Yeah...I tried to transfer my MKV files to my nexus 7 which is 100% stock and every time I drag and drop the MKV files over (Doesn't matter if I drag and drop 1 or 50) Windows explorer crashes. Anyone found a way to fix it from doing this...?
Is it over 4gb? I believe it's formatted as FAT32 and 4gb is the max file transfer.
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redmonke255 said:
Is it over 4gb? I believe it's formatted as FAT32 and 4gb is the max file transfer.
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No...they are all under 100 megabytes.
I should also note that I have to use MTP..because UMS isn't supported. But even if I try to sync them via windows media player it fails all the time.
Have you transferred other file types? This is most likely a stupid suggestion but maybe try renaming them first? Maybe it's something with the mkv extension or an illegal character in the file names. As I said, dumb suggestion, but once in a while those are the ones that work.
technically, it shouldn't be a problem. Did you checked whether JB supports MKV files? Or did you tried to transfer another type of file this big?
Try to upload a single MKV to Google Drive and download it to N7 and then play. If it works, then transferring should not be a problem.
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technically, it shouldn't be a problem. Did you checked whether JB supports MKV files? Or did you tried to transfer another type of file this big?
Try to upload a single MKV to Google Drive and download it to N7 and then play. If it works, then transferring should not be a problem.
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I have it hosted on my local apache web server and I just browse to the webpage and tap on it and it loads right up and plays in MX player...However no matter what I do I CANNOT transfer the files to the nexus 7...
I just tried it out, copying a 720P MKV file from Windows 7 to the Nexus 7 over MTP. Worked fine for me.
Well no matter what I did it wouldn't work...I ended up putting the files in a .tar file and copying them over and extracting the archive...it worked then but its a HUGE pain in the ass.
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[Workaround] Transfer MKV to Nexus 7
Astraea908 said:
Yeah...I tried to transfer my MKV files to my nexus 7 which is 100% stock and every time I drag and drop the MKV files over (Doesn't matter if I drag and drop 1 or 50) Windows explorer crashes. Anyone found a way to fix it from doing this...?
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Found a workaround:
Change Usb settings to PTP
1. Menu>Settings>Storage>Menu>USB Computer Settings
2. Tick Camera(PTP)
3. Transfer to Pictures folder
4. Using a file explorer of your choice on the device, transfer to final destination folder
5. ????
6. PROFIT!!!1!
I've successfully streamed mkv files to my N7 with Dropbox and using a local server and ES File Explorer. Haven't yet needed to transfer onto the limited flash of the N7 but I am sure that will happen for my next business trip so I will try it tonight to see if I have any issues with large files and smaller files.
I can't get mine to transfer. Even tried the picture folder trick. Of course I have the .wmv digital copies of movies I'd like to transfer. Going to try and convert them to mkv at least.
Aside from dropbox, would google drive work as well for streaming?
Very odd. I get a prompt saying my device might not be able to play the file but do I want to copy anyway. I just click the "do this for all" and say yes. You on Win 7?
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Very odd. I get a prompt saying my device might not be able to play the file but do I want to copy anyway. I just click the "do this for all" and say yes. You on Win 7?
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I have both the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 and have the same problem from my Windows 7 Home machine, but at work my Windows 7 Premium machine copies MKV files without a problem - on my home machine it crashes Windows Explorer every time...
There are several ways I've found to copy the files without converting them to MP4/AVI files first:
Dropbox, Google Drive, AirDroid - all of them treat the file as a "captured video", but at least AirDroid doesn't NEED Internet access, while the other 2 do
I'm not sure if it's a driver problem within Windows, but if I find any further methods I'll post here...
Astraea908 said:
Yeah...I tried to transfer my MKV files to my nexus 7 which is 100% stock and every time I drag and drop the MKV files over (Doesn't matter if I drag and drop 1 or 50) Windows explorer crashes. Anyone found a way to fix it from doing this...?
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Do your PC has Dixv Plus codec installed? If so, uninstall it will fix the problem.
There is another thing that cause window explore crash, some of the mkv files don't have header compression removed when muxing.
