my Fire HDX tablet and my Fire TV but it only works on the tablet. When I open it up in Fire TV I can see the list of videos but when I click on them it always states "Video not available". Is there a way to overide this block? It also blocks Bluestacks via my computer.
ihadtoregister said:
Show box is sideloaded on both my Fire HDX tablet and my Fire TV but it only works on the tablet. When I open it up in Fire TV I can see the list of videos but when I click on them it always states "Video not available". Is there a way to overide this block? It also blocks Bluestacks via my computer.
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I'm not familiar with Show box specifically, but a different video app that I sideloaded and was trying in the past thought there was no connection and displayed errors even though the Fire TV was connected via Ethernet. Switching to a wifi connection made the videos play. Just a thought and something to try.
the wifi / wireline support in the firetv is unusual in android devices. More common in emulators and in some phone deployments, though.
There's a slide presentation at http://www.slideshare.net/gxben/elce-2012-dive-into-android-networking-adding-ethernet-connectivity that I think may have some interesting suggestions for how to keep wired connections as sole connections - but wireless support was hardcoded into android as of the time that presentation was written...
the patch referenced in the talks is at https://github.com/gxben/aosp-ethernet for ICS and JB.
This worked for me to trick the Xfinity apps into thinking my wired connection was wifi:
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.lemonsqueeze.fakewificonnection
It does need a rooted FireTV and Xposed installed as well.
Enjoy!
Possible wired / wireless requirement fix
Spelvin said:
This worked for me to trick the Xfinity apps into thinking my wired connection was wifi:
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.lemonsqueeze.fakewificonnection
It does need a rooted FireTV and Xposed installed as well.
Enjoy!
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changing the title to make this easier to see - I don't know yet but think that Xposed module may be able to help people support quite a few of the apps that are making trouble b/c they want a wireless connection and most of us who can are using ethernet on our firetvs.
Nice find!
Thank you
I'm going to see if this works because i'm having the same problem with Xfinity stating that it can only connect via wifi connections and I'm using the ethernet that's tethered to a USB Pdanet+ connection. I can no longer use Wifi as my mobile provider has blocked it.
Spelvin said:
This worked for me to trick the Xfinity apps into thinking my wired connection was wifi:
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.lemonsqueeze.fakewificonnection
It does need a rooted FireTV and Xposed installed as well.
Enjoy!
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Oh no the module has messed up my FireTV
Update: I had to quickly open up Xposed (before getting thrown back to my the Photos menu) and deselect everything in the Fake Wifi Module but Xfinity and Show box. Xfinity works now. I'll check Show Box in a bit. Thanks
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Unfortunately after I installed and checked the lemon fake wifi connection my FireTV box will not let me go into my settings. It keeps on reloading itself or going to photos every time I try to go into the settings menu. How do you uninstall using the cmd prompt?
Spelvin said:
This worked for me to trick the Xfinity apps into thinking my wired connection was wifi:
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.lemonsqueeze.fakewificonnection
It does need a rooted FireTV and Xposed installed as well.
Enjoy!
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ihadtoregister said:
Update: I had to quickly open up Xposed (before getting thrown back to my the Photos menu) and deselect everything in the Fake Wifi Module but Xfinity and Show box. Xfinity works now. I'll check Show Box in a bit. Thanks
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Unfortunately after I installed and checked the lemon fake wifi connection my FireTV box will not let me go into my settings. It keeps on reloading itself or going to photos every time I try to go into the settings menu. How do you uninstall using the cmd prompt?
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I installed this earlier and havent had any similar issues
ihadtoregister said:
Update: I had to quickly open up Xposed (before getting thrown back to my the Photos menu) and deselect everything in the Fake Wifi Module but Xfinity and Show box. Xfinity works now. I'll check Show Box in a bit. Thanks
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Unfortunately after I installed and checked the lemon fake wifi connection my FireTV box will not let me go into my settings. It keeps on reloading itself or going to photos every time I try to go into the settings menu. How do you uninstall using the cmd prompt?
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Uninstall via adb:
Code:
adb uninstall package_name
or use the -k option to keep the apps data and cache:
Code:
adb uninstall -k package_name
You can get the package name by running this on the apk file:
Code:
aapt dump badging /path/to/apk_file
I'm having a different problem with showbox on my fire TV, I side loaded the app and it works it plays the videos fine but the problem I'm having is after playing for so long they start freezing on me. I'm thinking I might need to install a different video player
I use the showbox video player included in the app because it will continuously play episodes. I have not noticed any freezing that you are mentioning, is it high quality, big movies or everything?
i've loaded showbox and tried it with and without the wifi faking module posted and all i get is no internet connection msg. i've used the wifi faking app to use xfinity tv go.
stanggman75 said:
I use the showbox video player included in the app because it will continuously play episodes. I have not noticed any freezing that you are mentioning, is it high quality, big movies or everything?
