ive got an AFTV thats been rooted and loaded with xbmc , i want to transfer addons from my pc to the FTV , i have tried using abdfire but when i try to push the file i get message saying "kodi not installed " , i have heard that i can share the file to the FTV , but when i go to "add from zip" in the FTV and then "user HP" (which i think is my pc) , this seems empty . Can someone please explain how to fix adbfire problem and also how i can share from pc to FTV ? im on windows 7 ( do i need to change any settings in the router ?) . thanks .
Are you trying to install Kodi addons from your PC to AFTV? Would it not be easier just to install them again from the repos from within Kodi (on AFTV)? Or install ES file explorer on your AFTV then link it to a dropbox account and copy the files to dropbox using your PC then access on your AFTV.
as title what is the best way to update from spmc 13.4 to 14.1 without losing settings and data on my AFTV
cheers
baz2011uk said:
as title what is the best way to update from spmc 13.4 to 14.1 without losing settings and data on my AFTV
cheers
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The easy way would be to use adbFire.
If you are comfortable with ADB then do this:
Kodi can be upgraded through ADB without losing your settings. To do this, you must use a newer version of the package already installed on the machine.
Download the package to your machine
Make sure ADB is connected to the Fire TV
Run adb install -r <apk-file-name>
Installation is complete when it reports the message "Success"
Kodi will still go through the "first run" screen the first time it is launched but your settings will remain intact.
The easy way would be to use adbFire.
If you are comfortable with ADB then do this:
Kodi can be upgraded through ADB without losing your settings. To do this, you must use a newer version of the package already installed on the machine.
Download the package to your machine
Make sure ADB is connected to the Fire TV
Run adb install -r <apk-file-name>
Installation is complete when it reports the message "Success"
Kodi will still go through the "first run" screen the first time it is launched but your settings will remain intact.
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Will running it with ES File Explorer (unknown sources enabled) and just installing suffice? (without losing data)
Install the backup addon for xbmc before you do this and make a backup (or manually backup your addons and userdata folders at the very least).
baz2011uk said:
as title what is the best way to update from spmc 13.4 to 14.1 without losing settings and data on my AFTV
cheers
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Simple, backup from adbfire to be safe. Then do the update with -r.
Final question why still on spmc. I've moved on to Frodo a while back with elmero's root addons. works very well.
I do use a nightly branch of frodo because the latest had the resume bug which I don't think is still fixed except in that branch.
cheers guys
i also have kodi 14.1 running so i can compare them but TBH i have no issues with either of them all content always plays fine but spmc a little stutter sometimes so use Kodi most of the time
i am thinking og removing the spmc anyway as only really had it there as a fall back and i am happy with kodi 14.1 so far
i did the update using the back up add on i just wanted to make sure
i have not used adbfire before as used the fire utility to side load or via my mobile with an app
is the -r via a command prompt
also does kodi auto update (on my Rpi it did this so so never really did the update part myself
I'll tell you the easy way to do it. There is absolutely no need to use adb. First, open your browser on your fire TV, and download the SPMC update. Install the SPMC update. Open SPMC one time, and you will notice that everything looks like a fresh install, but thats because wth SPMC 14.1 they switched from using the .XBMC folder to using the .SPMC folder. Now close SPMC, and from here just open your file explorer and go to android/data then find the spmc folder, click on it then click on the "files" folder and there will be two folders inside, one that says xbmc and one that says spmc, click on the xbmc folder and then move the addons folder and the user data folder to the SPMC folder and overwrite the addons folder and the userdate folder, job done. Advice, if you have a browser and a file explorer installd on your Fire TV there is really no need to use adb, unless you like wasting electricity.
porkenhimer said:
I'll tell you the easy way to do it. There is absolutely no need to use adb. First, open your browser on your fire TV, and download the SPMC update. Install the SPMC update. Open SPMC one time, and you will notice that everything looks like a fresh install, but thats because wth SPMC 14.1 they switched from using the .XBMC folder to using the .SPMC folder. Now close SPMC, and from here just open your file explorer and go to android/data then find the spmc folder, click on it then click on the "files" folder and there will be two folders inside, one that says xbmc and one that says spmc, click on the xbmc folder and then move the addons folder and the user data folder to the SPMC folder and overwrite the addons folder and the userdate folder, job done. Advice, if you have a browser and a file explorer installd on your Fire TV there is really no need to use adb, unless you like wasting electricity.
