[Wilberry]

Tried to search the forum but "OTG" is too short of a phrase to search.

Anyway, I'm running a FireTV and 2 FireTV sticks at home. Looking for a device for my parents which will run Kodi with Netflix, HBO Go, etc. They have WiFi (so scraping will work) but not a computer/NAS to serve files so FireTV and FireTV sticks are out ... need USB hard drive support.

I'm holding out hope for the Forge TV but right now the Nexus Player seems like the best bet.

Two questions:
1) I've read the Nexus Player supports USB OTG, but does anyone use it as your Kodi file location base? Ideally, I'd like to go to their house, plug in a thumb drive with movies/shows, go in to Kodi, scan for content changes and clean database, and just have "Movies" and "TV Shows" showing the new things from the thumb drive. Is this possible? Can I plug in a USB OTG in the Nexus Player and have it seen by Kodi sources, and not change (drive letter, path ... something like that). I can teach them to plug in a thumb drive and scan for changes, but anything beyond that will be a lost cause.

2) Just from reading the last few pages it seems the ARM version of Kodi runs better so why not run SPMC instead? People sideload Kodi x86 and ARM on the Nexus Player, and I've done it with the FireTV (ARM), but since the Nexus Player is straight Android TV with the Play Store, can't you just install SPMC from the play store and be up and running quickly without any issues?

I have the NP connected to a usb hub with mouse, external drive, and usb stick. I know that part works, I can access the external hd with media, music, and USB stick if need be. Not sure on cleaning the database and such.

I run the x86 version and it works fine, which I sideloaded. The playstore is a limited version and many apps need to be sideload and will not appear in the main launcher. Here is link to what apps are in the playstore and ones that can be sideloaded. I ended up installing a custom rom called lollirock, which provides a full android 5 ui, as I tired with using the remote and the interface. I prefer a mouse with full playstore and ui.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-pl...r-t2947707