[janandchas]

I'm new to Kodi. I initially want to use it to play music. I have a Nexus 7 2013 running Android version 6. My music is in FLAC files on a SanDisk cruzer drive. Whereas I can see the drive by means of ES Explorer, l can't seem to find it in kodi. Must be simple but........

[DarrenHill]

I'm not sure by default that Android on the N7 allows USB access. Hence why add-ons like Nexus Media Importer exist.

I would suspect that ES Explorer is using some similar techniques to access the files there perhaps, which Kodi doesn't have access to.

[janandchas]

Thanks Darren, I've installed the media importer, given it permission to access the drive, and it will but can't see it in kodi

[DarrenHill]

I'm not sure if NMI can allow an external app to have access directly. I just recall it being required in the past to access USB media at all via an OTG cable (I used to have an N7 2012, but it died a sad death a few months back before I really started using Kodi).

My meaning was that you may be encountering a limitation of Android on the N7 which NMI (and seemingly ES Explorer now) have code to work around, but Kodi doesn't.

[kyungrak]

Have you tried to root your tablet and use stickmount?