roywood 5 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 (edited) When trying to play a movie from emby server on kodi fire TV stick I get either an error stating one of more items failed to play check log or it just does nothing. My server is on Linux and the files are on a Samba share which is a USB drive connected to my router. I can see all the movies but when I try to play them I get the error. My log is at http://xbmclogs.com/pn4dh365k Thanks for any help. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Edited April 22, 2016 by roywood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 (edited) You need to set up path substitution. It is trying to play this path: /media/server/Movie-Tv/lessons from UR/LES01MI.01_(HD_720_-_WEB_(H264_2500)).mp4 xnappo https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Library-Setup Edited April 22, 2016 by xnappo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roywood 5 Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 You need to set up path substitution. It is trying to play this path: /media/server/Movie-Tv/lessons from UR/LES01MI.01_(HD_720_-_WEB_(H264_2500)).mp4 xnappo https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Library-Setup I'm not sure exactly how to do this. I have a samba share set up. The server is on a Linux machine and the files are on a USB drive attached to the router. /media/server/Movie-Tv is how the path appears on the server laptop. Any ideas? Maybe path substitute with drive letter designation if it has one? Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I think you want: from: /media/server to: \\servername\media\server xnappo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 You can verify the path Kodi expect in kodi settings > addon > install from zip, navigate to your content, the path will be listed at the top. You'll want your paths to reflect this in the emby path substitution. You don't need to indicate smb in your path. If you follow what xnappo mentions in the post above, the client will automatically format it correctly and use smb protocol. Hope this helps. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roywood 5 Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 You two are wonderful. It worked. However it does not direct play. Instead it delays for a while and then plays, I guess, off the network. Its not that big of a deal just curious if I can do anything about that. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Can you post a new Kodi log with the path substitution? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roywood 5 Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 I will tomorrow. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roywood 5 Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Can you post a new Kodi log with the path substitution? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Http://xbmclogs.com/pcm644gov Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Sorry - unfortunately after it fails a few times, we automatically turn on a setting in the addon 'Settings->Playback->Play from HTTP instead of SMB'. Can you please turn that off and post another log? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roywood 5 Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Http://xbmclogs.com/plqu9cdsh Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roywood 5 Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Sorry - unfortunately after it fails a few times, we automatically turn on a setting in the addon 'Settings->Playback->Play from HTTP instead of SMB'. Can you please turn that off and post another log? http://xbmclogs.com/plqu9cdsh Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Sorry - but I don't see any attempts at playback in that log.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roywood 5 Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 http://xbmclogs.com/plqu9cdsh Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Http://xbmclogs.com/pqvfudfpz I didn't try to play after changing that setting. Sorry. This should be it. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Okay, so now it is looking here: smb://192.168.0.2/DD-Wrt/Movie-Tv/Movie-Tv/Parents/Bridge of Spies 2015 1080p BluRay x264 DTS-JYK/Bridge of Spies 2015 1080p BluRay x264 DTS-JYK.mkv Only you can tell us if that is right or not.. xnappo Edited April 23, 2016 by xnappo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Looks like that double Movie-Tv may be at fault. What did you end up with as path substitution? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited April 23, 2016 by Angelblue05 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roywood 5 Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Okay, so now it is looking here: smb://192.168.0.2/DD-Wrt/Movie-Tv/Movie-Tv/Parents/Bridge of Spies 2015 1080p BluRay x264 DTS-JYK/Bridge of Spies 2015 1080p BluRay x264 DTS-JYK.mkv Only you can tell us if that is right or not.. xnappo It is not correct. Double Movie-Tv. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Edited April 23, 2016 by roywood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roywood 5 Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Looks like that double Movie-Tv may be at fault. What did you end up with as path substitution? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yes, you are right. How do I change that? Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 The issue probably lies in your path substitution. What did you set? Let me know Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roywood 5 Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 The issue probably lies in your path substitution. What did you set? Let me know Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roywood 5 Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 The issue probably lies in your path substitution. What did you set? Let me know Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Here is what server is showing as media folder Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Remove Movie-Tv in the "to" part of the path substitution. That should do it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roywood 5 Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Remove Movie-Tv in the "to" part of the path substitution. That should do it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk OK. I'll give it a go in a bit, thanks. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roywood 5 Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Remove Movie-Tv in the "to" part of the path substitution. That should do it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk No go. Now it's not even playing at all. Log below. Http://xbmclogs.com/p3bjmthko Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 There's no path substitution anymore it seems like. Try re-adding it on your server. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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