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...
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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?
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?
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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.
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....
With the latest rooted custom rom. One thing I've noticed is ez file explorer does not work unless on wifi. Has anything changed? Is there a way to make it work wired?
navigates said:
With the latest rooted custom rom. One thing I've noticed is ez file explorer does not work unless on wifi. Has anything changed? Is there a way to make it work wired?
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Got 2 rooted aftvs, one wired and one WiFi and they both work...what'd you mean by work? Is it crashing? Can't enable root explorer?
I mean enabling ftp when wired it says enable wan. When on wifi it shows turn on.
I have the same question. Is it not possible on wired?
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I have the same question. Is it not possible on wired?
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It used to work in the earlier firmware. I'm on the latest version of the rooted amazon firmware. The one earlier to this, it worked just fine. I've made a few firetv's and have the same setup for everyone. My parents have the earlier firmware and on wired, ftp can be enabled. It has something to do with the firmware but can't pin point. I've since downloaded the ftp server from amazon (link below) and that works for now but I like EZ file explorer better.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00S48KP96/ref=oh_aui_d_detailpage_o00_?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Same issue. Anyone figured this out yet...?
tdfsu said:
Same issue. Anyone figured this out yet...?
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I connect on WiFi and wired using the Lan tab. For stick I couldn't get it to work at all. Needed to use ftp server from play store.
Btw--before the update I used adbfire to mount smb drives and I could see sdcard and USB but now I can't see USB storage. There are ways to do it such as cyberduck on Mac and a sftp server on aftv (forgot the exact name of the app.) But would rather keep it simple.
I thought I tried the Lan tab. Will go back and check...
In the meantime, I installed 'Ftp Server Ultimate' onto my FTV from the Play Store and set it up to start the ftp server at boot and can connect to extUsb and internal. Works really well.
Another note, if u install AndFTP from the Play store to your phone and configure it to connect to your FTV ftp server, you can u use your phone file browser, like ES, to long press files on your phone, select share, and share the file to AndFTP and then select your FTV. Works awesome.
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I thought I tried the Lan tab. Will go back and check...
In the meantime, I installed 'Ftp Server Ultimate' onto my FTV from the Play Store and set it up to start the ftp server at boot and can connect to extUsb and internal. Works really well.
Another note, if u install AndFTP from the Play store to your phone and configure it to connect to your FTV ftp server, you can u use your phone file browser, like ES, to long press files on your phone, select share, and share the file to AndFTP and then select your FTV. Works awesome.
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I have Es on all my devices but find I get much faster transfers over Lan so I use that except on stick where I can't get ftp to work without the ftp server installed.
****actually I might've unintentionally misled you about the lan connection. I've just been using it so long I forgot. I have funkyfresh samba installed on both boxes and pretty sure that's why the Lan tab works in ES. You need root for that (I'm pretty sure you do anyways).
Ok thanks. Yes, I have root and I dont use wifi with FTV. Im not using samba...but that would make sense. Guess we're outa luck with ES and ftp...no biggie. I like the FTP Server Ultimate setup tho.
I'm really confused so I'll try to provide details I can recall...
My AFTV gen 1 with OS5 kodi install was a little glitchy so eventually wound up doing a clean install.
This came AFTER MANY attempts to preserve my data.
The last 2 times I tried this I completely wiped every bit of kodi data I had on internal and USB. I installed kodi Jarvis.
The 1st time I scanned sources and it populated fine. But when I exit kodi then relaunch it I'm greeted with what looks like a blank install!
To sum up, it appears like when I exit Kodi it sends Kodi data to my usb BUT there are no settings in place to actually read that data so Kodi is blank.
Last time I made certain to remove everything. Then I took my sources.xml from my other aftv (same setup) and moved it to the problem aftv. I start up kodi, all seems fine--my movies and TV shows are there. I exit and POOF! Its gone again. If I delete my kodi data from usb drive Kodi works again but when I exit it repeats the cycle.
I'm stumped. Any help is appreciated. Thanks
***I think the issue would be resolved if someone could just tell me why data keeps exporting to my usb drive. I keep deleting it but Kodi winds up back on my usb once I exit.
http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Change_data_location_for_Android
This took 5 seconds on google.
Backing up Kodi is as simple as copying over the userdata folder, btw. If you don't know how to copy files, learn to use adb and get to know the filestructure of kodi a bit better using a file explorer on the Fire TV. Or just use a File explorer and copy the userdata folder to a networkdrive (Total commandar f.e. has a lan plugin), or a usb stick, or... If you don't know what a folder is... Try to learn that as well...
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http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Change_data_location_for_Android
This took 5 seconds on google.
Backing up Kodi is as simple as copying over the userdata folder, btw. If you don't know how to copy files, learn to use adb and get to know the filestructure of kodi a bit better using a file explorer on the Fire TV. Or just use a File explorer and copy the userdata folder to a networkdrive (Total commandar f.e. has a lan plugin), or a usb stick, or... If you don't know what a folder is... Try to learn that as well...
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I appreciate the help but Ive been using Kodi since Frodo and aftv gen 1 since June 2014. Ive been through numerous kodi versions and never has the aftv just defaulted to moving all the data to usb...
In fact Im pretty sure it doesn't because theres methods available specifically for aftv to properly move data to usb.
I have to take a closer look at my other aftv. Its running the same kodi version.
***Btw my bandaid was to remove my usb stick and copy sources.xml from my other aftv. It works fine but of course not having external storage isnt a good option.