(2019-11-11, 11:37)jjd-uk Wrote: Give the share a password
Thank you, that worked a treat!
(2019-11-11, 10:55)wyvernuk Wrote: Just for future info you can use the built in File Manager for getting files onto devices like the Firestick. Similar principle to accessing media files, have a smb share for doing such things and add it as a source and then add the local destination as another source. See File_manager(wiki) and refer to also to Special_protocol(wiki) for special paths you can use when adding a source in File Manager for accessing various bits of Kodi file system.
I assume that I have to create at least one Samba share on the Amazon Fire TV Stick for the device to be accessible via the local network. Although it appears as 'another device' on my Windows 10 desktop, it refuses to connect.
I used the Wireless File Manager to examine the .kodi directories. There is a .smb directory containing the smb.conf file shown below:
[global]
lock directory = /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/.smb/
client min protocol = SMB2
client max protocol = SMB3
name resolve order = bcast host
include = /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/.smb/user.conf
There is no user.conf file. So this must be where the additional Samba code should be added.
The logfile does not show the smb service being started, so I imagine there must be quite a lot of 'tweaking' to be done to establish a working network connection.
Alternatively, I could just be over-complicating things!