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I just bought a new Fire Tv 4K, installed the latest Emby server and Kodi 16.0 on the FireTv, it all works great with a few issues -

 

- when playing back media, I got the message 'cannot direct play', after a few times I got 'switching to http' and since then it plays fine. I haven't changed any defaults. The server is set to 'Auto' for transcoding but so far it doesn't transcode anything and does seem to direct play. I'm using network shares and not local paths to share all media, so is this normal behavior?

 

- I get subtitles on AC3, but not DTS content. I read in this thread (http://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/20225-emby-addon-firetv-dts/) that they should work for DTS too?

 

- Is there any point in using the SPMC fork (this is a Kodi question, thought someone here might know too)

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ecrispy   23

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My shared folders are added using UNC paths with network shares, which I verified I can access in Kodi directly using its file manager (i.e. no user/pwd needed), so I believe path substitution is not an issue and should not be needed, correct?

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xnappo   1593

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In that case, please post a log with direct playback failing.  Make sure to turn off the 'Play from HTTP instead of SMB' option, which may have turned on automatically.

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ecrispy   23

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I reset the Emby addon, updated library and tried again. Here is the relevant log section I think - 

 

15:45:49 T:18446744072315317216  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> Verifying path: smb://mainpc/Media/Movies/Casino (1995)/Casino (1995).mkv
15:45:49 T:18446744072315317216  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> Failed to find file.
15:45:49 T:18446744072315317216  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> Unable to direct play.
15:45:49 T:18446744072315317216  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> Direct play failed: 0 times.
15:45:49 T:18446744072315317216  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> The add-on settings bitrate is: 100000000, the video bitrate required is: 7237563
15:45:49 T:18446744072315317216  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> File is direct streaming.
15:45:49 T:18446744072315317216  NOTICE: EMBY PlaybackUtils -> Setting up properties in playlist.
15:45:50 T:18446744072315317216  NOTICE: EMBY PlaybackUtils -> Adding main item to playlist.
15:45:50 T:18446744072315317216  NOTICE: EMBY PlaybackUtils -> Play playlist.
15:45:50 T:18446744072327213200  NOTICE: Using Image Cache Thread Count: 0 -> 1
15:45:50 T:18446744072327213200  NOTICE: Parameter string: ?dbid=4&mode=play&id=a09e8dc8eac18991844fe7563b72bb98&filename=Casino+%282016%29.mkv
15:45:50 T:18446744072327213200  NOTICE: Using Image Cache Thread Count: 0 -> 1
15:45:50 T:18446744072327213200  NOTICE: EMBY PlaybackUtils -> Play called.
15:45:50 T:18446744072327213200  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> Verifying path: smb://mainpc/Media/Movies/Casino (1995)/Casino (1995).mkv
15:45:50 T:18446744072327213200  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> Failed to find file.
15:45:50 T:18446744072327213200  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> Unable to direct play.
15:45:50 T:18446744072327213200  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> Direct play failed: 1 times.
15:45:50 T:18446744072327213200  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> The add-on settings bitrate is: 100000000, the video bitrate required is: 7237563
15:45:50 T:18446744072327213200  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> File is direct streaming.
15:45:50 T:18446744072327213200  NOTICE: EMBY PlaybackUtils -> Play as a regular item.
15:45:50 T:18446744072291662440  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: http://192.168.1.10:8096/emby/Videos/a09e8dc8eac18991844fe7563b72bb98/stream?static=true
15:45:50 T:18446744072291662440 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
15:45:50 T:18446744072329902864  NOTICE: Creating InputStream
 
 
I think the problem may be that //mainpc is unaccesible due to DNS but it may work with an IP? 
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xnappo   1593

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Yep - that is what I was thinking.

 

Switch to IP will probably fix it if the path is correct otherwise. 

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I tried adding the same path (using hostname) directly in Kodi and it works, so I figure it must be something else?

 

Switching to IP would require recreating the library in Emby correct? Before I do that I want to make sure that's the real problem so maybe I'll add another folder but use IP this time.

 

edit - failed to direct play even when it was added with IP instead.

