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Hello all
I have just purchased an xbox x and some of that decision was based on hearing it had Kodi available. I have been wanting to ditch my wdtv for ages because of no h265 support etc.
Anyhow I am having trouble getting it connected to my pc or router's usb stick to see movies/images on them etc. I installed the media player from the windows store and it sees my computer and any shares straight away. I tried a few other media players and they do too. What is the correct process to get connected to my computer or router's usb that I'm missing?
Is the Smb option the preferred method or using upnp or nfs? None of the media players required me to logon or do anything, is or will Kodi be this easy to setup?
Thank you
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How do we even use SMB? I signed up for the test builds but they aren't being released anymore, and the Beta 1 still doesn't support SMB.
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Rechi
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You have Beta 1? Why do you think then new test builds aren't released any more, as that version was submitted yesterday.
Have you enabled the SMB support addon at Settings > Add-ons > My add-ons > Virtual Filesystem?
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Ok so I've tried smb and still not getting any connection. Yet the store's media player and vlc see my computer and any other network connected devices without my having to configure anything.
What am I missing still?
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I'm using the alpha 3 from the store, is this the cause or should the network side be working in this release?
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Thanks for the clarification. So is it possible to use smb v1 with kodi via an addon? I can't change my network to use smb v2/3.
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Not possible with the Windows Store version.
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And let´s don´t forget.
Using SMB1 shouldn´t be the way to go. If your router only supports SMB1 (as FritzBoxes or ASUS routers do), then its NAS functionality shouldn´t be used at all. SMB1 is vulnerable, hence it was disabled for Windows by default per update. And the USB3 plug on those FritzBoxes isn´t worth to be named USB3 at all. If you search through different forums you will notice that those USB3 connections are a bottleneck. Miight probably work for low-quality video files. But I doubt you will have much fun with videos in higher quality.
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If windows disabled v1 how do I see my usb stick in the router still? I haven't enabled v1 and have windows up to date,
Also if kodi will only work with smb 2 or 3, can anyone recommend what brand of modem/router I can buy that supports these variants? I can't seem to get much info from the modems I've looked at, they never mention the smb version they use. Seems most are sticking to smb v1 even on the newer usb 3 shares.
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Ok I checked and smb v1 for the client side is checked, probably was like that pre 1803. What would you suggest the best option for sharing a drive over my network then? It seems most routers harping on about sharing are still smb 1 and only the really expensive ones have done much about it.
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As in with Kodi as my network's media player, sharing is ok at the moment except for kodi requiring smb v2/3.
thanks