After installing the new LibreELEC update I noticed the old problem of unwritable drives on the Android side of the box has reappeared. Edwin Williams has posted a warning not to try using SDFix (as before) to solve this issue. [Unfortunately, this was too late for me and I had to reinstall the OS].
Over the last week I have been testing the alternative SambaDroid approach to solving/bypassing this problem. See the link:
https://droidbox.co.uk/how-to/network-sharing-local-storage-for-kodi-and-dbmc/
In summary, the approach works well for the Kodi Backup Addon - backups can be written correctly to the internal drive (Udisk1), an exernal USB drive (Udisk0) or an external SD Card (SDCard1).
However, for other Addons with download options this method fails. In some cases there is no option in the Addon Download Settings to access SMB://Sambadroid/AllStorage, only the direct drive names are selectable (and we know from before that these links do not work). In other cases AllStorage is selectable but after testing you find that the correct sub-folders and media files are created but the actual media file is empty. These results appear to be consistent across many Addons.
Note: None of these issues occur in the LibreELEC version of Kodi. All connected drives are writable in the usual way.
One positive feature of installing SambaDroid I noticed, is that the folder SambaDroid/AllStorage is now visible across my entire home network. So in principle all the (internal and external) drives attached to my Droidbox are just as visible as my separate NAS drive and can be used to stream to/from my PCs.
Over the last week I have been testing the alternative SambaDroid approach to solving/bypassing this problem. See the link:
https://droidbox.co.uk/how-to/network-sharing-local-storage-for-kodi-and-dbmc/
In summary, the approach works well for the Kodi Backup Addon - backups can be written correctly to the internal drive (Udisk1), an exernal USB drive (Udisk0) or an external SD Card (SDCard1).
However, for other Addons with download options this method fails. In some cases there is no option in the Addon Download Settings to access SMB://Sambadroid/AllStorage, only the direct drive names are selectable (and we know from before that these links do not work). In other cases AllStorage is selectable but after testing you find that the correct sub-folders and media files are created but the actual media file is empty. These results appear to be consistent across many Addons.
Note: None of these issues occur in the LibreELEC version of Kodi. All connected drives are writable in the usual way.
One positive feature of installing SambaDroid I noticed, is that the folder SambaDroid/AllStorage is now visible across my entire home network. So in principle all the (internal and external) drives attached to my Droidbox are just as visible as my separate NAS drive and can be used to stream to/from my PCs.
