Posts by Billzilla

I'll have a look at NFA - https://kodi.wiki/view/nfs

Yes the IP address is in the same range, this pc is 192.168.0.8 and the LE box is 192.168.0.7.

Quote from bubblegum57

yes, sorry, I can't quite see, but it looks like your username is librelec not libreelec

I checked, no it's libreelec. Ta for trying though.

Quote from bubblegum57

Try this, at the bottom of the page on Kodi where it says add network location, add location, fill in ip address, protocol, user name password. etc

Then go back to add movies to the library using your the network location

I think that's what I just posted a heap of photos about.

Quote from Billzilla

The complete re-install went just fine, the TV function works perfectly. I still can't connect to my media files here. I had a look with putty and the paths needed to this pc aren't there. I'll make a copy of one of sources.xml file that should work and try that.

Okay I edited the sources.xml file. It looks the same as I was told to make it a couple of pages ago. All the paths are 100% correct.

Am I right in thinking that when I go to the Files tab in LE, those paths should show up? They used to, when it worked perfectly before this recent disaster.
They certainly don't show up like they do in Bluerib's post on page 2. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qwxf5g9oqjmswwjpiamjyoeys4koahbc/view

I deleted the old Kodi user and created a new one, libreelec, with admin privileges. The user has a password of libreelec as well.
I have tried a number of different combinations to get any of them to work, but none do -> See the various attempts and the error returned written on that photo. (apologies for the poor quality photos)

And in other news, the TV function has also stopped working. FFS ....

The complete re-install went just fine, the TV function works perfectly. I still can't connect to my media files here. I had a look with putty and the paths needed to this pc aren't there. I'll make a copy of one of sources.xml file that should work and try that.

Edit - I found out why I can't read files from a USB stick. It's because I put the stick into the USB slot in the front of the box, it needs to go in the rear. I found that on some site, anyway that works now.

Quote from S80_UK

Don't know what you did. I have used it to copy files around and to and from USB devices without issues. That's why I suggested it.

I tried the file manager in the manner suggested, but the usb stick did not show up.

Anyway I'm fed up with the lack of progress and will try a completely fresh re-install from scratch. Thanks anyway for trying.

Quote from S80_UK

Use the built-in File Manager. With the Confluence skin it's under Settings - I assume somewhere similar if using Estuary.

Ta - I tried that and to my complete lack of surprise, it doesn't work.

Back to trying to get TVheadhnd working. It kept asking for a user name & password. I used the ones that I'd entered a short while before.
Hey guess what? They don't work.
So I uninstalled TVheadend back & front ends and then re-installed them. I specifically did not set any login names or passwords this time.
Hey guess what? That doesn't work either. I keep on getting asked for log-in details that don't exist.

Quote from Billzilla

Another idea as a temporary work-around ..... How do I read files off a USB stick with the LE box? It's got a USB port in the front and it's fairly easy to copy files from this pc to the stick and then to the LE box.

I tried doing what was in this video below, and surprise, surprise it doesn't work. Does anything work as it's supposed to LibreElec????

No progress but some more info, perhaps.

(Yet again) I tried to add thus pc via the SMB share thingy, but without adding in the share folder name. The error window "connection refused" popped up. I also tried including adding the log-in for the Kodi user for this pc. I guess that means that it's at least trying to connect to this pc, right?

I tried various combinations of capitals, etc.

Quote from blueribb

Reboot or reload Windows ?

Hell no! It's far too big a job for that.

Another idea as a temporary work-around ..... How do I read files off a USB stick with the LE box? It's got a USB port in the front and it's fairly easy to copy files from this pc to the stick and then to the LE box.

Quote from blueribb

I would check my posts #12 & 26 again and make sure you covered ALL settings. You could reboot your router and make sure the Windows 10 IP Address is the same.

It looks like you covered all bases. Make sure you don't add any slashes when inputting the IP Address or share folder.

You said it worked before you rebooted (restarted) your Windows 10 computer. Then the problem must be Windows 10. You could also try a Network Reset (last resort).

Yep, all done and checked again.

Quote from blueribb

I have an idea. Put some media files on your Windows 7 machine and see if you can access and play them. Don't forget to set-up password protected sharing on the Win7 machine.

I'll try that soon, thanks.

I have to reboot this PC for an unrelated reason, I'll see if it's any better after that.

Quote from blueribb

Do you use a different login and password for both user accounts ? If so, try the other user / password.

My primary account has no log-in details, I've never set them.

Quote from larry121

Have you solved that problem yet? I also met some similar problems with my project

Nope, still trying to fix it.

Yep! However I'm still getting the "Invalid Argument" thing.

Anyone, please?

I turned off the firewalls (domain, private, and public) and still no change; the error message "Invalid Argument" pops up every time.

I created a password.xml file and saved it. Still no file sharing happening yet. I rebooted the LE box once, I'll leave it for a bit longer and see if it'll find the W10 pc then.