[Q] How are you guys adding files to the external mount

videomilk · Jul 7, 2014

Hi, sorry if this has been answered but I've done a search. So I have my USB drive mounted and allso good but whats the best way to add new movies to the drive. The device appears in windows but I can't see the drive. I 've tried to map a network drive to 192.168.1.3\sdcard\usbStorage\sda1 but it won't connect.

I've also tried snappea but it doesn't see any network on the fire tv.

Any thoughts?

fireTVnews.com · Jul 7, 2014

videomilk said:
Hi, sorry if this has been answered but I've done a search. So I have my USB drive mounted and allso good but whats the best way to add new movies to the drive. The device appears in windows but I can't see the drive. I 've tried to map a network drive to 192.168.1.3\sdcard\usbStorage\sda1 but it won't connect.

I've also tried snappea but it doesn't see any network on the fire tv.

Any thoughts?

I haven't tried this, but if you want to mount the drive or ftp files over, you could try one of the SMB or SSH server apps.

skrypj · Jul 7, 2014

videomilk said:
Hi, sorry if this has been answered but I've done a search. So I have my USB drive mounted and allso good but whats the best way to add new movies to the drive. The device appears in windows but I can't see the drive. I 've tried to map a network drive to 192.168.1.3\sdcard\usbStorage\sda1 but it won't connect.

I've also tried snappea but it doesn't see any network on the fire tv.

Any thoughts?

Have you tries using adb to push files to the drive?

videomilk · Jul 8, 2014

So this worked a treat for me. Taken from another site

I just tested this: funkyfresh.samba (wasn't allowed to post the URL
First link, and it works fine once you set the screen to landscape.

Here a guide:

1. Download Samba Filesharing from above, sideload it, and launch it.
2. Press the button with the 3 horizontal lines on the remote and choose settings.
3. Set a password. Without a password the rest is greyed out. For test use 1234
4. Set screen orientation to Landscape, press back to exit and launch the app again.
5. Choose a username, default is SDCARD
6. Press back.
7. Press the button with the 3 horizontal lines on the remote and choose enable.
8. Wait a sec or 5. When asking for SU say YES, the app will exit to background.

On the windows computer:

1. Open windows explorer and choose connect to network drive.
2. Enter \\ipaddressofftv\SDCARD choose a drive letter, tick use different credentials and press OK.
3. In the username field enter: SDCARD in the password field: 1234
4. Press Ok.

You can choose to mount \\ipaddressofftv\usbStorage\<deviceid> in step #2 and thereby mount the harddrive directly if you don't care about having access to the rest on the box.

niphoet · Jul 8, 2014

skrypj said:
Have you tries using adb to push files to the drive?

This is the first thing that came to my mind, but I haven't tried it. I will when I get home.

Sent from my SGH-T999 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

KillerJoeBR · Jul 8, 2014

videomilk said:
You can choose to mount \\ipaddressofftv\usbStorage\<deviceid> in step #2 and thereby mount the harddrive directly if you don't care about having access to the rest on the box.

So does this work even after reboot?

I haven't tried it yet but i'm very interested about it. Thanks for the guide.

videomilk · Jul 9, 2014

KillerJoeBR said:
So does this work even after reboot?

I haven't tried it yet but i'm very interested about it. Thanks for the guide.

After a reboot you need to run the stickmount and samba again. You don't need to change anythign on your pc though.

I don't think there is a way to load programs on boot for the fire tv until there is a custom Rom. I think.

wunderdrug · Jul 9, 2014

videomilk said:
After a reboot you need to run the stickmount and samba again. You don't need to change anythign on your pc though.

I don't think there is a way to load programs on boot for the fire tv until there is a custom Rom. I think.

I think this is incorrect. I do have some apps, "Stickmount" included, which get executed automatically at boot time. It may be that "Samba Filesharing" just doesn't support this feature.

Try using "SambaDroid" instead of "Samba Filesharing". It is able to execute automatically at boot time.

KillerJoeBR · Jul 9, 2014

wunderdrug said:
I think this is incorrect. I do have some apps, "Stickmount" included, which get executed automatically at boot time. It may be that "Samba Filesharing" just doesn't support this feature.

Try using "SambaDroid" instead of "Samba Filesharing". It is able to execute automatically at boot time.

Yeah i can confirm stickmount works automatically after reboot on my FTV.

I would really like this setup to work without needing to manually set it up everytime after a reboot. This way i can set my downloads directly to my portable hd plugged on my KFTV and not worry that it will fail. It would work almost like a server/NAS :victory:

videomilk · Jul 9, 2014

KillerJoeBR said:
Yeah i can confirm stickmount works automatically after reboot on my FTV.

