This is actually what I did. I never could get Samba working, so I setup Jellyfin and it’s been a breeze ever since. What an amazing piece of software! I just wanted to access my files, but having them categorized with images, cast and crew, ratings, and even recommended is just fantastic. The Xbox app works fine but it’s basically just a web wrapper, and the cursor never goes away which is mildly annoying, but it’s still a way better experience than the VLC Xbox app.

Thanks for the help!

It works (VLC on Xbox), but it’s definitely not that great.

Well that made it show up thankfully, but it’s asking me to log in. Any idea how to handle that? I don’t want it to ask at all so family members have ready access.

So I added the forward slash and now the folder shows up, but it’s asking me for login credentials now. I thought “guests ok = yes” would handle that but apparently not. Any suggestions?

All I’m trying to do is play videos on Xbox/Roku, so whatever makes that happen easily is fine with me for now. I would like to build a stand alone media pc/NAS later but for now just want to keep hosting it on my pc.

Well I tried the UI approach of right clicking the folder and going to share options, which is when I was prompted to install Samba, but there is warning that states “The permission for <folder> prevent othersl users from accessing this share”. I did some digging on that error, and everything I came across basically said that wouldn’t work. My next attempt was modifying the Samba config file, I added

[FolderName]

path = (file directory path I see in properties, /media/username/lettersandnumbersfordrive?/FolderName)

browseable = yes

read only = yes

guest ok = yes

create mask =0775

As instructed by a tutorial I found. When running testpram I don’t get any errors, but I’m not seeing the folder in VLC like I do when sharing from Win10. That’s as far as I have gotten. If there’s anything else that I can provide please let me know, and on that note, the drive I’m sharing from is NTFS if that has any impact.

Thanks again!

I straight up love my Sonicare. I never expected a toothbrush to be so satisfying, but it really is. It’s also nice to have the dental hygenist heap on the compliments!

Ever used your eyes while driving? You’ve probably seen those car transport semis loaded up with new vehicles, transporting them to dealerships.

Got it, thanks!

Got it, thanks!

Awesome, thanks! You didn’t install a previous version did you? Apparently you can’t update to the current version due to the signature issue.

I struggle with GitHub sometimes. It says to download the apk but I don’t see it in the file list. Anyone care to point me in the right direction?

Gotta love the music and SFX. Total nostalgia.

Hey, I really appreciate your input and breakdown on that, totally answers my question!

Honest question, is there something wrong with F-Droid concerning privacy?

Yeah, I wouldn’t want to do payment processing either. Thanks for the information though, as I haven’t really used Peertube since I don’t use YouTube much.

That’s fair, but the number one complaint about YouTube is the ads, and I do think content creators deserve to be compensated for their time. Perhaps a way within Peertube to donate to the creator?

There’s always the support via Patreon route.

Metapixl and signup was instant for me.

I joined Pixelfed yesterday, the Instagram alternative. I wasn’t really active on IG and haven’t logged in in years, but Pixelfed seems solid. The glaring issue though is that none of my friends use it, so it’s just a personal photo for now, but hopefully that will change.