Himedia Q10 does not find shared foldes of desktop PC via LAN

[unclejoshc]

Ok yes I have static IP. 

[DMD]

I don't know if it affects the process, but have you also activated SAMBA?

[unclejoshc]

I don't know if it affects the process, but have you also activated SAMBA?

Yes. 


To summarize I can see the Q10 from the PC and can transfer files back and for without issue.
I have Samba service started in settings in Q10
I have checked off all SMB options in Windows 10
I have enabled guest access in windows 10
I have Static IP
I can see the PC from the ES Explorer app in Q10 and all my folders are visible upon entering my user name and password in that app.
The PC name shows in MediaCenter AutoSearch but then I enter the user name and password the screen freezes and nothing happens at all. I have left it alone for hours just to see if it took a while to index the files but never happens. It just sits there no matter what I do.
Kodi does not show the PC name at all in any search I do.  It used to show up under SMB search.  I still have a shortcut from when I did work but that just says No Route to Host when clicking it.
I have attempted to enter my PC IP address in both MediaCenter and Kodi and get errors on both.  Kodi says Option not Permitted and there is no network available.
I am hardwired both Q10 and PC directly to my router.

[DMD]

I can't think of anything else, the only thing I can say is to try to reset the box with the fW 2.1.6 which in the LAN section provides the Fast Search

[unclejoshc]

Serioulsy thanks again for all the help. I will try to update and see what happens. I think i am on 2.1.4.  Can i go straight to 2.1.6 or is there another in between i have to do first.  Also can i use the CFW that pcristi made or the official one?  The 2.1.4 I am using now is his custom version. inc53854

[DMD]

Yes you can upgrade 2.1.4 to 2.1.6
https://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?topic=4847.msg31312#msg31312

Install the OFW first and after CFW as recommended by pcristi
https://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?topic=812.msg31509#msg31509

If you use Kodi, remember to make backups.

[unclejoshc]

ok, i updated.  I noticed the time display on the box is incorrect by 7 hours.  It is correct on the homepage though so not sure what the issue is. I also lost my home page formatting. I am not sure how i got the one i had but it looked very different than the one i see now. I used to have 3 columns of tiles in uniform size and now there is just a handful spread vertically but in different sizes.

But anyway. So I went to mediacenter LAN and tried the Fast Search.  It came back as No Server.  I tried the Standard search and it shows my PC name but the same issue happens when I enter my username and password.  Just freezes and has blank blue screen with half a spinning icon in the upper left corner as shown in my pic posted earlier.

The ES Explorer app worked fine. It showed my PC name, I entered my username and password and it shows my shared folder and I was even able to play a file streaming via Kodi.  Only through ES Explorer though.  Nothing in mediacenter nor the Kodi app itself. It does not pull up my pc name at all when trying to add source.

[unclejoshc]

Ugh and now my Kodi backup is not working. I made 2 backups in anticipation of doing the upgrade and neither one is restoring.  Took me hours of time to get all my settings to where I wanted it. This is so frustrating.

So bottom line for whatever reason I will not be able to access my PC from this box.  Yet I can connect to the box from the PC and can connect to the PC from the box using the ES Explorer app. It literally makes zero sense. Something in the firmware is preventing me from accessing the PC since the app has no issue.

[unclejoshc]

I gotta downgrade from this firmware. It is so slow and basically unusable. 

[DMD]

I don't know what happened, but the FW 2.1.6 makes the box faster on startup.
https://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?topic=4847.msg31330#msg31330
http://himedia.hu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=377

[unclejoshc]

I don't know what happened, but the FW 2.1.6 makes the box faster on startup.
https://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?topic=4847.msg31330#msg31330
http://himedia.hu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=377

Not for me and I mean trying to navigate or click on apps. Everything is delayed and slow.  Maybe it was a bad install. I will try again

[unclejoshc]

The install must have been faulty. I actually did the 2.1.7 OFW with the patch and it is much faster now. And my backup worked for Kodi.

But it didn't solve my issue at all. I still cannot connect from the box to the PC AND now I can no longer access the box from the PC. I have no idea what happened but when i click on the link for the box on my PC it says it is no longer connected and not on the network. So now have no way to transfer files back and forth.

I fail to understand why this crap happens and it won't work like it is supposed to. 

[unclejoshc]

I was finally able to get my folders in the media center!  I was never able to connect to the PC via the Fast or Standard Searches but I manually added the share with my IP address, then creating one folder and sharing that and then using the NTFS Symbolic Link feature to add all my HD links within that one folder so now everything is accessible using that shortcut.  Very happy.

Still cannot figure Kodi out though which is my preferred interface but finally made progress after many months of not being able to access my PC so I am pleased today.

Thanks to everyone in this thread for the help especially DMD.

[DMD]

.....then creating one folder and sharing that and then using the NTFS Symbolic Link feature to add all my HD links within that one folder so now everything is accessible using that shortcut.  .....

It reminds me of my situation of years ago with symbolic links, but this happened because in the sharing it did not allow to exceed the number of 16 folders.
https://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?topic=3564.msg24888#msg24888

[unclejoshc]

It reminds me of my situation of years ago with symbolic links, but this happened because in the sharing it did not allow to exceed the number of 16 folders.
https://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?topic=3564.msg24888#msg24888

That is exactly how I did it. I read your posts and the responses and got the folders to show.