I have a rooted FireTV with a connected external HD (1.5 TB WD) that I use for watching shows and movies via XBMC. Previously I had the hard drive connected to my laptop that sits next to the FireTV via an ethernet bridge connection, but that became cumbersome and I had to move the laptop to a new area. My router doesn't support connecting the drive as a network drive, so I figured out how to connect the HD directly to the FireTV and none of the buffering issues are present like they are over wifi with the HD connected to my ancient laptop.
Problem is, I'm not sure how to easily connect to the drive (wirelessly) from the laptop to the HD while it is connected to the FireTV so that I can move new media to it. I might be overthinking this, but is there an easy way to do this through Windows 7 on the laptop or will I need to use an FTP service or other program to connect to the HD? The FireTV comes up as a device in Network and Sharing Center but I can't double-click and see the HD like you could for other computers.
Thanks!
For me personally the easiest way I found to move files from pc to the AFTV/AFTVS is to install an app called Web PC Suite. In a nutshell it allows you to move files from your pc's web browser to the Fire TV.
Install the app on your Fire TV, run it & type in the ip & port into your web browser on your pc, accept the connection & move your files. The caveat here is, as to whether this app will recognize external storage but if your run StickMount then theoretically it should, your device has to be rooted though, for StickMount to work.
I have the Stick with no external storage attached but moving files from pc the the internal storage is a breeze.
EL TEJANO said:
For me personally the easiest way I found to move files from pc to the AFTV/AFTVS is to install an app called . In a nutshell it allows you to move files from your pc's web browser to the Fire TV.
Install the app on your Fire TV, run it & type in the ip & port into your web browser on your pc, accept the connection & move your files. The caveat here is, as to whether this app will recognize external storage but if your run then theoretically it should, your device has to be rooted though, for StickMount to work.
I have the Stick with no external storage attached but moving files from pc the the internal storage is a breeze.
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This worked, and I was also able to FTP into there after going through some tutorials I found online for moving items to the internal storage. It took me awhile to find where the USB drive was hiding, but I did finally click through enough folders to find its path and was able to move a video file there over wifi that played via XBMC. It did, however, take about 40 mns to move a 2GB file so I'm not sure that it's best for moving files quickly but it will be nice not to have everything physically plugged into each other. I do have root and I use stickmount to mount the drive; looking forward to adding ROMS this way and using the FireTV as an emulator. I appreciate your help!
Wow, 40 min for 2 gigs? I can't say if that's a limitation on the connection, the Fire Tv or a combo of both but yeah I can see how that can become a nuisance. Anyhow, glad you found a temp. solution for now.
At that rate of transfer, you're probably better off disconnecting the external hdd & connecting it directly to your pc, at least for files that large. Smaller files you should be good to go as is.
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Anyone know how I would go about mounting my EVO's sdcard on a pc wirelessly? Thanks.
bluetooth?
lol, yes that is a question
Bluetooth File Transfer from the Market works well for me, although obviously your PC has to have Bluetooth as well. I bought a cheap Bluetooth dongle for my laptop.
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Anyone know how I would go about mounting my EVO's sdcard on a pc wirelessly? Thanks.
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I just use dropbox. drop the file you want on your dropbox folder then go to your phone, find that then download it and your good
Drop box is a necessity that or sugar sync basically same thing. I use it for all my side loaded apps so they are always ready when I flash a new rom.
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I use ftpserver on the phone and cuteftp on the computer.
Try SwiFTP, I think its what youre looking for.
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Drop box is a necessity that or sugar sync basically same thing. I use it for all my side loaded apps so they are always ready when I flash a new rom.
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why not use a2sd? (apps 2 sd)
Ive tried most of the solutions mentioned. I'm particularly looking to be able to access my EVOs sdcard either through a mounted drive or windows share wirelessly. Its important I can access it in this fashion because I work on computers all day and would like to be able to carry my drivers collection around with me. Its nice to be able to just point a machine to a drive share load the appropriate drivers. FTP, Dropbox and WebDAV solutions just to make this process efficient for me.
