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Windows (Samba) shares not listed as a protocol - hakayova - 2022-11-30
Hi all,
I installed the most recent release version of Kodi on FreeBSD 13.1 and it seems to be working well, except I cannot connect to my NAS samba share. When I try to add video source and select network location/browse, the protocol field at the top of the dialog has a drop down list that does not contain WIndows Share (samba). It contains RSS, DAV, http, https, UPNP, FTP etc. but neither samba nor nfs. I never have this problem with Libre ELEC before. FreeBSD installation has the samba412 package installed too. Any pointers will be greatly appreciated.
RE: Windows (Samba) shares not listed as a protocol - wsnipex - 2022-11-30
It's possible that your kodi package was compiled without samba support. In any case I'd recommend using OS level mounts instead of kodi built-in, since it usually performs better.
RE: Windows (Samba) shares not listed as a protocol - hakayova - 2022-11-30
(2022-11-30, 09:00)wsnipex Wrote: It's possible that your kodi package was compiled without samba support...I figured that this indeed seems to be the case. Thank you for your suggestion to mount the share at OS level, I didn't think about that, and it makes perfect sense!🤞