Hi;
I have set up my Firestick.
Sideloaded Kodi.
I want to be able to stream movies, etc. from the NAS to the TV and will it be possible to do it when away from home as I can do with my android phone?
When I go into setup on the stick, I see my network and then my Synology 212j NAS. I am using the windows (smb) function. When I click on the NAS, it gives me an error window. It does not connect.
I need specific directions on what to do. Is there a change on the NAS I need to make or a setting on the Firestick I need to change?
I can access the NAS from my computer, android phone, etc.
Thank you.
are u trying to add it in kodi?
firestick help
Yes. I am trying to add it into kodi. I have tried multiple ways with no success
your NAS has guest access disabled, you should add it manually in kodi.
in add video click browse, then in the list go down and add network location.
add your NAS manually in address field smb://your-nas-network-smb-name , then put the username and address and save it.
then go to the smb://your-nas and browse for your shared folders.
Firestick NAS help
Hi;
I have the amazon firestick.
I sideloaded Kodi 14.0 Helix,
It is connected on a 5G wifi with WPA2/PSK. /
I go to:
System / File manager / Add Source (A) / Browse / Scroll down to Windows network (SMB) /
When I click on it, it then shows my home workgroup, I click on it and it shows a printer, my "Diskstation, etc.
When I click on the Diskstation, I get an error pop up window that states, "Operation not permitted"
On an older laptop, on a non 5G network (because it will not see 5G), I can see the diskstation on the net work and log into it.
I'm sorry but I don't see the add video option that you mention. Any more specific path/info. would be appreciated.
Thank you for your help.
On main Kodi screen select Video then Files. Add videos. and browse to your NAS. Select NFS. You can rename it to your liking and access it the same way. Videos and Files. Don't try to add source through system.
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hey, i have an unrooted firetv and im trying to play some roms through xbmc (using rom collection browser). the roms are located on a NAS drive which all my devices have access to. I was able to get the plugin to import the roms and scrape the data but when i try to play any rom using an emulator i installed i get a message saying "unable to locate path sda1/blahblahblah/roms, path does not exist". I figure that this is because the device wont allow me to play the roms from the network shared
but if i were to root my drive - would it be possible to play the games i have from the shared drive or would i have to try something else like Samba or mounting a USB stick and porting the games to it?
even though XBMC can see the network drive.. im not sure if the fire TV itself does, so how would i let my firetv have access to the shared drive so i wont see this message anymore?
anyone able to help? im wondering if side-loading this SMB app on the fire tv will allow the device itself to see the shared folder and play games from it
has anyone tried this as yet?
I was wondering if it is possible to Copy over my flash drive from one FireTV to another one. I am buying 2 more for my house, have my first one set up perfectly with all the side loaded apps, XBMC and all of its settings. For XBMC I do have XBMC Backup - it doesn't remember a few things when I use the backup but it gets it mostly right. But loading all of this took me 1-2 hours.
Just wondering if there is an easier way to get my setup onto the other 2 new boxes.
Might be possible to do what you're trying to do with Titanium Backup, I know it runs on the FTV but I haven't used it for backing anything up yet.
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I was wondering if it is possible to Copy over my flash drive from one FireTV to another one. I am buying 2 more for my house, have my first one set up perfectly with all the side loaded apps, XBMC and all of its settings. For XBMC I do have XBMC Backup - it doesn't remember a few things when I use the backup but it gets it mostly right. But loading all of this took me 1-2 hours.
Just wondering if there is an easier way to get my setup onto the other 2 new boxes.
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1.) Download and sideload SSH Daemon http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/?id=web.oss.sshsftpDaemon on your configured amazon fire tv box
2.) run ftp client and connect to fire tv, using IP
3.) navigate in the android folder and copy the xbmc folder (SPMC com.semperpax.spmc, XBMC org.xbmc.xbmc) to your computer
4.) sideload SSH daemon on the new fire tv, install the same xbmc or spmc version that is one your first amazon fire tv
5.) use ftp client to connect to the new fire tv box and copy the folder from step 3 into the android folder of the new box.
mejdam said:
1.) Download and sideload SSH Daemon http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/?id=web.oss.sshsftpDaemon on your configured amazon fire tv box
2.) run ftp client and connect to fire tv, using IP
3.) navigate in the android folder and copy the xbmc folder (SPMC com.semperpax.spmc, XBMC org.xbmc.xbmc) to your computer
4.) sideload SSH daemon on the new fire tv, install the same xbmc or spmc version that is one your first amazon fire tv
5.) use ftp client to connect to the new fire tv box and copy the folder from step 3 into the android folder of the new box.
