Adding Source from SMB

Mystik · November 1, 2017 at 3:34 AM

I had this all setup and working great. But, two things happened. I updated LibreElec and my FlexRAID server rebooted unexpectedly for an unknown reason.

So.... I have everything seemingly working in LibreElec now except for local network access. I go to add a Source and select "Windows network (SMB)", but the list is empty. I am using Windows 7 x64 as the server PC. I did go into LibreElec settings and enable SMB1 as the minimum protocol, even though it seems like newer versions should work. I even tried entering a username and password to no avail. Of course, I checked on the Windows side and ensured the folders are shared. If I install an NFS server on the Windows PC, that seems to work fine, though it seems to be slower than the Windows setup was before all this went down...and plus, I would rather not depend on another element if possible. Anyone have a thought on what's going on here by chance? Thanks much in advance.

**chewitt** · November 1, 2017 at 10:08 AM Official Post

LE settings controls the embedded Samba server. Kodi settings control the smb client that accesses shares on the Win7 box.

In other words; changing server settings will not result in the Kodi client using SMB1.

Mystik · November 1, 2017 at 7:06 PM

I don't see a minimum setting in Kodi settings...just a maximum, which is set to none already.

**chewitt** · November 1, 2017 at 8:31 PM Official Post

"none" means Samba default which is SMB3, so you need to force SMB1

Mystik · November 5, 2017 at 7:20 PM

It says Maximum in Kodi settings, though...not Minimum.

bubblegum57 · November 5, 2017 at 7:58 PM

Min & Max are both in the Libreelec settings

Use, nfs

**chewitt** · November 5, 2017 at 10:11 PM Official Post

Kodi smbclient defaults to SMB3 so if you set minimum it will continue to attempt (and fail) with SMB3. Hence the option allows you to force the maximum protocol versionto be SMB1 which prevents SMB2/3 interfering.