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it seems to only happen when i stop a movie or tv show or if its been playing for to long. I'm running the latest update of showbox
im going to install MxPlayer and see what happens from there.
I use MX player
kratos313 said:
it seems to only happen when i stop a movie or tv show or if its been playing for to long. I'm running the latest update of showbox
im going to install MxPlayer and see what happens from there.
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I use mxplayer with showbox and always works great ....I also use videomix app
How to navigate ShowBox?
Please help me to find out how to navigate ShowBox on Fire TV?
Do I need to buy a special controller?
ursa08 said:
Please help me to find out how to navigate ShowBox on Fire TV?
Do I need to buy a special controller?
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Either plug in a usb mouse or buy droidmote server and install in on the Fire TV and use droidmote client on your android device to control it.
ursa08 said:
Please help me to find out how to navigate ShowBox on Fire TV?
Do I need to buy a special controller?
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The k400 wireless keyboards has a touchpad, works great out of the box, or "limitless remote" app on your phone and sideloaded the server apk part on the FTV works good for free
Thank you guys! Going to try right now.
I'm getting 'dowloading data please wait...' etc whenever i try and install this on my fire tv, any ideas how to fix that?
Fire TV Stick & ShowBox
Show box works fine on the Fire TV, but has a lot of buffering issues with the Fire Stick, has anyone else experienced this?
Hi,
I bought the AFTV in Germany and installing SPMC worked fine. I was using OpenELEC before, but running XBMC / SPMC on the FTV seems to be better as I don'T have to place the bis computer next to my TV.
The problem I have: Nearly every video stutters from time to time (somtimes, minutes in between, som stutter all the way), althoug the network is fast (connected via Ethernet to a Syno DS214+ - single user so no other access).
Most videos I tested were MPEG2-TS (named .ts) or H-264 (also named .ts). But I also had an AVI that had this problem.
Any hints what to change to get this solved?
THX,
Matthias
You could try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/help/xbmc-video-stuttering-t2852227. Also search here for other threads.
I already tried the different combinations of HW-acceleration (libstagefright and mediacodec) but it did not help.
I also searched for other threads and did not find a matching one ...
Greetz,
Matthias
I believe I have a similar (or the same) problem... It seemed to work fine for a few months but lately stuttering started to occur on a daily basis
Mine was doing that too, fixed after a reboot, not sure what it was.
jmandawg said:
Mine was doing that too, fixed after a reboot, not sure what it was.
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Hmpf! Yes, well, in Germany, there is a saying for that: Sometimes, you don't see the wood because of all the trees.
I restarted (first thing I tell everybody who has IT problems) and, surprise, surprise: problem's gone.
Thanks a lot!
matmike said:
Hi,
I bought the AFTV in Germany and installing SPMC worked fine. I was using OpenELEC before, but running XBMC / SPMC on the FTV seems to be better as I don'T have to place the bis computer next to my TV.
The problem I have: Nearly every video stutters from time to time (somtimes, minutes in between, som stutter all the way), althoug the network is fast (connected via Ethernet to a Syno DS214+ - single user so no other access).
Most videos I tested were MPEG2-TS (named .ts) or H-264 (also named .ts). But I also had an AVI that had this problem.
Any hints what to change to get this solved?
THX,
Matthias
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I had stutters using WiFi, but since I cabled my connection I can run 1080 vids from my NAS and .ts files from my dreambox flawlessly. Have you tried a different port on your router?
jupppo said:
I had stutters using WiFi, but since I cabled my connection I can run 1080 vids from my NAS and .ts files from my dreambox flawlessly. Have you tried a different port on your router?
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I did not use WiFi-connection but cable from the beginning.
After a restart, it worked yesterday.
Restart help a bit, yes, but this is a sloppy and a temporary fix... Maybe a nice Task Manager app could help clear some junk?
Memory buffer issue
Gaiosan said:
Restart help a bit, yes, but this is a sloppy and a temporary fix... Maybe a nice Task Manager app could help clear some junk?
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This seems to me to be clearly buffer bloat, certain routers and switches have an issue with the router equivalent of a memory leak. I reboot my router every day, and never have an issue. There are usually updates available, or if your router is the right type, alternate firmware that can solve it permanently. I prefer the once a day reboot.
Dear Smart People,
I current have a a 2 TB HD and a 1 TB HD in a jbod setup going to my airport extreme (older model). The drives are both formatted with mac os x journaled since thats what the airport supports. When I launch xbmc it takes between a minute to 4 minutes to load certain files. It streams fine from 1channel and other online sources. I have tried running a cat 5 cable to the fire tv from the router and that still has slow load times. I have gone so far as to buy a new HD enclosure. I need your guys help to figure out why the load times are so bad. Any ideas will defiantly be helpful.