EStrongs File Browser is nice how it can browse PCs on the same subnet but I would like to do the same except browse my phones storage from the PC side via a share.
If you used something like dropbox you wouldn't need to use your phone at all just load up your dropbox with all of them and then just log on to the dropbox website on the computer you need the drivers.
I would think that anything that would make so you could wirelessly push files from your evo to a computer, would require a program or driver installed or a Bluetooth dongle, and that would take most of the point of away
you can always just carry around a usb cable and do it that way.
do a bluetooth file transfer, that usually works for me
try android desktop it is a small websserver on your phone it allows you to access your phone through the pc web browser. free from ao store. Blue tooth is fairly slow on large files. with the desktop you should be able to use the wifi or 3 g.
hi guys!
I was a backer for OUYA project because I wanted to replace a chinese device I bouhgt long time ago. Basically that device had a mini linux on it with a transmission client running as a service. It was possible to conect via web to the client and add torrent files into it. very easy but the fallback was that the device often got stuck, it was not able to manage several downloads at once...so I heard about OUYA!!
An android console that it will let install any APK. immediately I saw the opportunity of replacing my chinese device....until here my story.
Now with my OUYA, on top of the games, I run XMBC to see the movies that I downloaded using aTorrent Pro or uTorrent, both sideloaded without any issue. For the subtitles I use Subtitle Droid Pro. Everything kind of works, the three apps are not really prepared for the ouya controller but you can use the touch area to control them. but in order to look for a movie becomes a nightmare typing with the screen keyboard using the controller... and this is exactly the step I would like to improve if possible. Basically the steps will be the following.
Turn on the OUYA and run the torrent client with web interface
take my laptop, look for the torrent files
upload them using the web interface
OUYA downloads them in peace and quiet.
Did someone find a solution for that?
Thanks a lot in advance.
J
have you tried Blue Board?
install it on ouya from the play-store and your android-phone from the play store. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alienmantech.blue_board_tablet&hl=de
then you can use your phone as keyboard for the ouya.
nice solution but it doesnt seem to work for me. I have a new Nexus 7 .
I first set buetooth in ouya to be discoverable and I paired the two devices succesfully.
But when I try to connect to it it always says:
Unable to connect:read failed, socket might closed or timeout, read set -1
do you have any idea what could be the issue?
thanks!
You can use something like droidmote client/server or a bluetooth keyboard as the logitech dinovo mini.
hey, working on that too!
just mounted my 3tb with paragon's ntfs tool! works like a charm!
xbmc gotham alpha8 for dts playback.
and u should use the mobile xbmc remote for some options!
now working on samba share for the 3tb and the transmisson solution with working webinterface!
cheers
I use this: OUYA in StockPlus (for the Cifs support) + Mount Manager (play store) + Time Capsule 3T + MELE f 10 pro control ($30) + uTorrent
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I posted the reply below on the thread about the file server.
In addition to below you could have your remote downloads automatically transfer over FTP to the OUYA using GoodSync (google it).
In essence you would remotely start your torrents to download onto a PC, then goodsync would send those files to your OUYA USB drive.
Personally i don't do this because I like to rname and clean up the downloads first before putting them in my library.
I've tried nearly all the set-ups above but the one I find most reliable uses ES File Explorer. No need for root or anything else.
Sideload ES File Explorer
Open ES File Explorer
Go to Remote Manager, under tools
Go to Settings (for remote manager)
Turn off 'Close on exit'
Set root directory as your external USB drive connected to the OUYA
Exit settings, and turn on WLAN
I then use an Filezilla to transfer all my downloaded files from my Desktop directly to the correct folder locations on the USB drive connected to the OUYA. I get really solid speeds on the transfer between the two devices.
I can then leave the OUYA in XBMC mode, while being able to transfer any downloads very quickly to the USB drive whenever I want.
Note: I found this worked best when OUYA was connected via wi-fi. Ethernet was problematic
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chadley78 said:
I posted the reply below on the thread about the file server.
