Here is a video showing my Fire Stick with otg enabled using a San disk flash drive and a generic hdd dock. I have the command to enable OTG autorun at boot as a script from within rom roolbox lite.
It only works with es file explorer for some reason, maybe if your a developer and would like to try figure out how to get it working more universal jump in with your thoughts.
I can install from the flash/HDD and watch video listen to audio (open with either es media or Kodi).
Ive treid to do the same with another fire stick and cant get same results.
Let me know what you think here or on the youtube video, maybe we can get this working for all.
https://youtu.be/JL6u_qBaur4
This is exciting. I've been very interested in this possibility for a while. Working in Kodi, ES, and I would guess anything that can access (and request permission to access) the local file system should also work.
Any idea why it's not something you can replicate on other Sticks?
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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've been reading and reading on xda, xbmc.org.... And I've got my aftv rooted, xbmc installed and working well... I've got a usb stick on it with stickmount... What I can't seem to find is how to get movies I download on aftv xbmc to save on the usb stick...
Also, where can I get an up to date gsnes emulator apk and how do I get roms on the usb stick? Just save from my laptop on the stick and put it back on the firetv?
Thanks for any help
hdjoe said:
I've been reading and reading on xda, xbmc.org.... And I've got my aftv rooted, xbmc installed and working well... I've got a usb stick on it with stickmount... What I can't seem to find is how to get movies I download on aftv xbmc to save on the usb stick...
Also, where can I get an up to date gsnes emulator apk and how do I get roms on the usb stick? Just save from my laptop on the stick and put it back on the firetv?
Thanks for any help
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I use Total Commander for moving files from my computer to my usb stick in my AFTV.
XBMC has config files you can change the location of stuff in them. There is probably a few threads explaining how. I'd do a search.
I use Foldermount to move some of my Xbmc stuff to my usbstick. But I don't download movies thru xbmc, so I don't know if it stores them there.
Google Play store will have your up to date emulators. At the very least, they have links to the dev's websites which usually have the apk's you can download.
I made a directory on my usbstick called ROMS and then I make sub directories, like NES, SNES, GBA, Gen, etc for my roms & bios (as needed).
Thanks for your help! Once I get my 32gb stick tomorrow, I'll get locked down how you said..
hi new to this fire tv box , I had mashup working with xbmc , see now about this mashup fix of nov 14 fix , ,my question is how to put that fix on fire tv , I tried usb stick , the file is on the stick ,put stick in fire tv but don't see anything anywhere on the fire tv where that file is , like to get mashup working again even if its not for long ,anyone put that fix on fire tv and how u did it tks , I used adb fire to put xbmc on my fire tv
Mashup into Amazon Fire Tv
hello;
1. Your amazon must be rooted this will allow to use a usb thumbdrive
2.First, reboot your AFTV with the usb thumdrive connected
3.The rooted AFTV will detect it
4.Look in system, settings, addon, install from zip file
5. Look for the root file system, then storage, sdcard0, then usbstorage and finally sda1,
6. sda1 will be your thumbdrive, from there you locate the mashup.zip file and
install it as any other addon.
I hope it helps you
otaner14 said:
hello;
1. Your amazon must be rooted this will allow to use a usb thumbdrive
2.First, reboot your AFTV with the usb thumdrive connected
3.The rooted AFTV will detect it
4.Look in system, settings, addon, install from zip file
5. Look for the root file system, then storage, sdcard0, then usbstorage and finally sda1,
6. sda1 will be your thumbdrive, from there you locate the mashup.zip file and
install it as any other addon.
I hope it helps you
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You shouldn't need Root.. You should just be able to use the AFTV Utility v31 to sideload the mashup.zip to SDCard/Download folder & install it from there. Then use ES Folder Explorer to delete the Mashup.zip to reclaim the space.
are you sure Mashup is working? I thought its offline.
I did the steps u said , but when I get to sdcard0 don't see any usb storage ? after I click on it and I don't see sda1
Mashup into Amazon Fire Tv
if you connect your usb to the aftv before and the turn on the device
the aftv will recognize the usb and then it will presented as sda1
in the root directory as I previous wrote , in order to install the
mashup.zip which is the fix for mashup
thanks
Mashup is gone. The Dev didn't want the liability of potential lawsuits.
still don't see anything ,tried it a few times , got mashup back on my fire tv using adbfire
Not rooted
I emailed the fix to myself, used the fire to save it to downloads. Loaded it in xbmc, no issues.
Hello!
Just purchased a Fire TV 4k to replace my WDTV Live and I've run in to a bit of a problem. I have successfully rooted the machine and I installed Stickmount to be able to access my NTFS-formated external hard drive but Stickmount appears to be unable to see the drive. The drive is a Seagate 4TB, powered by a separate PSU but it does not appear to turn on at all either when plugged in to the Fire TV or when trying to mount it.
