2019-10-27, 18:20
I am a retired electronic engineer and amateur musician. I decided to build a music streaming system using a Kodi Server on LibreElect_RPi4, and a Kodi Client on an Amazon Fire TV Stick.
My Desktop Computer is a Windows 10 machine. I use MusicBrainz Picard, and other sources, to gather metadata and images. I also use Mp3tag to meticulously organize the tagging. The information is then sent via SSH to the RPi4 system using WinSCP. The main storage on the RPi4 is an external USB3 Hard Drive.
Everything works fine at the RPi4 Server end. I have implemented the recommended Artist Information folder approach, and everything works as expected. Music can be played via the RPi4, and all the Library files and Artist Information display correctly on a local monitor.
I have set-up UPnP/DLNA services at the RPi4 end, and I can now stream music to my TV using the Amazon Fire TV Stick (Hooray!).
However: although the library albums, songs, artists and images all appear correctly on the TV, I cannot display the carefully-gathered details about the artists. All that a see is a message "No information available". The .NFO files are correctly stored in the Artist Information folders on the RPi4 Drive, but cannot be accessed via the Amazon Fire TV Stick Client.
What have I missed? What am I doing wrong? It is a little frustrating to have assembled all this fascinating information and not be able to have it available for the end user!
Does a copy of the Artist Information folder need to be stored locally on the Amazon Fire TV Stick? This would be a shame because of the limited local storage available. My particular Amazon device, apparently, only uses the USB Port for power. I am, therefore, unable to add extra storage.
My Desktop Computer is a Windows 10 machine. I use MusicBrainz Picard, and other sources, to gather metadata and images. I also use Mp3tag to meticulously organize the tagging. The information is then sent via SSH to the RPi4 system using WinSCP. The main storage on the RPi4 is an external USB3 Hard Drive.
Everything works fine at the RPi4 Server end. I have implemented the recommended Artist Information folder approach, and everything works as expected. Music can be played via the RPi4, and all the Library files and Artist Information display correctly on a local monitor.
I have set-up UPnP/DLNA services at the RPi4 end, and I can now stream music to my TV using the Amazon Fire TV Stick (Hooray!).
However: although the library albums, songs, artists and images all appear correctly on the TV, I cannot display the carefully-gathered details about the artists. All that a see is a message "No information available". The .NFO files are correctly stored in the Artist Information folders on the RPi4 Drive, but cannot be accessed via the Amazon Fire TV Stick Client.
What have I missed? What am I doing wrong? It is a little frustrating to have assembled all this fascinating information and not be able to have it available for the end user!
Does a copy of the Artist Information folder need to be stored locally on the Amazon Fire TV Stick? This would be a shame because of the limited local storage available. My particular Amazon device, apparently, only uses the USB Port for power. I am, therefore, unable to add extra storage.
