I'm need/want to keep my movies in native DVD format (menus and all).
This works fine when viewing from my PC running windows.
But when I try to view them from my FireStick (android, and over wireless) nothing is recognized by Kodi.
Am I missing something simple??
Please don't advise that I use MKV or some such. I have hundreds to DVD's that would need to be converted. 8-(
Thanks and Cheers.
Well, I've learned two things..... I can't access my movies on a hard drive attached to my router via USB. I have to run Kodi SERVER on a PC and then access from a firestick running Kodi as a client.
Seems nuts to me; the router puts out DLNA and Kodi accepts them (supposedly on both points) so why do I have to do it the "kludge" way.
Also, be aware that not just any old router will work. It needs a fast one.
(Old) routers are usually using only SMBv1 for a file protocol, which is a highly insecure protocol (google for "WannaCry") and already superseded by SMBv2+ versions. Kodi defaults to SMBv2 and up, so that may be a reason.
(2018-08-17, 19:37)Klojum Wrote: [ -> ](Old) routers are usually using only SMBv1 for a file protocol, which is a highly insecure protocol (google for "WannaCry") and already superseded by SMBv2+ versions. Kodi defaults to SMBv2 and up, so that may be a reason.
Good Info...... Thanks
(2018-08-17, 19:37)Klojum Wrote: [ -> ](Old) routers are usually using only SMBv1 for a file protocol, which is a highly insecure protocol (google for "WannaCry") and already superseded by SMBv2+ versions. Kodi defaults to SMBv2 and up, so that may be a reason.
Also, my router WAS mis-configured so I'm now able to plug the USB3 drive directly into the router.