Is there something silly that I am overlooking? Is there a known issue with some drives or perhaps I am just really unlucky and this one won't work? Are there alternatives to using Stickmount?
All I want to do is have a nicer looking, better performing version of the WDTV to play my media... Why must you make it so tricky Amazon?
Anyway, really appreciate your help and patience!
okay so, turns out switching off debugging via USB allowed the drive to power up but it still doesn't seem to be mountable or, perhaps, i can't see the drive's contents on kodi.
any idea where that stuff usually goes?
I only rooted two days ago. Stickmount hasn't been useful for me. Paragon exFAT, NTFS & EFS+ however has been great with my NTFS hard drives. It seems to run and do most stuff automatically, it does have a couple of options. If your drive is alive after installation this is the process to get things working in Kodi.
1) Go into KODI and select the Video menu then Files below it.
2) Select Files from the menu then Add videos. A window called Add Video source should appear.
3) Click the Browse button. Select External storage. You'll see a folder named ParagonNTFS If your drive is mounted.
4) Select or Open ParagonNTFS then click OK on the right side of the screen.
5) The Add Video source window appears, click Add. Then OK
From there it's straight forward. Kodi will ask how you have your files stored, index them and other fun things. So far with hard drives I've found that the Fire TV 2 wants them to be powered or connected to a powered USB hub.
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I only rooted two days ago. Stickmount hasn't been useful for me. Paragon exFAT, NTFS & EFS+ however has been great with my NTFS hard drives. It seems to run and do most stuff automatically, it does have a couple of options. If your drive is alive after installation this is the process to get things working in Kodi.
1) Go into KODI and select the Video menu then Files below it.
2) Select Files from the menu then Add videos. A window called Add Video source should appear.
3) Click the Browse button. Select External storage. You'll see a folder named ParagonNTFS If your drive is mounted.
4) Select or Open ParagonNTFS then click OK on the right side of the screen.
5) The Add Video source window appears, click Add. Then OK
From there it's straight forward. Kodi will ask how you have your files stored, index them and other fun things. So far with hard drives I've found that the Fire TV 2 wants them to be powered or connected to a powered USB hub.
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ah fantastic, i shall look in to this. what's the easiest way to get ParagonNTFS onto the Fire TV?
May I make a suggestion if this doesn't work out? Your router might have a USB port designed to allow a hard drive's contents to be a network share. Not only will Kodi be able to access the drive easier, every computer/Fire TV will be able to access it, too.
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May I make a suggestion if this doesn't work out? Your router might have a USB port designed to allow a hard drive's contents to be a network share. Not only will Kodi be able to access the drive easier, every computer/Fire TV will be able to access it, too.
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unfortunately mine doesn't. i have found out that my old WDTV Live acts as a NAS server of some kind (i guess, it allows a harddrive to appear on the network anyway) so i am using that for now and able to view all my files. i will try out Paragon or otherwise buy the cheap usb-ethernet device i was linked to via Reddit.
Glad I found this thread.
Here's a Mac guide for this. It will cover formatting a drive in NTFS and the program you need on the Fire TV to mount the NTFS drive and how to make this work with Kodi.
http://marksmods.com/Hack-the-Fire-...e-Fire-TV-and-use-an-External-Hard-Drive.html
I'm loving this Fire TV more every day.
Just for hard drive?
Guys, being limited to fat32 and related file size < 4gb is the biggest issue that really sucks with ftv for me. I have some questions, as you already successfully removed this limt.
Does this way by paragon ntfs help even to mount an usb stick? Will stick be mounted as otg (as fat32 before) or do i will find it in the paragonntfs folder, same as the HDD?
What method you took for rooting?
If used kingroot, did you apply factory reset after finished , as i read of this recommendation?
Thanks and cheers
Meandi51 said:
Guys, being limited to fat32 and related file size < 4gb is the biggest issue that really sucks with ftv for me. I have some questions, as you already successfully removed this limt.
Does this way by paragon ntfs help even to mount an usb stick? Will stick be mounted as otg (as fat32 before) or do i will find it in the paragonntfs folder, same as the HDD?
What method you took for rooting?
If used kingroot, did you apply factory reset after finished , as i read of this recommendation?
Thanks and cheers
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An external drive is an external drive. I don't see why there would be any difference to paragon whether you were using a flash chip or a spinning platter to contain your data files.
Rooted today and paragon app works well with flash chip. Anyone experience with CF stickmount? What's the difference to Paragon except it needs extfat formatted drives?
Paragon ntfs su notifications
Hi,
im on the latest prerooted rom on my 2gen fire tv with Paragon ntfs intalled.
But i always get these paragon su granted notifications on screen every 5-10min, which drives me crazy
Does anybody get the same notifications?
How do i get rid of them?
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!
@Loobster
/storage/usbotg
Visible by ES Explorer and KODI
Rooted Fire TV 2 gen + USB Hub