Using Windows 7 Home Premium x64 on a laptop, no problems copying MKV files to a rooted Nexus 7 16GB running JB via USB. Even used ES File Explorer to copy, wirelessly, an MKV video file from the laptop to the Nexus 7. The video file (created with Handbrake from a ripped DVD) was 1.05GB. Screen captures of both the copying from Windows 7 and the file shown on the Nexus 7 attached.
rlreddy said:
I've successfully streamed mkv files to my N7 with Dropbox and using a local server and ES File Explorer. Haven't yet needed to transfer onto the limited flash of the N7 but I am sure that will happen for my next business trip so I will try it tonight to see if I have any issues with large files and smaller files.
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I was trying to do something like this. I tested out Google Drive and Dropbox, but both seemed to have issues, one of which was the file transfer rate. TOOK FOREVER. What video player do you use to watch the mkv files?
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Very odd. I get a prompt saying my device might not be able to play the file but do I want to copy anyway. I just click the "do this for all" and say yes. You on Win 7?
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Mine has a pop up, but there's no "copy anyway" option. Just "cancel" or "ok". Hitting okay just accepts the rejection message, it doesn't keep transfer.
It is Windows Home version though, so like the other post, this may be the issue.
My tablet isn't rooted yet either.
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Do your PC has Dixv Plus codec installed? If so, uninstall it will fix the problem.
There is another thing that cause window explore crash, some of the mkv files don't have header compression removed when muxing.
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Cool , it worked for me like a charm after uninstalling DivX plus. Thanks man )
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I expanded my SD and moved Avatar from the 2GB card onto a 16GB, however i am not sure where i need to place the file so it links up with the avatar icon on the device. Any help would be great!
avatar.dcf goes into a directory called Movie on the SD card
The icon wont work but you can put it anywhere and run it from the movie player.
I downloaded the system dump and tried to install the avatar.apk but it didn't work. Is it even possible for me to install it?
Eazail70x7 said:
I downloaded the system dump and tried to install the avatar.apk but it didn't work. Is it even possible for me to install it?
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why would you want to its just a shortcut that launches the movie. not the movie itself
Not trying to be a douche but this isnt android development.
Were you able to successfully move the file. I've heard it can't be moved, if it can be moved that would be awesome so I can put my 16GB card in my phone.
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Not trying to be a douche but this isnt android development.
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Douche Schouche
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Were you able to successfully move the file. I've heard it can't be moved, if it can be moved that would be awesome so I can put my 16GB card in my phone.
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I was able to move it to my dad's 8gb card. I put it in the supplied card reader and put it in my computers card reader. Then i attached the phone to the computer with the supplied cable with the 8gb card IN THE PHONE. Next i just did a simple cut and paste with the movie folder on the T-Mobile 2gb memory card.
ETA- It works with the icon too.
How to play avatar.dcf file onto another device
How i have a friend who has the samsung vibrant and let me copy the avatar movie but it is in .dcf file and my nexus one does not recognize the movie. i just wanted to know if anyone knows how to make it work with other devices including my pc and my nexus one.
mpena0689 said:
How i have a friend who has the samsung vibrant and let me copy the avatar movie but it is in .dcf file and my nexus one does not recognize the movie. i just wanted to know if anyone knows how to make it work with other devices including my pc and my nexus one.
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it's 3gp file last time I checked when i mounted my phone
thats weird im positive i see the file name as avatar.dcf and my nexus one will not play it do you know how by any chance?
Its a dcf file and i have been searchin most of the day to find a player on Android. It plays in WM just fine.
mpena0689 said:
How i have a friend who has the samsung vibrant and let me copy the avatar movie but it is in .dcf file and my nexus one does not recognize the movie. i just wanted to know if anyone knows how to make it work with other devices including my pc and my nexus one.
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Just grab any one of the million free programs that can convert .3gp to .avi.
i just copied the whole folder to my 8gb folder and it worked fine with the avatar icon...? don't know what you did?
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i just copied the whole folder to my 8gb folder and it worked fine with the avatar icon...? don't know what you did?
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ok wen u copied ur 2gb to 8gb u just moved the files, this is wat u need to do so it can work, will work on any size card.
the avatar movie file is a dcf. it loads using DRM protocol on the vibrant. it can't be distributed to another system. unless you can get around the rights usage on it. which i can't. lol
the 3gp file is just a 3 minute trailer the actual movie file is a dcf file and is 1.4gb, the "avatar" icon in the apps menu is an actual app the plays the dcf file for the movie. right now im trying to copy both the dcf and the 3gp file to my sd card from my friends new vibrant then i adb pull /system/avatar/ /android for the apk file to install on to my nexus one. we'll see if the apk will install.
