dcrdev 251 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 I'm testing out emby server and the kodi addon at the moment whilst I wait for some new hard drives to move my library across. When I first installed the Kodi addon, nothing would play, it wasn't until I enabled (use http) that thing's began playing - so I assume by default it looks for your media based on the rules you set up for path substitution. So my question is - If I set up path substitution, will the addon fall back to http if it can't connect i.e. if I'm outside my home network? I've got emby mapped to a domain name and basically I want a seamless experience with Kodi wherever I am, at home or travelling, Does the addon do this, or do I have to explicitly choose http in the settings when I'm away? Sorry if this has been asked before. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37116 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 If you're away from home then path substitution won't matter. You can read about the purpose of path substitution here: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Library%20Setup I think you will just want to keep http enabled for away from home use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrdev 251 Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share Posted October 25, 2015 Yeah but will it auto switch to http if path substitution fails? I don't wan't to have http enabled at home because it put's unnecessary stress on the server - I know I can manually toggle http/direct, but I'm asking if it will do that automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37116 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 it won't stream with http inside your home, no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidman 589 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 I'm testing out emby server and the kodi addon at the moment whilst I wait for some new hard drives to move my library across. When I first installed the Kodi addon, nothing would play, it wasn't until I enabled (use http) that thing's began playing - so I assume by default it looks for your media based on the rules you set up for path substitution. So my question is - If I set up path substitution, will the addon fall back to http if it can't connect i.e. if I'm outside my home network? I've got emby mapped to a domain name and basically I want a seamless experience with Kodi wherever I am, at home or travelling, Does the addon do this, or do I have to explicitly choose http in the settings when I'm away? Sorry if this has been asked before. Thanks The option to use alternate address in the emby for kodi addon is precisely for this purpose.... Not quite seamless but you just need to set it up and toggle the setting for wan/LAN access Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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