***WARNING:VPN ON? THE VPN WILL NOT SHOW THE PC’S REALLY IPv4 IP. YOU NEED TO DISABLE THIS AT LEAST FOR THE SETTING UP OF THE NETWORK SHARING PROCESS!!
ON WINDOWS 10:
Turn on SMB 1.0
CONTROL PANEL=PROGRAMS AND FEATURES=(LEFT BAR)=TURN WINDOWS FEATURES ON AND OFF=CHECK SMB 1.0 AND SMB DIRECT=CLICK OK
THEN EXIT OUT OF PROGRAMS AND FEATURES.
*A system restart maybe required after clicking “OK”*
CMD=IPCONFIG /ALL (ENTER)=IPv4 EXAMPLE 192.168.1.22
NEED WINDOWS USER NAME AND/OR PASSWORD IF YOU SET ONE UP WHEN INSTALLING WINDOWS 10!
ON KODI:
SETTINGS=SERVICES=”SMB client”
MINIMUN PROTOCOL VERSION=SMBv1 (YES TO RESTART KODI)
MAXIMUN PROTOCOL VERSION=SMBv1 (YES TO RESTART KODI)
**NOTE THAT WINDOWS PROGRAMS AND FEATURES SAID “SMB 1.0” WHEN WE CLICKED ON THE CHECK BOX(S)**
NOW REOPEN KODI:
SCROLL DOWN TO VIDEOS=FILES=ADD VIDEOS…
*IN THE NEW WINDOW CLICK ON “BROWSE”
*FIND “ADD NETWORK LOCATION”
*Server name= IPv4 IP ADDRESS EXAMPLE: MINE IS 192.168.1.20
*CLICK “OK”
(YOUR WINDOWS USERNAME AND/OR PASSWORD) *IF YOU HAVE A PASSWORD TO LOG ONTO YOUR PC*
*CLICK “OK”
NEXT:
NOW OPEN THE “SMB://192.168.1.20” FILE WE JUST MADE!
NOW IT SHOWS THE PATH IN THE “ADD SOURCE” BOX”
NAME THE SHARING DRIVE WHATEVER YOU LIKE! EXAMPLE: WINDOWS FILE SHARING…. ECT ECT..
*NAME IT MOVIES FOR SHARING MOVIES ECT….
THE “SET CONTENT” BOX WILL SHOW UP NEXT:
*CLICK ON “THIS DIRECTORY CONTAINS”
*THE “THIS DIRECTORY CONTAINS” BOX POP’S UP
*CHOOSE WITH EVER FILE SHARING CONTENT YOU WILL BE SHARING FROM YOUR WINDOWS PC
*CLICK “OK”
*NOW IT SENDS YOU BACK TO THE “SET CONTENT” BOX = CLICK “OK”
TO USE:
CLICK ON THE FILE YOU MADE MINE IS “MOVIES”
*USERS
*CLICK THE USER YOU NAME TO ACCESS FILES FROM (USUALLY THE ADMIN ACCOUNT IS THE ONE YOU WANT)
*FROM THEIR CHOOSE THE “MEDIA” YOU’D LIKE TO STREAM/PLAY!
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Great job Johnathon! I would update the part at 2:04 where you enter the SMB client. This is not only for mobile but for all devices and it is extremely important. I missed it the first time around. Also, all should know that every time you refresh your Modem or Gateway this usually changes your IPv4 address. You will then need to edit your source in the file manager within Kodi. We have AT&T U verse and they actually recommend that you re-boot your Gateway every couple of weeks to clear data from the router/modem and this sometimes changes the IPv4 addy. Thanks again !
If you have windows 10, no work group and enable smb and still cant connect…this will get you connected….this is the real mvp here…!
Thank you! When I installed Windows 10 all my Kodi locations stopped working, and your written explanation above is the only useful solution I have found after considerable research. I now have all my local server files accessible again on my Fire TV Stick 4K.
Hey Johnathon – thank you so much for this video!! : ) Especially the "smb 1.0 activation" hint – it got my old xbmc 13 with Apple tv2 on my new Windows 10 laptop working again!!
