2016-01-07, 17:20
Hey guys, I know you hear this alot, because I have read a lot of the same issues, but I have just setup my first Kodi / serverwmc setup, but I am unable to watch any liveTV or recorded TV on any remote devices.
I spent about 2 hours last night fighting with folder permissions, and I think I finally got them correct. I think this because I stopped getting the big error that says the folder is not shared. However I am still not able to get recorded tv or live tv to work. It works fine on the local box, just not on any remote devices.
For testing I loaded up the Kodi app on my Android phone, that way I could be sitting in front of my local machine while I tested on my phone. I tried about 20 different ways of sharing the recorded tv folder, but could never get it to work correctly.
One thing that may be important, I am on a windows domain. However I tested all the smb paths with 'es file explorer' on my phone and confirmed that they work.
I have put the log file below.
http://pastebin.com/PSnfxDZf
Things I noticed in the log file
The below is mentioning my server folder where all recorded tv gets moved after it is done recording. I put in a domain username and password in the folders tab, but it does not seem to use it for watched folders, only the recorded tv folder. Why is that?
does not seem to be using the smb user and pass when accessing "Additional watched 'Recorded TV' folders"
I tried accessing both the direct share and the public folders share
This first image shows the message I get when I enable tv in kodi
This image shows how I am able to share just the recorded tv folder
You can see here that I have given both read and write to everyone
I also enabled printer and file sharing, and sharing of the public folders
here is where I run into problems, if I try and share using this screen it gives me the error you see in the next image.
After doing all this i settled on just using the public folders 192.168.0.106/Users/Public/Recorded TV, but again it just does not want to work.
I spent about 2 hours last night fighting with folder permissions, and I think I finally got them correct. I think this because I stopped getting the big error that says the folder is not shared. However I am still not able to get recorded tv or live tv to work. It works fine on the local box, just not on any remote devices.
For testing I loaded up the Kodi app on my Android phone, that way I could be sitting in front of my local machine while I tested on my phone. I tried about 20 different ways of sharing the recorded tv folder, but could never get it to work correctly.
One thing that may be important, I am on a windows domain. However I tested all the smb paths with 'es file explorer' on my phone and confirmed that they work.
I have put the log file below.
http://pastebin.com/PSnfxDZf
Things I noticed in the log file
The below is mentioning my server folder where all recorded tv gets moved after it is done recording. I put in a domain username and password in the folders tab, but it does not seem to use it for watched folders, only the recorded tv folder. Why is that?
Quote:2016/01/06 22:28:19.203 '\\192.168.0.104\Recorded TV' ShareStatus: Warning, Folder is not shared with everybody or homegroup.
does not seem to be using the smb user and pass when accessing "Additional watched 'Recorded TV' folders"
Quote:2016/01/06 22:28:19.109 > Samba: smb://mclaughlin;ryan:************@192.168.0.106/prt
2016/01/06 22:28:19.187 > UNC: \\192.168.0.106\prt, ShareStatus: OK
2016/01/06 22:28:19.187 -----
2016/01/06 22:28:19.187 Additional watched 'Recorded TV' folders:
2016/01/06 22:28:19.203 '\\192.168.0.104\Recorded TV' ShareStatus: Warning, Folder is not shared with everybody or homegroup.
I tried accessing both the direct share and the public folders share
Quote:2016/01/06 22:28:19.109 > Samba: smb://mclaughlin;ryan:************@192.168.0.106/prtHere are come screen shots of the message I get from kodi, and how I have the share setup.
2016/01/06 22:28:19.187 > UNC: \\192.168.0.106\prt, ShareStatus: OK
2016/01/06 22:31:41.635 > Samba: smb://ryan:************@192.168.0.106/Users/Public/Recorded TV
2016/01/06 22:31:41.695 > UNC: \\192.168.0.106\Users\Public\Recorded TV, ShareStatus: OK
This first image shows the message I get when I enable tv in kodi
This image shows how I am able to share just the recorded tv folder
You can see here that I have given both read and write to everyone
I also enabled printer and file sharing, and sharing of the public folders
here is where I run into problems, if I try and share using this screen it gives me the error you see in the next image.
After doing all this i settled on just using the public folders 192.168.0.106/Users/Public/Recorded TV, but again it just does not want to work.