incadar 3 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Hi Have a quick question about host-names if someone can help please want to manually configure add on with host name for server instead of IP, have tried with no joy i need to set up system to ship to a non tech savy elderly family member and want to make it plug and play it only seems to work on IP address and theirs is a lot different. any help greatly appreciated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36992 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 configure where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incadar 3 Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 in the add on settings , there is an a section where you fill in the IP address of the emby server you want to connect to, i would like to use the server host name here instead of its IP address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6766 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 (edited) Would probably be better off using Emby Connect. . Edited June 16, 2015 by CBers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incadar 3 Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 ?? the server and players are all on my local network and will be setup and moved to another network, i want it to just plug and play when it gets there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6766 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Oh right, thought the server was staying with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incadar 3 Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 NP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6766 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 So won't the IP addresses at the other place be the same ?? The Kodi addon for Emby will discover the server the first time you use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incadar 3 Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 i do use emby connect to my home and just use a DYNDNS address in addon settings and it works great, just hoped i could use host name on internal network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incadar 3 Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 no its a completely differant range 192.168.88.x im 192.168.1.x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incadar 3 Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 i want to setup librarys, views etc before i ship!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6766 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 (edited) You can do all of that beforehand then let the Kodi addon discover the server. The worst that will happen is that you'll need to let Kodi do the discovery again, when it's moved and the server has a new hard-coded IP address. . Edited June 16, 2015 by CBers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incadar 3 Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 ok thx for your help, ill try that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koleckai Silvestri 1150 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 If you want a custom host name for your server, edit the workstation's hosts file and add something like: 10.0.0.5 emby.media.local Then they can use that. If you're using named machines like on a Windows network you can use the machine name instead of the IP address. For instance my server could be called //Emby and then I can access it through //Emby:8096 If you're accessing from an external location, you'll need to use a dynamic DNS service that allows you to apply a purchased domain name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 (edited) Do you mean you want to be able to use your dynamic dns host name? Because you can already. I personally use a free domain from no-ip and that's what I use server address (external access) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited June 16, 2015 by Angelblue05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incadar 3 Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 Hi Koleckai Silvestri yes i am trying to connect as you say with the computer name but cannot get it to see the server on the Emby app, server is now renamed to emby, i have tryed just emby or //emby or emby:8096 or //emby:8096 but it just says server unreachable!! works fine with IP address will try today just to let teh app find server as normal and then setup on different internal network with different IP range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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