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He wants to backup everything, that could be slow as hell to do over again for every app he has. There are also much easier ways to backup XBMC settings. Titanium Backup should be able to let him backup/restore all his apps and their respective settings at one time.
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He wants to backup everything, that could be slow as hell to do over again for every app he has. There are also much easier ways to backup XBMC settings. Titanium Backup should be able to let him backup/restore all his apps and their respective settings at one time.
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Thank you! I will try Titanium Backup and let you know how it goes. Thanks for responding!
Hi - did you manage to do this with titanium?
I'm looking at doing this myself also. I've got one FTV set up exactly how did like it and want to copy apk's and all xbmc settings in one.
How do I go about connecting Kodi on my FireTV to my Mac on the same network? I'd like to back up Kodi and save the backups externally on my Mac, but I'm not sure how to access my Mac from the Fire TV. For example, when I go to the "Install from Zip File" window, I don't see any references to my Mac's hard drive listed in the sources there.
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How do I go about connecting Kodi on my FireTV to my Mac on the same network? I'd like to back up Kodi and save the backups externally on my Mac, but I'm not sure how to access my Mac from the Fire TV. For example, when I go to the "Install from Zip File" window, I don't see any references to my Mac's hard drive listed in the sources there.
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You can try NFS or FTP (however ftp makes your password visible in Kodi's sources list). SMB and AFP shares never seem to work right for me on OSX with Kodi. Actually NFS can be a pain too.
You may just what to push the file to the SDcard with adbfire
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786505
To add the sdcard to the Install from zip file source selection list in Kodi:
System>File Manager>Add source>Browse>select root filesystem>select sdcard
click ok
give it a name like #sdcard, the Hash tag is only to put it at the top of the source list alphabetically.
You can delete the zip file when you are done with ADBfire too.
I appreciate the reply. Yes, I've been using the SDcard as my connection point, but I was hoping to be able to connect my Fire TV to my Mac so I could schedule Backup to automatically store backups off of the Fire TV. In lieu of my Mac, I attempted to use my Dropbox account, but ran into difficulties there as well, which I'll post in a new thread.
Create an smb (windows) share on your Mac. If you want to use a password for the share create a user for network shares or use your own (gives a warning about not secure password storage). Otherwise enable the guest account on your Mac for network shares and add your destination folder to the list of shares in system settings.
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Success! Thank you, superkoal, for pointing the way. I was able to finally connect my Mac to my Fire TV.
The only bummer is the Backup program add-on still throws an error when I try and do a backup to my Mac. (I thought it might be a problem with using Dropbox as a backup location). But at least I'm finally connected, and that will certainly come in handy elsewhere.
Many thanks!
Could someone please post this method with more details for us newbs? The only method I have been able to figure out (and I've tried LOTS of guides and a parade of programs) is using SSHDroid and Yummy FTP on my Mac. Something is lacking here as if you send a large file it seems to hang at 2.14 GB and never complete. Don't know if that's a SSHDroid issue or not.
Wound up moving to es file explorer and have a more stable connection with no issues sending that large file. Guide is on my site as it's loaded with pictures. I can't post links so go to hackthatphone.com, click tutorials, click the fire tv icon and you'll see the short guide list I have.
My next goal: learning how to unmount and remount an external hard drive through a powered hub, if it's even possible....
hi guys, i dont find it anywhere else so i decided to just ask.
i installed kodi 15.0 in a fire stick and added a nas samba share without a problem. trouble is, that everything was working fine with an internet connection, but i need to use it in a local network with no internet and kodi does not see thr samba share at all. i checked and mi laptop i seeing the shared content fine, just kodi showing connection :busy in status, and cant see any shared foders to add to library.
is there any workaround? it should play local content without internet access...
I had to add a passwords.xml file to my userdata folder. Create it in Notepad and there doesnt have to be anything inside the file, kodi just needed it there for me for some reason.
Could it be that simple? I will try tonight and report...
Thanks btw...
Edit: unfortunately this didnt worked...
Scenario:
AFTV 2015 (4K version) with latest firmware. Kodi 15.2 installed.
Everything runs fine. Can connect over the LAN to my Synology NAS, and play all manner of files (AVI, MP4, MKV etc) over the network. Works great.
When I plug in my Kingston 32GB USB flash drive (yes, it's formatted as FAT32), I see a message on the AFTV that makes me think that the flash drive is "seen" by the unit ("the drive will be ready shortly" etc). But I don't know what else needs to be done to make it "visible" to the box, or to Kodi. When I go into Kodi, I don't seem to be able to find anywhere the option to browse the flash drive for files, or to mount it, or create a shortcut link to the flash drive location.
What am I missing? Anyone clue me in here?
Thanks!
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