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it's 3gp file last time I checked when i mounted my phone
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The trailer file is a 3gp but the actually move is a dcf
Adb pull /system/apps/avatar and pushing it to any other phone doesn't work. I think it looks for a signature of the phone model and if it doesn't match up it wont install. Maybe some editing of the files will help make it work. Also with some research of the 1.4gb file dcf file is actually encrypted so either the vibrant or the app has the key. I will look into this further when I get a chance to mess with my buddy's vibrant again. The dcf file has a better resolution than one I can make with my copy of the DVD into a 3gp which is my reason for doing this.
If the Movies is too big to transfer just use (HJsplit 3.0) and split the movie in half and then transfer it over to the tab, use wifi explorer pro to transfer it works flawless
they are never too big with adb push
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they are never too big with adb push
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Is that so? Even when pushing to /sdcard?
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Is that so? Even when pushing to /sdcard?
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Unlike phone-derived Android, /sdcard on our devices isn't really an SD card. It's actually the exact same partition as /data.
It's just symlinked so that apps which expect /sdcard don't break.
As it's an ext4 partition, it doesn't have the 4GB file size limit of FAT.
This, by the way, is why our tabs don't support USB Mass Storage but instead implement MTP. USB Mass Storage exports the raw block device, MTP operates on files. This allows it to be used when other apps are also using /sdcard, and allows the ext4-ness of /sdcard to get hidden. The disadvantage is that it's far less standardized than USB Mass Storage. MTP seems flaky on our devices, but ADB (Android USB debugging) is nice and solid.
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If the Movies is too big to transfer just use (HJsplit 3.0) and split the movie in half and then transfer it over to the tab, use wifi explorer pro to transfer it works flawless
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Once you have the movie on your Tab (in a million or so pieces) how do you play it? I have done what you said but I can't get it to play in order -- just plays one file and quits...Please help
just transcode it with handbrake or dvd catalyst - problem solved! entire movie at manageable file size with excellent quality
mehdi84 said:
If the Movies is too big to transfer just use (HJsplit 3.0) and split the movie in half and then transfer it over to the tab, use wifi explorer pro to transfer it works flawless
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Once you have the movie on your Tab (in a million or so pieces) how do you play it? I have done what you said but I can't get it to play in order -- just plays one file and quits...Please help
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Just chose the next file i haven't managed to get them to play in order, working on it.
MKV solves ALL of these problems.
Download mkvtoolnix for your OS
This toolset allows you to do the following very easily:
Add any video/audio source to MKV container without compression
Split MKV into any size chunks
MKV split into chunks can be "linked" and if the player fully supports it, it will automagically find the next chunk to be played. I dont think diceplayer supports the link functionality of mkv. Boo hoo you need to pick the other chunk to play when one runs out. Not a deal breaker.
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Just chose the next file i haven't managed to get them to play in order, working on it.
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Thanks -- I originally didn't see that you could set the files to a 3GB file and I was just using the default of 1048k.....Now it is only in 3 files instead of a million!!
Hi all,
When I connect my Nexus 7 to my Win7 x64 laptop the system doesn't mount the tablet to a drive letter. It's listed a simply "Nexus 7". I can browse to it, but when I show file details it looks like the OS is thinking everything must be some kind of media (like music files) because the explorer window doesn't show the"modification time". It shows instead Track Number, Artist, Album, Year, Duration.
Thinking it might be Windows Explorer I've also tried Free Commander (a file browser) and get the same results.
Anyone know of a way to get Windows to see the files as something other than music files so I can see all the normal file attributes, especially mod time? The reason I want to do this is I have a bunch of epub files on the tablet and when I get new epubs it's easiest to sort by mod time and compare what's on the tablet vs. what's on my PC and copy all the files newer than the newest file on the tablet. This worked great on my Nook Color, and would love to be able to do the same with the Nexus. Right now it's a real challenge to figure out what I need to copy.
Thanks for any help!
UPDATE: After looking around some more I discovered that Windows 7 is seeing the Nexus as a "Portable Media Player", which is probably why it didn't mount the storage to a drive letter and thinks all the files are some kind of media, thus the file attributes Windows Explorer is showing. So now I guess the question is, how can I get Windows to think this is more than just a media player, and I guess mount the storage to a drive letter like you'd do with a USB flash drive or an external hard drive?