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Why stick to SPMC. Does it offer any advantages over Frodo 14.1. The latest version of frodo also has the resume feature fixed. I use Elmero's skin and that bring up all the root suspend and reboot options.
navigates said:
Why stick to SPMC. Does it offer any advantages over Frodo 14.1. The latest version of frodo also has the resume feature fixed. I use Elmero's skin and that bring up all the root suspend and reboot options.
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There is no "Frodo 14.1". Frodo was the name for XBMC 12.0 to 12.3, just as Kodi 14.x is called Helix. SPMC has android specific "patches which were not accepted, or are not acceptable, in the main XBMC tree." For instance, 14.1 SPMC added the ability to auto switch to 3D when playing a 3D movie on the FTV, something vanilla Kodi cannot do.
porkenhimer said:
I'll tell you the easy way to do it. There is absolutely no need to use adb. First, open your browser on your fire TV, and download the SPMC update. Install the SPMC update. Open SPMC one time, and you will notice that everything looks like a fresh install, but thats because wth SPMC 14.1 they switched from using the .XBMC folder to using the .SPMC folder. Now close SPMC, and from here just open your file explorer and go to android/data then find the spmc folder, click on it then click on the "files" folder and there will be two folders inside, one that says xbmc and one that says spmc, click on the xbmc folder and then move the addons folder and the user data folder to the SPMC folder and overwrite the addons folder and the userdate folder, job done. Advice, if you have a browser and a file explorer installd on your Fire TV there is really no need to use adb, unless you like wasting electricity.
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What version of ESfile Explorer are you using? I am using 3.0.5.1 and will not show any file in the directory. TY
bula1ca said:
What version of ESfile Explorer are you using? I am using 3.0.5.1 and will not show any file in the directory. TY
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You may need to enable "show hidden files" in the settings of your file manager.
bula1ca said:
What version of ESfile Explorer are you using? I am using 3.0.5.1 and will not show any file in the directory. TY
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Never mind, figure it out. TY
dismissthesky said:
There is no "Frodo 14.1". Frodo was the name for XBMC 12.0 to 12.3, just as Kodi 14.x is called Helix. SPMC has android specific "patches which were not accepted, or are not acceptable, in the main XBMC tree." For instance, 14.1 SPMC added the ability to auto switch to 3D when playing a 3D movie on the FTV, something vanilla Kodi cannot do.
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My bad. I meant Helix.
porkenhimer said:
I'll tell you the easy way to do it. There is absolutely no need to use adb. First, open your browser on your fire TV, and download the SPMC update. Install the SPMC update. Open SPMC one time, and you will notice that everything looks like a fresh install, but thats because wth SPMC 14.1 they switched from using the .XBMC folder to using the .SPMC folder. Now close SPMC, and from here just open your file explorer and go to android/data then find the spmc folder, click on it then click on the "files" folder and there will be two folders inside, one that says xbmc and one that says spmc, click on the xbmc folder and then move the addons folder and the user data folder to the SPMC folder and overwrite the addons folder and the userdate folder, job done. Advice, if you have a browser and a file explorer installd on your Fire TV there is really no need to use adb, unless you like wasting electricity.
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Because of this folder name change, is it correct to presume that SPMC can simultaneously exist as both 13.x and 14.1?
Axecaster said:
Because of this folder name change, is it correct to presume that SPMC can simultaneously exist as both 13.x and 14.1?
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No. When you install SPMC 14.1 it now just looks to a different folder, but only one isnstall of SPMC is actually being used. everythin on the SPMC system level is still the same, they just started using a different folder on the user level. All SPMC apks will install to the same place in the system data folder which means you cannot have two seperate versions of SPMC on the same device. In the future, if they change the directory of SPMCs data folder than it would be possible, but I do not see that happening. Apps usually never change their data directory unless they change or tweak the name of the app. A good example of this is when super player changed their name to g-player, they still kept the same data directory in the system so you could not install super player and g-player, cause the system sees them as the same app. The only reason you can install native XBMC and SPMC on the same device is because they use different data directories in the system, which mean the system sees them as being two different apps. Maybe if you ask the dev to change the data directory in the system for you it will be possible, but there is about zero chance he would do it, cause there would be a lot of work involved.
I've been having a hell of a time getting SPMC 14.1 to work properly for me. I was on 13.4 with no issues, but 14.1 keeps taking over launcher functionality. I DL'd the non-launcher version...even deleted my file and DL'd again to make sure...but everytime it kills my KFTV launcher. Not really sure what's going on. Using Kodi 14.1 for now...