In addition to below you could have your remote downloads automatically transfer over FTP to the OUYA using GoodSync (google it).
In essence you would remotely start your torrents to download onto a PC, then goodsync would send those files to your OUYA USB drive.
Personally i don't do this because I like to rname and clean up the downloads first before putting them in my library.
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Oi, i kno this is old, but you can actually download the magnet link .torrent archive instead of running it, then upload them to dropbox and open them from your ouya, that way you can do it
So, I cant root the fire tv obviously and I bought it so someone i know can use it offline to watch offline movies instead of dvds. No way around this problem? I sideloaded KodiTV but its no use since I cant even use a flash or HDD
Can you sideload ES Explorer and connect to an SMB share on a NAS or Windows/Linux Server? it sounded like some people are doing that.
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So, I cant root the fire tv obviously and I bought it so someone i know can use it offline to watch offline movies instead of dvds. No way around this problem? I sideloaded KodiTV but its no use since I cant even use a flash or HDD
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Is there a PC with spare hard drive space on the same network?
Kodi/SPMC/XBMC has the ability to make an SMB connection to a windows file share and play files from it. I do this with my Fire TV (box) and Fire TV stick to connect to my Win2012 server with many hard drives in it (holding all my movies converted from my blurays).
If a "Browse Master" isn't available on the network you wont be able to "browse" to find the computer and shared folder, and will instead have to manually use IP address and folder info for the "server" machine into Kodi/SPMC/XBMC when trying to setup the SMB connection. Extra info see -> http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=133624
Offline usage.
I have this Dane-Elec Media Streamer for hooking USB and SD cards that lets me connect to it through the FireTV's internet menu.
If you can sideload a matching app for one of these streamer doohickies,you should be able to connect straight to one.
There is one downside where it can stupidly auto-connect to a different remembered internet connection when you are using the streamer's connection.
I wonder if there is an offline cloud box for accessing files via "offline internet" or maybe even bluetooth?
She doesnt have a computer. I'm thinking I gotta keep this for myself since I got a few hard drives on my computer
There are quite a few Video Add-ons for XBMC/Kodi that make local storage a thing of the past. Between those and IPTV configs, you may not even notice. Although, most USA ISPs don't like streaming only households. Overages, etc may hurt the pocketbook...
Have a 5TB external plugged up to my FTV2.
Trying to figure out the quickest way to transfer files from my laptop or desktop to my USB without having to unplug/plug/unplug, etc.,
Obvious answers are push files using adb, but that's a lengthy process depending on internet speeds. Same for ES File Explorer if I want to use FTP. Not wanting to use Plex as a server either before someone recommends that, as I want to save my internet connection and just play files locally from my USB storage.
Looking more for something where I may be able to use a crossover/ethernet cable for high speed, or even map the network drive like I was able to do with my old WDTV.
Any help?
try on Windows Total Comander and the Plugin http://totalcmd.net/plugring/android_adb.html
It works like a charm - best i know
Hi, I have the Nvidia shield pro, not rooted yet, but with sidelauncher, Kodi and Es file explorer.
I have a 3TB WD HD attached to the Shield box with movies and I would like to read/write access this drive from my Windows PC, or from my tablets.
The Shield box is wired to my router, the PC/tablets are wifi.
From Kodi I can see all the media I share on my PC. But my PC can not see Kodi or the media attached to Shield, eventhough it is set up correctly.
What am I missing here?
Any input greatly appreciated.!
Connect it to PC using micro-usb port from Shield TV to USB in your PC.
Then it will appear then in "Devices and drives"
You'll be able to access Internal storage and SD card too from there
Or you can instal FTP Server on the Shield and any FTP client on computer to connect. I use this solution instead of ESexplorer for a few days and I find it more user friendly
What method are you trying to use? If you want to set up Samba fileshares, you will need root (and it's really slow in my experience.)
Its not super bad actually, if I need to transfer large files I just plug my HDD into the computer but for the most part running a samba server is the best way to go.