 

17:19:00 T:18446744072343565256  NOTICE: Parameter string: ?dbid=27&mode=play&id=977379a68629a83c115a9bb578b0a62d&filename=Synchronicity+%282015%29.mkv
17:19:00 T:18446744072343565256  NOTICE: Using Image Cache Thread Count: 0 -> 1
17:19:00 T:18446744072343565256  NOTICE: EMBY PlaybackUtils -> Play called.
17:19:00 T:18446744072343565256  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> Verifying path: smb://192.168.1.10/Media/Movies2/Timeline (2003)/Timeline (2003).mkv
17:19:00 T:18446744072343565256  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> Failed to find file.
17:19:00 T:18446744072343565256  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> Unable to direct play.
17:19:00 T:18446744072343565256  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> Direct play failed: 0 times.
17:19:00 T:18446744072343565256  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> The add-on settings bitrate is: 100000000, the video bitrate required is: 6232240
17:19:00 T:18446744072343565256  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> File is direct streaming.
17:19:00 T:18446744072343565256  NOTICE: EMBY PlaybackUtils -> Setting up properties in playlist.
17:19:00 T:18446744072343565256  NOTICE: EMBY PlaybackUtils -> Adding main item to playlist.
17:19:00 T:18446744072343565256  NOTICE: EMBY PlaybackUtils -> Play playlist.
17:19:01 T:18446744072377265856  NOTICE: Using Image Cache Thread Count: 0 -> 1
17:19:01 T:18446744072377265856  NOTICE: Parameter string: ?dbid=27&mode=play&id=977379a68629a83c115a9bb578b0a62d&filename=Synchronicity+%282015%29.mkv
17:19:01 T:18446744072377265856  NOTICE: Using Image Cache Thread Count: 0 -> 1
17:19:01 T:18446744072377265856  NOTICE: EMBY PlaybackUtils -> Play called.
17:19:01 T:18446744072377265856  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> Verifying path: smb://192.168.1.10/Media/Movies2/Timeline (2003)/Timeline (2003).mkv
17:19:01 T:18446744072377265856  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> Failed to find file.
17:19:01 T:18446744072377265856  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> Unable to direct play.
17:19:01 T:18446744072377265856  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> Direct play failed: 1 times.
17:19:01 T:18446744072377265856  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> The add-on settings bitrate is: 100000000, the video bitrate required is: 6232240
17:19:01 T:18446744072377265856  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> File is direct streaming.
17:19:01 T:18446744072377265856  NOTICE: EMBY PlaybackUtils -> Play as a regular item.
17:19:01 T:18446744072291660048  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: http://192.168.1.10:8096/emby/Videos/977379a68629a83c115a9bb578b0a62d/stream?static=true
17:19:01 T:18446744072291660048 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
17:19:01 T:18446744072344208872  NOTICE: Creating InputStream
17:19:01 T:18446744072344208872  NOTICE: Creating Demuxer
17:19:01 T:18446744072344208872  NOTICE: Opening stream: 0 source: 256
17:19:01 T:18446744072344208872  NOTICE: Creating video codec with codec id: 28
17:19:02 T:18446744072344208872  NOTICE: Creating video thread
17:19:02 T:18446744072344208872  NOTICE: Opening stream: 1 source: 256
17:19:02 T:18446744072344208872  NOTICE: Finding audio codec for: 86020
17:19:02 T:18446744072344208872  NOTICE: Creating audio thread
17:19:02 T:18446744072344208872  NOTICE: Opening stream: 2 source: 256
17:19:02 T:18446744072358460696  NOTICE: running thread: video_thread
17:19:02 T:18446744072361790120  NOTICE: running thread: CDVDPlayerAudio::Process()
17:19:02 T:18446744072361790120  NOTICE: Creating audio stream (codec id: 86020, channels: 2, sample rate: 48000, pass-through)
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xnappo   1593

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I got nothing for ya unfortuntely.

 

If this path is right:

smb://192.168.1.10/Media/Movies2/Timeline (2003)/Timeline (2003).mkv

 

And you definitely don't need a password - then it should work!

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