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Btw, is it even necessary to have the tv version of the Kodi app installed in order to cast files from the pc?
Can the Windows Kodi cast to the tv as-is?
Furthermore, can the Kodi Android app be used as a remote control while the pc's files are casting to the tv?
(Or is its only function to access content from the phone itself? [I don't keep any media stored on my phone, and am intending to find a good Android remote-app for TV-viewing, so please clarify if it cannot do that and ought to be uninstalled].)
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Casting in Kodi world is UPnP see
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Forgive me, I'm a little more confused...
1) So re: comment #32 above, that's fine?
2) Comment #33, is the tv app installation necessary, or is just the Windows app required?
Can the Android (mobile) app act as a remote control or it just for accessing the phone's media?
3) Re: the video in #34, am I tweaking the "UPnP" settings in Windows or the tv app?
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I put a question up here yesterday - It has been deleted - Why?
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Is this forum, or at least this thread/section, not the best bet for requesting troubleshooting with Kodi difficulties?
Should I ask on Reddit? Github? Sourceforge? Or is there another suggested help site online to try?
Just to reiterate the issue plainly; on Windows, I've managed to configure Kodi (v19.4) that so when I open the program there's a proper 'Media Center' with sections for TV shows & Movies, containing artwork, Metadata, the ability to resume a file for watching etc...
Attempting to configure the smart tv app (v19.3 [still unclear how to update, btw]) the same way, via media sources such as "NFS", "UPnP", and "SMB" all lead to "Invalid argument" error messages.
The media folders in Windows have sharing enabled. Settings in both Kodi's are configured as advised by various tutorials.
More troubleshooting is requested, please.
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Your best bet is probably to password protect your shares. Windows experience is complely irrelevant as it used the native smb in Windows, whereas all other OS's need to make use of 3rd party code to implement smb. If I can find the time I'll try and restest passwordless shares to make sure nothing has changed, but no promises.
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This will all be much simpler again in v20 as we've been able to implement a new method for browsing smb shares. Not that's any use to you for now.
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Can you share the new method you mentioned here?
