Just about to order a Fire TV \o/
I know playback from USB storage is now an option when rooted but is it currently possible from within Plex?
Would love to plug in a USB HD and have the contents added to my library.
Edit: I know it's possible with XBMC/Kodi but I've got a soft spot for Plex
How can I transfer both types of data from Kodi to an external USB on my Amazon Fire TV. I notice some is stored on my USB and the rest is kept on the Amazon Fire TV by the looks of it? The app itself is on USB but all Application Data stays on the Fire TV which is annoying...
Thanks
kylerjphillips said:
How can I transfer both types of data from Kodi to an external USB on my Amazon Fire TV. I notice some is stored on my USB and the rest is kept on the Amazon Fire TV by the looks of it? The app itself is on USB but all Application Data stays on the Fire TV which is annoying...
Thanks
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read this: http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-partially-or-entirely-move-kodi-data-to-external-usb-storage/
I have samsung smart tv and i want to connect my tablet with that tv a cable usb. so when I'm doing it on tv shows me only the files from the hard disk, not from microsd card. Why? I dont have a root.
Now that I'm rooted I'm wondering if it's even possible to send a command to unmount my external hard drive on the powered hub that's connected to my Fire TV and then later remount it either by a command or just power cycling the Fire TV?
I'd just like to get away from the drive always running. Haven't had any luck finding this issue here.
Hello there, I have some questions regarding the FireTV
I bought one some day ago, I already have an AndroidTV box but it's sh*t and don't play 4k video so that's why I took the FireTV, unfortunately I didn't know that you can't put a NTFS disk on it.
So I have some questions, which can seems noob for you experts but I need to know, how can I read my HDDE (Seagate Expansion 3To) with the AmazonTV knowing that USB can't power it on, I guess the USB don't deliver enough power..
Also I'd like to root but I can't because I'm on 5.2.4.1 I tried the unbrick method provided here (I don't care if it bricks the FireTV anyway) but I'm stuck at "Reading 000000200 : 0%", I tried on W10, W7 it's the same problem. On Ubuntu I can't make the software working (Permission denied, tried with sudo & sudo su etc without forgeting the chmod -x...) I guess that's because preloader aren't the same anymore and can't read it.
Sorry for my english, and thanks for reading/helping.
Use Kodi and play with videos through network, I play UHD on external drive through my router with Kodi. I connect with SMB in Kodi. At least this works for me....
This is what I was doing before I bought the HDDE.. The problem is that I can't let my computer ON every night (I sleep with the TV yeah, bad habits ), It's been almost 1 year that my computer runs 24/24..
I use a wireless router that I plug a external hard drive into. I use it as a network drive, all my fire tv's and computers have access to it. Can you plug it into your router?
Unfortunately you don't have root, so looks like streaming content may be your only option. Personally I hate streaming and don't want to clog up my network so I use a rooted Fire TV with an external NTFS hard drive.
To answer the first half of your question you need to use a powered hub. The Fire TV can't power an external HDD, only thumb drives. Plug your external HDD into the hub, then the hub into the Fire TV. Works like a charm. I have a 4 TB HDD that I use for Kodi.
For those who do have root and want to use an external NTFS formatted hard drive (for those big HD files that go over 4 GB) I have a tutorial here: https://tinyurl.com/mgzvy52
You are wasting your time trying to root 5.2.4.1 on an unrooted device. The only method available is the one where you have to break out the soldering iron.
Michajin said:
I use a wireless router that I plug a external hard drive into. I use it as a network drive, all my fire tv's and computers have access to it. Can you plug it into your router?
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I do not have wireless router, also 4k movies would be laggy I guess. But thanks for the tip, I'll see if I can do something with it.
Thanks a lot PhoenixMark, that's what I saw on another thread, you can not root unless you dissasemble the FireTV.
Thanks for the tutorial, really appreciate.