I think all in all I must have spend over 20 hours of research over the last 8 months, before finding your tutorial. Best regards from Germany my good man!
I'm really confused with email I used on pc is it Microsoft password or my gmail password. Nothing works. Please advise. I never had this issues before windows 10 updated to some crap. I can share my movies on my other 2 laptop but now only one. I'm lost. But plex I shared on 2 laptops. Kodi nope
Everything would be fine but it does not accept password. What could be the problem? Thanks
I was about to give up on this via Windows, changing the settings to SMBv1 on kodi did it for me, thanks!
Merci !
To get my NAS running in KODI on my Fire TV 4K Stick, Cube and on my Android Smartphone was really simple. But to use my NAS on my W10 PC was really hard. Lots of tries. Thank you very much! Without your help in this video I still would try for many hrs and days. It's so good to have people like you helping other people and making their lifes easier. Thanks again!
its not connecting when i click the smb ip
great video sorted out my logins !
Why in the fuck is the ufc 251 replay not available??? Y’all need to tighten up man damn.
Brilliant! Much appreciated.
Thanks brother!
Tu as réglé mon problème. Merci.
This video WORKS!!!! Thank GOD Someone made an actual video that wasn't clickbait…mother of GOD thank you bro!
Thanks a lot !! I had to setup a password for my user login, but if it saves me the troubles of copying stuff from my pc to my usb stick each time I want to watch something, it's really worth it !! Maybe it's possible without creating a password, but I didn't manage to do it..
Thanks
For those who didnt find the "SMB client" you may have to enable it first, so inside Kodi, go to Add-on Browser -> My add-ons -> Virtual filesystems and enable "SMB Support"
Thank you.
This video helped. Thank you a lot!
Got all the way to the end and when I select a network folder it says “error Invalid argument”
Perfect, thanks!
top tuto !
Thank you so much!!
SMB 1 is a security nightmare and really should not be used. Do not do this if you have users on your network you do not trust.
Not all heroes wear capes
Finally, a solution that worked. Thank you so much.
If you click to activate SMB1 in Windows it updates it to SMB2. So really you shouldnt be changing the kodi service settings to SMB1 at all.
Thanks for the help
Smb1 is not secured. So why isn’t kodi working with smb3?????
You absolute legend… Thanks bud I've tried dozens of these fixes and yours is the only one that worked! Top class 👏👏👍👌
this isnt in my list of features on my win7 home pc
I couldn'T solve it for Kodi but it worked for VLC player. Thanks mate.
thank you so much
Worked Great! Thanks for the help…
thank you so much.
i had watched lots of video but 1:30 solve my problem thank you.
Tyyyyy
After years of trying and failing, I did it successfully with your help. Thank You!
At first, only one of my SMB shares worked. After these the other one worked as well.
Weird I had to enable SMB1 first but that and renaming my workgroup in capitals in KODI worked for me. Thank you for these tips.
I'm getting error while adding network. "Operation not permitted". 🥺
I am using Kodi 19.4 on Firestick 4K Max. Everything has worked fine on Wifi. I switched everything over to hardwired connections and went in to update and when down a nasty rabbit hole. So I'm setting it all up again. However, when I follow your video instructions, when I press "OK" it tells me, "Error: Connection Refused." Could my ISP be blocking it on the network? I find it very strange. Any advise or help appreciated. Windows 10 laptop with external hard drive attached for media source.
Genius!
I have no words to thanks you.
Next time, lose the music and narrate. Always narrate your videos.
This won’t work for me, I’m running my box via wireless through android box
kodi auto updated to version 20 – then it could not find my network anymore. I disabled updates and found an apk for version 19.4 – set it up how i knew how – and the SMB network did not work.
I would always go to – Browse for new share – not "add network location" – but I would just click on Windows Network (SMB) and my workgroup would appear (smb v1 and legacy security ofc). but after my reinstall this no longer worked – it could see the workgroup but would say "connection refused" – or "network dropped due to reset" I had to follow your tutorial and add my computers with their IP addresses and then it worked
very annoying kodi – but thankyou mate for a quick and easy fix!! legend 🙂
Kodi is STUPID app! Upgraded and now SMB won't list storage locations on my network! No fix anywhere…