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I've been having a hell of a time getting SPMC 14.1 to work properly for me. I was on 13.4 with no issues, but 14.1 keeps taking over launcher functionality. I DL'd the non-launcher version...even deleted my file and DL'd again to make sure...but everytime it kills my KFTV launcher. Not really sure what's going on. Using Kodi 14.1 for now...
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It's been working smooth for me but I've been having an issue with it on my sticks and particularly the genesis addon where if I play certain movies for a while it will simply automatically restart.
I finally got SPMC 14.1 up and running. I'm thinking that elmerohueso's program add-on was causing my forced launcher deal. I didn't load it this last install and no issues to report.
navigates said:
Why stick to SPMC. Does it offer any advantages over Frodo 14.1. The latest version of frodo also has the resume feature fixed. I use Elmero's skin and that bring up all the root suspend and reboot options.
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Frodo? Resume works for me in helix. From what I know spmc is no longer necessary for android though lots of people seem to swear by it. Last one I tried was 13.2 and it did run well. But since going to helix I've had no need to switch.
Hi could you clever folks help a guy out, I'm trying to do what it says in the thread title but I do not have a PC, I use agk fire and es file explorer.
can anyone do a quick idiots guide on how I can do this.
Many thanks.
Just go to you SPMC foldr and delete the thumbnail folder, and make sure you also delete the texture database file too. The thumbnail folder will auto recreate itself. If you do not delete the textures DB file iit will take a long time for Kodi to make new thumbnails.
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Just go to you SPMC foldr and delete the thumbnail folder, and make sure you also delete the texture database file too. The thumbnail folder will auto recreate itself. If you do not delete the textures DB file iit will take a long time for Kodi to make new thumbnails.
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Thanks for the reply.
Yes I already know how to delete thumbs and textures 13.dB.
I'm trying to redirect thumbs to external flash drive. It can be done but I have no PC.
Think this is for kodi
from ftv news
how can I do this manually using esfile explorer for spmc
Guide
Ensure that your USB drive is connected to your Fire TV, that Kodi is installed on your Fire TV, and that you’ve launched Kodi at least once before proceeding with this guide. It does not matter if Kodi is installed on the Fire TV’s internal storage or on external USB storage.
Force stop Kodi on your Fire TV by going to Settings > Applications > Manage Installed Applications, selecting Kodi, and selecting the Force stop option.
Connect to your Fire TV via ADB.
Open a Fire TV shell prompt by running the command:
adb shell
Create a directory called kodi on your USB drive where we will move Kodi’s thumbnail files by running the command:
mkdir /storage/extUsb/kodi
Copy Kodi’s thumbnail files to your USB drive by running the command:
cp -r /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails /storage/extUsb/kodi/
This may take a while depending on the size of your Kodi installation and the speed of your USB drive.
Create a blank Kodi configuration file by running the command:
touch /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/advancedsettings.xml
Fill the configuration file by running the command:
echo \<advancedsettings\>\<pathsubstitution\>\<substitute\>\<from\>special://thumbnails/\</from\>\<to\>/storage/extUsb/kodi/Thumbnails/\</to\>\</substitute\>\</pathsubstitution\>\</advancedsettings\> > /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/advancedsettings.xml
Launch Kodi and verify everything is working correctly.
Delete Kodi’s thumbnail files from your Fire TV’s internal storage by running the command:
rm -rf /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails
Can anyone please help
astro77 said:
Hi could you clever folks help a guy out, I'm trying to do what it says in the thread title but I do not have a PC, I use agk fire and es file explorer.
can anyone do a quick idiots guide on how I can do this.
Many thanks.
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I have a Mac and a PC and I've never tried but unless someone corrects me....android terminal is very similar to Mac as it applies to Unix. So you can install android terminal on your device and run the same commands in the aftvnews guide. I'm not even 50% certain it works. Your android might need to be rooted but not certain there either.
Its just I noticed your notngetting many answers. At the very least I'm sure itnwont hurtnto try. And, I'm very curious to see if it would work.
As I understand it there are definite limits, thats why the guides usually say Mac, PC or linux. But we can connect with adb (actually that's much simpler to do with android) so its might be worth a shot.
You will need to Google if you don't know manually copy and paste paths but this isnpretty simple too. Hope it works. And if someone knows of a reason this won't work hopefully you'll let both of us know.
Thank you a lot
Downloaded the terminal on my android tablet but have no idea how to connect to fire TV over WiFi using the terminal app.
Was going to just create a "text" XML file containing the correct path then just put it in the right location on my fire TV with esfile explorer and maybe copy a few folders from spmc to flash drive........
I'm sure its simple when you know how lol.
