I have shared media library on a NAS. In the media folder I have folder for background images for each menu on the Kodi homepage, Video, Movie, TV, Favorites, Quit, so that I can have the same images on each system an by simply changing the images in one folder change the background for all system. On a previous version of LibreELEC it was possible to browse too the mounted network folder to choose witch folder to use for the background, but a while a go this option disappeared. Now I only see two local folder and can only browse the local file system. I don't think this is a skin problem as I am using the same skin on Windows and there the browsing works fine. Does anybody have an idea of what is wrong and if it fixable?
Browsing network folder
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but a while a go this option disappeared.
Kodi and LibreELEC now default to SMBv2, as is well recommended. SMBv1 contains countless of security holes.
So it's possible your NAS is only capable of doing SMBv1.
There are settings in the LibreELEC addon and in the Kodi GUI to still do SMBv1, but for obvious reasons, not very recommended. Also, SMBv2 and up requires the network user of the SMBv2 server to have a password in its credentials.
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Oh yeah... Microsoft also disabled network browsing in SMBv2+ for the most of it,
so you'll need to use "Add network location.." when adding new sources.
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I don't know if it helps, but I am uploading two images to show the difference between the same menu in Windows and RPi.
Settings on my RPi
Same menu on Windows
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SMBv1 is a security risk, disabled by default in Windows 10.
The full official guide from Microsoft:
How to detect, enable and disable SMBv1, SMBv2, and SMBv3 in Windows | Microsoft Docs
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Since a while now Kodi defaults to SMBv2 which means Kodi on Linux does not support "browsing" and you must manually create a source using fixed host and path information. Kodi on Windows is different so any comparison is irrelevant.
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Note: SMB v1 is not supported in Kodi. SMB v2 or higher must be used.
This page will detail how to add a network source to Kodi using SMB. It assumes you have already correctly set up your SMB network. If you have not set up your SMB network, a Google search will return numerous online guides.
SMB (remote or network) server locations can be accessed with either of the following methods:
IP address
If using the IP Address method, ensure you reserve a DHCP address (static IP) for your NAS or other hardware. This ensures that your router will always allocate the same IP address to the server. If you choose not to do this, then you may find that the router has allocated a different address to your NAS and Kodi will no longer be able to access the media files.
To reserve a static IP address, log into your router and add the MAC address of the hardware to the Reservation list in your Router. If you do not know the MAC address, you should see it in the list of connected clients.
Device Name
If using Windows PC's you can use the Device Name of the PC. The Device Name can be found in Settings > System > About on your Windows PC.
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Note: SMB v1 is not supported in Kodi. SMB v2 or higher must be used.
SMBv1 is still supported, but not by default (for the obvious reasons).
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SMBv1 is still supported, but not by default (for the obvious reasons).
I just cut and pasted from the website. Maybe a correction is required.
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Sources are in /storage/.kodi/userdata/sources.xml .. so SSH into the box and use the nano text editor to edit the file, the format is quite simple to work with and I find some copy/paste in nano is much easier than using a remote to set host/share info in the GUI.
