(2015-07-23, 00:43)levi.baker88 Wrote: Yah someone knows this page exists haha.
Some good points. Yes, I am currently only updating the Windows 7 information (will probably do a Windows 10 spread in a few weeks when I upgrade), but as stated, if anyone can provide relevant, confirmed info for other Windows installs, I'm happy to try and get something together.
That link you provided was actually used for the wiki, almost all the info that Nate originally supplied was used.
You have mentioned issues, but haven't mentioned the devices that were being shared from/to, the particular issue you were facing etc. This is another reason I'm looking to update the wiki, so a comprehensive list of known issues (hopefully with fixes) is provided. You may be having problems through no fault of Windows or Kodi, but something you have configured that no one else has done.
My own personal experience was about as vanilla as it got. I did a complete fresh install of Windows (onto it's own SSD), setup homegroup (during the installtion process) and then installed a stable version of Kodi and have not experienced a single issue.
Changes are going to be researched and verified, otherwise it won't be informative or accurate. I am hoping members will be able to verify the new (realistically it's just updated) information I'm putting forward.
My setup is a mix of Win 7 (various flavors), 8, Mac and Android. Some are vanilla installations (i.e front end only), and other are full use ones.
I use SMB shares to connect where necessary as UPNP is not flexible enough (or it wasn't when I started this adventure a few years ago) for what I do within the Kodi enclave. The simple story is that I would have trouble connecting (assume all procedures on sharing were correct) between machines, or the connection would be unstable. Once I dumped the homegroups, the veil was lifted and every device was able to connect without issue.
The Homegroup wasn't cancelled based on hit and miss troubleshooting either. I am one of those that get stuck on the simplest and close to original configurations for standardization. (only because I am lazy and don't want to have to remember every tweak for each machine) I narrowed the problem down systematically, and a majority of the research I did online pointed to Homegroup being turned off. Bottom line - it simply worked with it off, and didn't on.
But also note - once I started using sync and Mysql that negated the SMB shares for TV Shows and Movies - but I still have a couple shares for regular videos (GoPro, home vid, etc) that need the SMB.
I was the one that added the reg tweak to the wiki - as that just popped up out of the blue one day for my Android (now OpenElC) on a Matricom Midnight MX2, because it wouldn't stay connected. I found the reference in one of the posts - tested it and then added to the wiki. However since that tweak - I have some buffering issues to PLEX (for mobile devices) - and I haven't really had the time to test that fully. But that could simply be PLEX itself.