-Gary
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Hi all,
When I connect my Nexus 7 to my Win7 x64 laptop the system doesn't mount the tablet to a drive letter. It's listed a simply "Nexus 7". I can browse to it, but when I show file details it looks like the OS is thinking everything must be some kind of media (like music files) because the explorer window doesn't show the"modification time". It shows instead Track Number, Artist, Album, Year, Duration.
Thinking it might be Windows Explorer I've also tried Free Commander (a file browser) and get the same results.
Anyone know of a way to get Windows to see the files as something other than music files so I can see all the normal file attributes, especially mod time? The reason I want to do this is I have a bunch of epub files on the tablet and when I get new epubs it's easiest to sort by mod time and compare what's on the tablet vs. what's on my PC and copy all the files newer than the newest file on the tablet. This worked great on my Nook Color, and would love to be able to do the same with the Nexus. Right now it's a real challenge to figure out what I need to copy.
Thanks for any help!
UPDATE: After looking around some more I discovered that Windows 7 is seeing the Nexus as a "Portable Media Player", which is probably why it didn't mount the storage to a drive letter and thinks all the files are some kind of media, thus the file attributes Windows Explorer is showing. So now I guess the question is, how can I get Windows to think this is more than just a media player, and I guess mount the storage to a drive letter like you'd do with a USB flash drive or an external hard drive?
-Gary
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Well, I feel a little foolish about being able to get the mod times on the files. I hardly ever use Windows Explorer so I didn't realize I could just click on the header area where it says "Name, Type, Size, etc.." and simply select "Modification Time". I clicked on that and Voila! the mod times were there for me.
But in the midst of my searching I found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1774556&highlight=portable+media+player
which had an interesting alternative called AirDroid:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid
It allows you to view the files on your Android device via wifi from any web browser on your PC/MAC/etc. I tried this app out and although the transfers were quite slow it's a pretty nifty way to copy files to/from an Android device, and it showed me the modification times!
-Gary
Hi,
I cannot find this through the search function on this Nexus 4 forum, although it is very weird.
I have downloaded (with my browser) several MP3 music files (from the web and from my own dropbox) to my Nexus 4 phone.
I can play them by clicking them from a file manager and choosing Google music player to complete the action.
But ... they do not show up in the Google music player. Neither do they show up in a few other music players I have installed (and removed again).
There are two exceptions:
- All music files do show up in the built in music player of the ES File Manager.
- I have set one downloaded MP3 as the standard ringtone on my phone. That file shows up in any music player.
What do I do wrong? Why does a downloaded MP3 not show up in a music player, unless I set it as my standard ringtone?
I live in a country where the Google Play Music store is not supported. But the ringtone-mp3 does not come from there!
Did you move the songs to your music folder?
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I have the exact same problem. I have also moved the files to my Music folder!
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PR0XiMA said:
I have the exact same problem. I have also moved the files to my Music folder!
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Make sure there isn't a .nomedia file in that folder
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El Daddy said:
Make sure there isn't a .nomedia file in that folder
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But one thing that i thought was very weird was that, if i added an other song, it would show up...
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That is right! Just after I added them, I could see them! Very weird.
And yes, I moved them to the Music folder, but the ringtone I use (also a downloaded mp3) is still in the downlosd folder, and I can nevertheless see it.
A ".nomedia" file is hidden. You would need to have show hidden files enabled to see it.
[SOLVED] Use MTP from your Pc / laptop
Well, the problem has solved itself for me in the following way:
I am an Ubuntu user, and I upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04 yesterday evening.
Ubuntu (Lubuntu, Kubuntu etc.) 13.04 supports the MPT protocol Google wants us to use with our Nexus 4 'out of the box'.
I have read that Windows should do so too, but I cannot check that.
You connect your Nexus 4 to your PC or laptop and choose MTP (Media Tranfer Protocol) as the protocol to transfer files (I believe your phone chooses the other protocol by default). You do this from the notification area (where your notifications for new mail and app updates also appear).
Then you can copy music files from your PC / laptop to your phone to any directory in your phone. I suggest the Music directory. And, surprise, surprise, if you do it that way, the music files also appear in your Google Music Player!
