Hey Gents. Back in business (I think). Turns out it was hardware. I'll spare you the gory details. The powered USB hub went defective. Power appears to be OK on each port, but data is not transmitted to the RPi. Changed the hub and 'voila' connection reestablished.
In the end, it always seems to come down to something simple.
Thanks for the feedback,
Mike952
OK. Spoke too soon. After a couple of hours, I return to LibreELEC and same situation - Drive not recognized by LibreELEC. Returned to Windows. Ran chkdsk. Again seemed to find several problems. Reconnected to LibreELEC, and once again recognized.
I'm beginning to think this is not due to a power surge, rather due to a heating problem or a failing HDD. I'll monitor for a few days.
Stand by,
Mike952
Thanks chewitt,
Crisis averted. Switched to Windows. Had to run chkdsk a couple of times. Then voila!, my drive was visible to Libreelec once again. To my delight, all library connectivity appears to have been reestablished. And, thanks for the additional information in your last post re: repair of EXT4 vs NTFS in Linux.
Much appreciated,
Mike952
My system consists of Libreelec (11.0.6) on a Raspberry Pi 3B (v1.2), equipped with a Seagate 1TB USB SSD (formatted ntfs). The SSD is powered by a separately powered USB. I have this system mounted in a box, and it travels with me to a remote camping location. System has worked flawlessly for several years. Today I noted that movies (stored on the SSD) are no longer accessible. When a movie is selected, the system indicates 'not available' and offers to remove the selection from the library. The RPi/Libreelec system seems to be fully functional with the exception of library links.
Note: My system was powered up during a recent thunderstorm in which our residence lost power momentarily. The system was plugged into surge protection, but I fear something may have been corrupted.
The Seagate drive is not recognized by Libreelec. I have attempted to access the drive through 'Video > File > Add Videos > Browse > Root File System > Media', but no HDD is recognized. I have also attempted to access the drive through 'Settings > File Manager > Add Source > Browse > Root > Media' also with no HDD recognized.
I have changed the powered USB hub. HDD not recognized.
I disconnected the Seagate drive and plugged a 32GB Memory Stick into the powered USB hub. The Memory Stick is immediately recognized by Libreelec.
I connected the Seagate drive to my Linux Mint desktop. The drive is recognized and can be mounted. Files appear to be intact.
So,
Note: Primary copies of movies, videos, etc reside on my media center. That is, rather easily retrieved if necessary. So, I'm not completely opposed to formatting the disk (e.g., ext4) and rebuilding the library. But, if there is a better way to resolve this, I'm all ears.
Thanks in advance for recommendations,
Mike952
Follow-up...
I pulled the drive from my Libreelec setup, and attempted to access it through my desktop (Linux). I get an 'Unknown' mounting Error. Am I 'hosed'?
Mike952
OK, something 'bad' has happened, as I was attempting to setup 'sources'. My Movies, TV Shows, and Videos are located on a USB SSD. Kodi no longer recognizes this drive. Videos>File>Add Videos gets me to the 'Add Video Source'. Browse displays a listing. I usually go to 'Root filesystem'>'media' and find my drive iisted there. It is no longer displayed. I've tried to SSH into the system, and do not find my drive listed there either. Before I 'bite the bullett' and start over with a reformat, any suggestions to get my drive back?
Libreelec 11.0.6
Kodi 20.3
Raspberry Pi 3B
Thanks, Not sure how to mark this as 'solved'
OK, this has been partially resolved (not exactly sure how). So I wish to alter my question a bit. I'm using Aeon Nox Silvo. Have 'Movie' and 'TV Shows' sources built. When I select 'Movie', movies are displayed in 'showcase' format (as desired). However, when I select 'TV Shows', I am led through a series of submenus to locate the files. Once the files are located, they are displayed in 'showcase' (as desired). Is there a way to have 'TV Shows' display files in 'showcase' without the intermediate submenus? (that is just like 'Movies')?
Have downloaded a 4-episode TV mini-series. Attempting to add to my 'TV Shows' tab. Files are labeled 'showname' S01E0X, X=1-4). Attempting to follow instructions to add these episodes to my 'TV Shows' Library - unsuccessful. Video>file>Add file does not list my attached USB SSD. However, Video>file>Seagate...>TV Shows shows my files. Source content is set to 'TV Shows'. Meta data is set to 'Local only'. I have a .nfo. Yet when I attempt to add the files to the source, I seem to be stuck in a loop, and Files are not moved to my 'TV Shows' tab. What am I missing?
Libelec 11.0.6
Kodi 20.3
Thanks,
Mike
Have a working setup (RPi 3B (v1.2), Libreelec (Kodi 20.2)) that I have used to watch channels in a remote (i.e. no internet) location. Today I added 'The Crew' addon to use for home (internet available) viewing. I keep getting 'no stream available' error. Have
Any suggestions?
Greeting Wizards,
I have LibreELEC (11.0.6; Kodi 20.3) running on a Raspberry Pi 3B (v 1.2). Basic performance is excellent. Attempting to 'tweak' it by adding libraries. Does not appear to function as indicated in WIKI, or as other Kodi instances I have running.
Enter Video > File,
Observe listing: 'Music Video', 'Seagate' (my 1T attached portable drive), 'TV', 'Videos', '+Add Video',
If I select '+Add Video', I see a list of potential sources, but my Seagate is not listed.
If I select 'Seagate', I see all the appropriate files.
Movies play just fine directly from the 'Seagate' drive, but was hoping to build a movie library.
Any thoughts? Have I missed a crutial step?