If that works for you that's even simpler. You can still use the terminal to adb push your XML. Place it in userdata. Then you'll probably need to delete textures13db from the database and restart kodi. Before the new updates this was how I stored thumbs and it worked as well as it does now. Once you verify advanced settings and it works you can delete the thumbnails from your internal sdcard.
Good stuff :good:
just don't know what to name the XML and the contents path for spmc.
As you can tell I'm not very experienced at this stuff.
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something like
<advancedsettings\>\<pathsubstitution\>\<substitu te\>\<from\>special://thumbnails/\</from\>\<to\>/storage/extUsb/kodi/Thumbnails/\</to\>\</substitute\>\</pathsubstitution\>\</advancedsettings\>
please someone help
if you have done this by whatever method could you please open up your advanced XML file and copy and paste it here please.
Cracked it
made a text file using esfile explorer on my tablet named:
advancedsettings.xml
then put this in the file:
<advancedsettings>
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>special://profile/Thumbnails/</from>
<to>/storage/extUsb/Thumbnails/</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
connected my tablet to aftv using esfile explorer over WiFi and moved the file to spmc userdata
opened spmc and deleted textures and thumbs folder, close spmc, restarted and it worked.
thanks too all that replied
Hi,
Tried to install Kodi on my firestick, it said it was succesful but when i plugged it back into my tv its not listed in my hdmi channel.
Now adbfire will not recognise my firestick. I installed over wifi using adbfire, using a Mac
Make a Dropbox account.
Make a folder called Fire TV.
Put the apps you want to install on your Fire Stick in that folder, such as the Kodi.apk File.
Login to your Amazon account linked to Fire Stick. Go here - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008K6HN8I/?tag=aftvn-20
Send ES File Explorer to your Fire TV via the Amazon.com website via the Deliver To option on top right.
Go onto your Fire TV, Open the ES File Explorer App.
Scroll down to Cloud. Click it, choose Dropbox and type in your name and password.
Now your Fire Stick has access to your Dropbox. You can install the .apk files directly on your Fire Stick without having to use adbfire or push files anymore from a computer.
In the future when you want to update Kodi or any other apps, just download the file to your phone or PC and drag it into the Dropbox folder. Then you can access it from your Fire Stick.
Install Firestarter using ES File Explorer & then use FireStarter to Install TVMC ???
I have been reading so much amazing things about firestarter and now I'm ready to dive in. But I have a few questions....
1) Can I install FireStarter using ES File Explorer? If so, are there any guides/tutorials for this?
2) Once FireStarter is Installed, can I then use FireStarter to install TVMC? or do I have to install Kodi then use Fusion Wizard? Any guide/tutorial for this?
Thanks for any help you can provide !!!
jbl0ggs said:
I have been reading so much amazing things about firestarter and now I'm ready to dive in. But I have a few questions....
1) Can I install FireStarter using ES File Explorer? If so, are there any guides/tutorials for this?
2) Once FireStarter is Installed, can I then use FireStarter to install TVMC? or do I have to install Kodi then use Fusion Wizard? Any guide/tutorial for this?
Thanks for any help you can provide !!!
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I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure TVMC is just a custom Kodi build. I'm assuming if you download the .apk it'll just install Kodi with the sources and add-ons.
The way i did it was...
1) Installed ES File Explorer
2) Installed Firestarter using ES File Explorer
3) Installed latest stable version of Kodi from FireStarter
4) Used Fusion/Wizard to install popular Add-ons (TVMC)
extremely easy
jbl0ggs said:
The way i did it was...
1) Installed ES File Explorer
2) Installed Firestarter using ES File Explorer
3) Installed latest stable version of Kodi from FireStarter
4) Used Fusion/Wizard to install popular Add-ons (TVMC)
extremely easy
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What steps did you take for #2? Dropbox?
Lol. said:
What steps did you take for #2? Dropbox?
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for #2, you launch ES File Explorer
- Select "Add" from the options listed on the left side of the screen
- For the Path enter "https://github.com/sphinx02/FireStarter/releases" (don't include quotes)
- For the name enter "FireStarter"
- Click on Add
- Find "FireStarter" from the list of Bookmarks on the left side of the screen and select it
- This will render the Github web page in ES Explorer
- Highlight/select the FireStarter apk download link, this will download the apk and then open once prompted
- Click on Install
Just found a video that gives a step by step to install the FireStarter using ES File Explorer...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj6gq-yNH_8
Easiest way is to create a LAN conexión to your pc or cellphone with ES file explorer, then copy files back and forth to your firetv/stick, there's tons of tutorial videos on YouTube on how to do this..
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