Hi blueribb ... Below is a new Thread Post I made Yesterday.. so far I have had Zero response or help... I understand your frustration!!
Reading your OP, it seems to me that our problems are related.... Though my problem is about using UPnP to stream local Media (non-DRM) from my hard drives, Not TV.
When opening these Blank Folders, I do not even get a Spinning Wheel... Though I have had the same experience on occasion as you... "Spinning Wheel, but NO further action", not even an open folder!!
To verify, can you please check if you are also having a problem with local Media streaming content, and reply here
This may be a bigger issue than you originally thought. If It does not get resolved, I may have to switch to PLEX on my Android boxes and Raspberry Pi....
Not something I want to do, as I much prefer the KODI Gui to the Plex one.
Thanks,
CS
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I use KODi exclusively for to send my extensive Multi-Disk Video content from my PC to My TV by WiFi using "Universal Media Server" on my PC.
For many years, I used an Android box running Kodi Helix v14.2... But it is getting old and beginning to crash... Plus I've added a new TV.
So I bought a new Box running a version of Krypton for the New TV, but I found that though I have UpnP/DNLA set up on the Box and connected to "Universal Media Server",
And all the drives and Top level Folders are Visible, When I click on a Folder, I often get No content showing, Not even a .jpg cover Just a Blank screen in the KODI GUI....
However Other folders I click on show Playable Content, Jpgs and Sub Folders and Content there as well.
So I Tried another Box running Leia V18.Alpha..... Same Result... All Drives and Top-Level Folders showing, But only about 50% are showing Content.
So I thought that the Problem can't be KODI, so there must be an issue with these new Android Boxes, and decided to try a Raspberry Pi running the latest version of OSMC and...
Same THING !!!!
This doesn't make sense.... WHY is some Content shown, and not other... I checked the Files, and it doesn't matter if it is an MKV or an mp4....
In some Folders I see them... In others I just open up a Blank screen....
This is getting Very Frustrating, and if my Old Box running Helix dies, I have no way to send content to my older DUMB-Samsung TV.
I'm not a Tech or Kodi expert.... ANY Advice ??
Or is there any place I can get an OLD Android or Pi-OS Version of Helix??
Mucho Thanks,
CS