Newbie: Accessing MediaPortal Remotely & Video Database (1 Viewer)

[JD92781]

I'm very new to this, and im still searching for these answers but hopefully i can get an easy reply, i appreciate it in advance:

I've installed everything to work with WebMediaPortal and it works on my network, when i go to http://localhost:8080 however how do i view my MediaPortal when i am not on my network? I'm not sure of what IP address i'm supposed to place inside the URL.

Also with the mobile app, i have ampDroid and it doesnt seem to work with that either. On my network or just on 4G.

Last question: My TV Series are showing fine in the WebMediaPortal, but my Videos are not showing. The Database is correct, i'm just not sure how to make them show up.

Thank you!!

 

[MrTechno]

Is anything on your network accessible externally?

 

[JD92781]

Thank you for the reply. I never tried to access anything externally actually.

 

[CypherMK]

You should open up port 8080 in your router. If you're not sure how to do this, check the tutorials on Google.
Then you should type: your ip address:8080 (for example: 84.85.235.96:8080)
Then it should prompt you for a password and username, if configured correctly.

 

[JD92781]

That worked!! Thank you!!

However, i still cant see the movies just the tv shows. Is there another setting im missing somehwere?

 

[CypherMK]

Please check if your plugin databases are correctly configured
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/17_Extensions/Remote_Access/MPExtended/Configurator[DOUBLEPOST=1406786565][/DOUBLEPOST]And then in webmediaportal settings, check if your movie database is set to myvideos.

 

[JD92781]

Thank you for the reply.

Yes my plugin databases are correct. I didn't touch any of them so im assuming they are all correct. The TV series show up fine. Also in the web portal, myvideos are selected.

 

[CypherMK]

It's best to not assume anything :-D Please check.
If this isn't working, then I'm out of options.

 

[JD92781]

I went into Mediaportal configuration to make sure my movie database was the same that the extended media portal settings were pointing to, and it was. Is there anywhere else i can verify it's the same database? I use the default database folder C:>ProgramData>Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\database\VideoDatabaseV5.db3

 

[CypherMK]

And did you check this (webmediaportal setup):