I have connected an external hard disk to the Vero V. I would now like to share it in the network
to save movies on the HDD via a PC.
I have already installed the Samba server and activated smb1 in Windows.
I can see and access my other PC under Windows–>Network, but unfortunately I cannot see the Vero V.
Have I forgotten anything else?
On the Vero?
Yes
I personally map a network drive or use a shortcut that goes to the Vero rather than trying to browse for it. You’ll need to know the ip address of the Vero
As @jb2cool just try to directly access it via \\<IP Addess of Vero>
You also can share logs from Vero for us to check if all is correct setup
When I enter the Vero IP address in the browser, the Kodi interface appears.
But I cannot access the hard disk from there
When I enter the Vero IP address in the browser, the Kodi interface appears.
But I cannot access the hard disk from there
You are putting the ip into a web browser, you need to enter it into a file browser
I found it!
Maybe write here what you did to help others that might have similar issue
Of course. I had to add the name of the hard disk.
\\myipadress\volume name
I found that in both Windows 10 and Windows 11 trying to access the root i.e. \myipaddress\ didn’t connect or prompt for a username and password, it simply timed out.
If I opened Windows Credentials and added the IP address and un+pw there then I could immediately connect and see the root of my Vero V as well as the osmc folder and all four of my direct attached SSDs (via a powered usb hub).
Unfortunately transferring data is dog slow to NTFS formatted SSDs using smb, much, much faster to eject the drives and use sneakernet when moving many gigabytes around. Still very useful to check content and add a necessary srt.
Use exFAT
No thanks, converting would be a major endeavour, plus sneakernet is actually a lot faster than my gigabit network. timing it I’d need to upgrade to at least 2.5 gigabit for my network to reach parity with sneakernet, the performance of an external m.2 nvme in a usb-c enclosure is pretty damn fast.