Best Regards,
Josh
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alright guys,
after hours of testing I realized if I got thru the video tab then to files and play my file thru there it loads very very quickly. I was hoping someone could shed some light on the fact that if I got thru the TV Shows tab of confluence it takes a long time to load. I really could use some help since I am stumped. Can't wait to see what people say!
Josh
How are you adding files -- smb share, UPnP?
they are connected to an airport extreme using the AFP file sharing. this worked perfectly on my ATV. I have done some internet research and have found out that the database maybe corrupt after it scans the files in since it loads very fast from the files menu. Please let me know how to fix this. I have a pastebin with my log file
UPDATE:
I have changed the location of the files to use SMB and now it appears to be working very well. Thank you so much for everyones help!
I just received the latest update on the Fire Stick, v.54.1.1.0_user_11041020.
I now can no longer access some menus on the sideloaded settings.apk. I click the bluetooth menu, and it closes out the app. Same with the wireless and data usage menus. So I can't pair up any wireless keyboards now.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled without any luck.
Any workarounds??
StoopidHead said:
I just received the latest update on the Fire Stick, v.54.1.1.0_user_11041020.
I now can no longer access some menus on the sideloaded settings.apk. I click the bluetooth menu, and it closes out the app. Same with the wireless and data usage menus. So I can't pair up any wireless keyboards now.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled without any luck.
Any workarounds??
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Unfortunately, I think the workaround may be to not update...
StoopidHead said:
I just received the latest update on the Fire Stick, v.54.1.1.0_user_11041020.
I now can no longer access some menus on the sideloaded settings.apk. I click the bluetooth menu, and it closes out the app. Same with the wireless and data usage menus. So I can't pair up any wireless keyboards now.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled without any luck.
Any workarounds??
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I am having the exact same issue. Brand new FireStick TV:
Software Version: Fire OS 5.0.3.2 (535062120)
I uploaded using ES Explorer via Cloud and MediaFire.
I noticed that when I push this file up, it shows as taking 4.77 MB, whereas tutorial videos showed something like 4.03 MB or something when you launch from Applications. It's the same Setup.APK that the tutorials use, but somehow gets bloated. I wonder if Amazon is doing something to the file when it is detected upon upload.
Maybe pushing the file in via another method or activating BT settings elsewhere is an option.
Same problem here. Looking for OS 5 compatible settings.apk
StoopidHead said:
I just received the latest update on the Fire Stick, v.54.1.1.0_user_11041020.
I now can no longer access some menus on the sideloaded settings.apk. I click the bluetooth menu, and it closes out the app. Same with the wireless and data usage menus. So I can't pair up any wireless keyboards now.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled without any luck.
Any workarounds??
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I also could not get any settings apk to work on mine (i tried Katkat & Lollipop versions but none worked) & had the same effects as you did, dont think you can use the settings apk with the new OS5 firmware? You cant pair your keyboard/controllers on your stick now i had the same problem on my AFTV2 box (not stick) but i have a usb socket which wouldnt work unless i did these steps bellow.
1. go to settings, deselect ADB Debugging (turn off)
2. plug in the wireless keyboard dongle, wired controller, usb hub or what ever you wanna connect
3. now everything works fine again
I know this is not a fix for your situation but im just letting you know ive also asked about the settings apk in the q&a forum here but had no responce.
Very frustrating night. Somehow android file transfer froze my mac so i needed to reboot. After that mysql, which ran fine before, would not start. Probably should've tried to fix it but wound up trying to reinstall it and never got it working again (it installs but won't start. Don't get to create a user for kodi.). So the plan was start tomorrow. For now I'd just rescan in my video sources.
I removed the sources then added the new ones. It lets me select them, it lets me set content, but then nothing happens...
Tried it on a 3 aftvs. I can play the sources over smb but they just won't scan. I did all the basic stuff I have the energy left for like rebooting router, restarting kodi, aftv etc.
If anyone has encountered this please give your input. Thanks.
BTW--if anyone's had issues running mysql on mac 10.10.4 I'd be interested in knowing if you had issues. I just took this OS X update like a month ago and it's been running flawlessly. Pretty sure this is the first time I needed to reboot and that's when mysql stopped for good. More info--the past few days Mac would sometimes give the message unable to find 192.xxx.xx however, it would connect just fine over smb. I'm confused and tired
Edit--pretty sure I figured out the Kodi issue. All 3 machines have advancedsettings and sources specific to mysql. If I manually remove them the library should update again. But the mysql on Mac problem still baffles me...