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RE: Amazon Fire TV for XBMC - schwang - 2014-07-09 (2014-07-09, 23:37)RustyTongueRing Wrote:(2014-07-09, 23:29)schwang Wrote:(2014-07-09, 23:19)MaxieWagner Wrote: FWIW, I was shocked when my Dad called me and said that he was getting messages that his Fire TV Memory was critically low. With only one app and XBMC installed, I couldn't understand how this could be the case. The poster used Stickmount which needs the device to be rooted. Unless the pathsub can be set up to go back to my computer's hard drive? Is there anywhere that there might be step by step instructions on how to set this up? I'm still pretty new and I have little experience in doing what was described to me a few posts back. I have no idea where or how to enter the commands the poster provided. thanks RE: Amazon Fire TV for XBMC - jocala - 2014-07-09 (2014-07-09, 22:45)putnam_press Wrote:(2014-07-07, 21:09)jocala Wrote: http://jocala.com/adbfire.html I just got a new ftv last Thursday and it still had the original pre-51.1.0.2 software, I forget the version. No other software required for root. Just push the button (and run towelroot on the ftv, pressing its "make it rain" button.) RE: Amazon Fire TV for XBMC - schwang - 2014-07-10 So, after some investigating, I saw that installing stickmount and foldermount on a rooted aftv will allow me to move the thumbnails from the internal storage over to a mounted hard drive. Did I understand this correctly? The xml method mentioned earlier seems a bit too advanced for me. RE: Amazon Fire TV for XBMC - RustyTongueRing - 2014-07-10 (2014-07-09, 23:43)schwang Wrote:(2014-07-09, 23:37)RustyTongueRing Wrote:(2014-07-09, 23:29)schwang Wrote: I'd just like to know if I'm doing something wrong. I was using xbmc to stream my videos from my PC (ethernet connection). I used the scrapers to get the info for movies and tv shows. Once I had gone through almost all of my shows and movies and made corrections, I started getting the memory errors. Did I do something wrong or is this just what happens in my case? Is the only way to get around this problem to root the device and set it up for external storage? You're just telling xbmc where to place thumbnails. To avoid filling up your aftv you can use your network drive on your pc. Create text document and paste the below. Save as advancedsettings.xml. Place it in /org.xbmc.xbmc/files/.xbmc/userdata/. After I did this it didn't automatically move the thumbnails it just created subfolders, and I had to move artwork manually. Once you get them moved to your new folder you can delete the thumbnail folder on your box to free up that space. This may happen automatically, but it didn't for me. Code: <pathsubstitution> RE: Amazon Fire TV for XBMC - JJ-KwiK - 2014-07-10 (2014-07-10, 00:09)schwang Wrote: So, after some investigating, I saw that installing stickmount and foldermount on a rooted aftv will allow me to move the thumbnails from the internal storage over to a mounted hard drive. Did I understand this correctly? The xml method mentioned earlier seems a bit too advanced for me.If you're talking about my post, then only stickmount is required. RE: Amazon Fire TV for XBMC - gr8m8sam - 2014-07-10 (2014-07-09, 20:43)popcornmix Wrote:(2014-07-09, 20:27)schwang Wrote: I was always under the impression that xbmc used up the internal memory of the aftv. When I had all of my movies and tv shows going through xbmc, after a while, I started getting memory full errors and I had to constantly clear the cache just to run it. The thumbnails are in the folders on my computer, but doesn't xbmc load that stuff up in the internal memory of the aftv to make it come up faster? I swear I read that somewhere, and I think that's what I experienced. I have all my local video files on my NAS and my Library setup with a networked MySQL database to store all movie and TV info, thumbs etc. In this case will XBMC still fill the local Thumb cache? Do