I would really like this setup to work without needing to manually set it up everytime after a reboot. This way i can set my downloads directly to my portable hd plugged on my KFTV and not worry that it will fail. It would work almost like a server/NAS :victory:

That's what I'm trying to achieve. I'm going to start messing around with a usenet client on the fire tv and see if I can have it downloading to the external drive. It would be a great little setup .

KillerJoeBR · Jul 9, 2014

videomilk said:
That's what I'm trying to achieve. I'm going to start messing around with a usenet client on the fire tv and see if I can have it downloading to the external drive. It would be a great little setup .

Yeah. That would be ideal. But i would be satisfied if i can access the portable hd from my network and then send my downloads to it from my main pc.

I think i will try the sambadroid and see if it works at boot. Anyway give us any update of your progress.

Enviado de meu GT-N7100 usando Tapatalk

KillerJoeBR · Jul 11, 2014

Just want to give a status update. I tried sambadroid and it works ok even after reboot.

But my transfer speed over wifi is quite slow. Around 1.5mb/s. Maybe its my router but i could get better speed with my old htpc. Maybe it's sambadroid. The app says i can get better speeds with paid pro version. Or maybe i need to be wires to get better speed.

Anyway i want you guys to know my progress.

Enviado de meu GT-N7100 usando Tapatalk

videomilk · Jul 13, 2014

KillerJoeBR said:
Just want to give a status update. I tried sambadroid and it works ok even after reboot.

But my transfer speed over wifi is quite slow. Around 1.5mb/s. Maybe its my router but i could get better speed with my old htpc. Maybe it's sambadroid. The app says i can get better speeds with paid pro version. Or maybe i need to be wires to get better speed.

Anyway i want you guys to know my progress.

Enviado de meu GT-N7100 usando Tapatalk

Yeah I'm getting about 1.6mb/s with funky fresh samba. Pretty slow.

KillerJoeBR · Jul 13, 2014

videomilk said:
Yeah I'm getting about 1.6mb/s with funky fresh samba. Pretty slow.

Yeah, this way is quite impractical to use it as a NAS/Server.

Can anyone test this setup being wired and see what speed you can get?

jmerrilljr2 · Jul 13, 2014

videomilk said:
So this worked a treat for me. Taken from another site

I just tested this: funkyfresh.samba (wasn't allowed to post the URL
First link, and it works fine once you set the screen to landscape.

Here a guide:

1. Download Samba Filesharing from above, sideload it, and launch it.
2. Press the button with the 3 horizontal lines on the remote and choose settings.
3. Set a password. Without a password the rest is greyed out. For test use 1234
4. Set screen orientation to Landscape, press back to exit and launch the app again.
5. Choose a username, default is SDCARD
6. Press back.
7. Press the button with the 3 horizontal lines on the remote and choose enable.
8. Wait a sec or 5. When asking for SU say YES, the app will exit to background.

On the windows computer:

1. Open windows explorer and choose connect to network drive.
2. Enter \\ipaddressofftv\SDCARD choose a drive letter, tick use different credentials and press OK.
3. In the username field enter: SDCARD in the password field: 1234
4. Press Ok.

You can choose to mount \\ipaddressofftv\usbStorage\<deviceid> in step #2 and thereby mount the harddrive directly if you don't care about having access to the rest on the box.

My USB Drive is formatted as ex-fat. While I can mount the drive the Firetv only sees around 5gb of free space when actually there is 300+. Any suggestions? I'm on a Mac and cant use Windows NT formatting.

akajack · Jul 14, 2014

usb drive and ftp

Plugged in a 2TB USB drive to the FireTV, installed an ftp server on the FireTV, put cyberduck (ftp client) on my Windows 7 machine.

Now I can create directories on the USB drive on the FireTV from my Windows machine and ftp files into those directories. XBMC sees them fine and plays them.

I cannot ftp any file over 2GB it fails every time (no mater if ftp or ssh or different client on the Windows box.) I CAN add files over 2GB to the USB drive if it detach it and plug it direct into my Windows machine and transfer the files. Then the FireTV and XBMC can see those files and use them normally.

Topics

Topics

[Q] How are you guys adding files to the external mount

videomilk

Member

fireTVnews.com

Senior Member

skrypj

Senior Member

videomilk

Member

niphoet

Senior Member

KillerJoeBR

Senior Member

videomilk

Member

wunderdrug

Senior Member

KillerJoeBR

Senior Member

videomilk

Member

KillerJoeBR

Senior Member

KillerJoeBR

Senior Member

videomilk

Member

KillerJoeBR

Senior Member

jmerrilljr2

Senior Member

akajack

Member

Similar threads

Top Liked Posts

New posts