The strange thing is, however, that you cannot transfer music files from your phone to your PC. It is a one-direction traffic. You also cannot delete files on your phone from your connected PC.
So if you want to make the invisible files on your phone visible in your Google music player, you have to delete them on the phone (from a file manager on the phone). I would copy them to Dropbox first, however. Then get them on your pc / laptop (by downloading them from Dropbox e.g.) and then copy them through the USB cable from you pc / laptop back to your phone. Strange, but that is how it works!
Do I understand this strange procedure? No, but it works. Enjoy!
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The strange thing is, however, that you cannot transfer music files from your phone to your PC. It is a one-direction traffic. You also cannot delete files on your phone from your connected PC.
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Negative! For me, using Windows 8 Pro x64. It works just fine using MTP, the only problem I am having is making folders. Then Windows Explorer crashes.
On Linux on my laptop (Linux Mint 14), i use ADB, which works just fine.
I only have this problem with two mixes from Never Say Die Records. But other songs works just fine...
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I searched through several threads on the forum and after much frustration haven't found a solution to my problem yet.
I have a Nexus Player and connected a USB thumbdrive to play media from it. The videos are x.264 w/AC3 audio. I also have a 7.2 Onkyo A/V Receiver that can do all the audio processing.
On my Nexus 10 I can play these media files with MX Player, but when I try to use the same program on the Nexus Player it says "AC3 audio not supported"
How can I just pass the audio directly to the A/V receiver? Or do I need to use another media player software? I'm open to suggestions. NOTE: I do not want to transcode any files, or stream them. I want to be able to play them locally from the usb thumbstick.
No clue if it is compatible, but Kodi is definitely the favorite around these parts
how to find usb device from filesystem?
Sweet thanks! after sideloading Kodi I can get the video file to play if I launch it from ES File explorer. However, I don't know where to find the usb drive in the filesystem to mount the directory in Kodi itself for easy access. I looked all over but I must have missed something. Shouldn't it be under /mnt? When I try to look at the file path when the video is running within kodi it shows http://127.0.0.1:59777/usb/UsbStorage ...
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No clue if it is compatible, but Kodi is definitely the favorite around these parts
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nhasian said:
Sweet thanks! after sideloading Kodi I can get the video file to play if I launch it from ES File explorer. However, I don't know where to find the usb drive in the filesystem to mount the directory in Kodi itself for easy access. I looked all over but I must have missed something. Shouldn't it be under /mnt? When I try to look at the file path when the video is running within kodi it shows http://127.0.0.1:59777/usb/UsbStorage ...
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I'm at work, but I'll try and remember to get the path for you. I remember it was weird to find. Maybe under 'emulated'? Eh, cant remember right now...
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Sweet thanks! after sideloading Kodi I can get the video file to play if I launch it from ES File explorer. However, I don't know where to find the usb drive in the filesystem to mount the directory in Kodi itself for easy access. I looked all over but I must have missed something. Shouldn't it be under /mnt? When I try to look at the file path when the video is running within kodi it shows http://127.0.0.1:59777/usb/UsbStorage ...
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Not sure about the NP but on my Nexus 6 I get usbstorage0 under the regular sdcard folder.
nhasian said:
Sweet thanks! after sideloading Kodi I can get the video file to play if I launch it from ES File explorer. However, I don't know where to find the usb drive in the filesystem to mount the directory in Kodi itself for easy access. I looked all over but I must have missed something. Shouldn't it be under /mnt? When I try to look at the file path when the video is running within kodi it shows http://127.0.0.1:59777/usb/UsbStorage ...
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External storage - usbStorage - sdb1 -
path to usb drive
I appreciate your help. When you get a moment please let me know the path to the usb thumbdrive. I still can't find it from the root filesystem.
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I'm at work, but I'll try and remember to get the path for you. I remember it was weird to find. Maybe under 'emulated'? Eh, cant remember right now...
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frustrated with usb file path
I guess I should have refreshed my screen. you replied about an hour ago. thanks for that! I was about to kick myself for missing that but actually I do not have a usbStorage directory or sdb1 anywhere to be seen. Do i need to mount it somehow other than just plugging it in? When I go to External Storage it just shows the contents of sdcard if i'm not mistaken. Under storage it only shows emulated and sdcard0.
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External storage - usbStorage - sdb1 -
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Are you using Stickmount?
Sorry, should be :
/storage/emulated/0/usbStorage