I need to add the pathsubs setting in advsettings.xml?? RE: Amazon Fire TV for XBMC - jocala - 2014-07-10 (2014-07-10, 04:30)gr8m8sam Wrote:(2014-07-09, 20:43)popcornmix Wrote:(2014-07-09, 20:27)schwang Wrote: I was always under the impression that xbmc used up the internal memory of the aftv. When I had all of my movies and tv shows going through xbmc, after a while, I started getting memory full errors and I had to constantly clear the cache just to run it. The thumbnails are in the folders on my computer, but doesn't xbmc load that stuff up in the internal memory of the aftv to make it come up faster? I swear I read that somewhere, and I think that's what I experienced. MySQL doesn't store graphics, afaik. You'll still need pathsubs. RE: Amazon Fire TV for XBMC - Ned Scott - 2014-07-10 (2014-07-10, 04:30)gr8m8sam Wrote: I have all my local video files on my NAS and my Library setup with a networked MySQL database to store all movie and TV info, thumbs etc. In this case will XBMC still fill the local Thumb cache? Do I need to add the pathsubs setting in advsettings.xml?? Only if you're running low on internal memory. Otherwise you're just making XBMC a lot slower by using path subs for a network location, and it can cause issues more than one device is accessing the same folder of thumbnails. RE: Amazon Fire TV for XBMC - Ned Scott - 2014-07-10 Here's a whole page of tips on reducing the internal memory used: HOW-TO:Reduce XBMC disk space usage (wiki) RE: Amazon Fire TV for XBMC - heddhunter - 2014-07-10 I want to install an FTP server on my Fire TV. So far I've read that RapFox is a good one, but how do I get the actual apk file? I don't have any android devices (other than the FTV). RE: Amazon Fire TV for XBMC - gr8m8sam - 2014-07-10 (2014-07-10, 05:02)jocala Wrote:(2014-07-10, 04:30)gr8m8sam Wrote:(2014-07-09, 20:43)popcornmix Wrote: Yes, that's right. Typically local disks are several times faster than network disks, so all artwork is resized and cached locally on first use. (2014-07-10, 05:11)Ned Scott Wrote: Here's a whole page of tips on reducing the internal memory used: HOW-TO:Reduce XBMC disk space usage (wiki) Thanks Guys. Much appreciated. (2014-07-10, 05:17)heddhunter Wrote: I want to install an FTP server on my Fire TV. So far I've read that RapFox is a good one, but how do I get the actual apk file? I don't have any android devices (other than the FTV). Here you go http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/?id=com.rapfox.ftpsvr Cheers! RE: Amazon Fire TV for XBMC - finalheaven - 2014-07-10 (2014-07-09, 18:03)jocala Wrote:(2014-07-09, 17:19)schwang Wrote: I just have a couple issues with XBMC on the AFTV and I'm wondering if anyone has any solutions: RE: Amazon Fire TV for XBMC - jocala - 2014-07-10 (2014-07-10, 05:09)Ned Scott Wrote:(2014-07-10, 04:30)gr8m8sam Wrote: I have all my local video files on my NAS and my Library setup with a networked MySQL database to store all movie and TV info, thumbs etc. In this case will XBMC still fill the local Thumb cache? Do I need to add the pathsubs setting in advsettings.xml?? That ~ 5Gb on the ftv gets sucked up real quick. My Thumnails folder is 1.5Gb. RE: Amazon Fire TV for XBMC - heddhunter - 2014-07-10 How do I enable DTS passthrough? DD is working fine, but DTS just gets turned into stereo PCM. My amp is capable of DTS decoding (it works fine with Raspberry Pi + XBMC, Playstation3) XBMC 13.1 (June 4 2014) RE: Amazon Fire TV for XBMC - schwang - 2014-07-10 Ok, here's my latest bit of frustration. I'm setting up Foldermount on my aftv in order to move the thumbnails to a usb stick so xbmc won't take up all the memory. However, the aftv remote won't navigate the menu for foldermount! So, I have to pull the usb stick and connect my wireless mouse, which allows me to navigate now. However, when I click on assign a destination, it only recognizes the internal sd card because now the usb stick is no longer plugged in! Any suggestions? |