am i right in thinking all Samba / SMB play back from an SMB share is borked in current firmwares for the q5/q10II?

I am having significant issues with this the only way I can do it is through es explorer or for iso dvd files through xmbc?

I cannot get this to work at all I did send you a PM about maybe paying for your support?

This post has been edited by CurioCT: Jan 23 2014, 11:46 PM

seems to be populating the LAN databases with the correct information? I just dont understand this problem at all? could a blank password field be the issue? (it's a guest share

SOLUTION TO PLAY ANYTHING YOU WANT ON YOUR Q5/10 FROM XBMC INCLUDING NETWORK DRIVE SHARES!!!

ok so I never managed to get SMB shares working even with the native player. in the early hours of this morning, getting very frustrated, I started looking at NFS instead

This workaround led me to a nice discovery, I can now play anything I like over drive shares using either the native player OR xbmc

you do need to be rooted [but whats the point in having a non rooted android device anyway?

So you need to install NFS on the host computer(s), mine is a 64bit xp machine so I had to hunt around a little for good software. (ms dont support it on 64bit xp)

I settled on http://www.hanewin.net/

it is 20usd but has a 30 day trial and paypal payment so far the trial is working great looks like i'll be purchasing!!!

simply add the shares you want in the exports tab and you're golden, I also checked 'allow mount of remote devices' under the server tab.

there are a number of benefits to this over smb :-

1. its a faster protocol
2. kernel support for mounting is native (*nix rather than windows)
3. this makes it v. easy to mount as a drive options that worked for me were nolock,ro,hard,intr,vers=3

mounting as a drive makes anything you want available over any media player you might wish to use, on your q5/q10II (though testing so far the native one is the best anyway. though of course you can just set up nfs as a source in xbmc and this works for all file types.

I was even able to run a full blue ray over wifi (a little stuttery but still watchable!!)

if you are not comfortable with linux mount commands (dont forget busybox ) then mount manager or script manager might be the best option for you!!

This way you can use profiles in xbmc to control access for kids etc etc all the other benefits of xbmc.

So there you go everyone enjoy!!!


Ok so anyone know what it was I did to get flash working in the native browser only messing with this I default reset my box and borked whatever I did that got it working? I have dolphin so its not a disaster but even so.....

Oh and how to remove the the default setting on the laucher? clear defaults is greyed out so it must always remain the default launcher which is very annoying I much prefer apex. Anyone have any ideas?

Also is there any newer version of xbmc with support for the native player? i got the 12.2 version from this forum?

OH AND BIG UP'S TO NICETY for his help despite me not being a direct customer!!!

Still bemused by SMB but this is more elegant solution any way, go me

This post has been edited by CurioCT: Jan 24 2014, 09:58 PM

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This post has been edited by CurioCT: Jan 24 2014, 10:45 PM

Yes mate the mounted drives do just fine even after rebooting the q10 and remounting the nfs drives

they even seem to resume by going back via the nfs menu rather than mounted drives, I have tested this extensively just a quick few to answer your question

Yes it all seems to work either way, as I said I haven't tested it extensively but seems like it doesn't matter a reboot, play something else, then resume no problem. NFS or mounted.

so far I highly recommend the http://www.hanewin.net/ nfs server software should work on any windows pc 30 day trial and only $20