Where are the Home Theater config files stored

For those that need to edit the files, or want a quicker setup vs using the remote - where are the config files stored for Home Theater?

 

If you wish to edit items like the synopsis you need to use the web edit program on your PC.

 

Sorry. I was asking where the files are located on the device not how to edit them.

What is the name of the files and what directory/folder are they in?

 

And how do you get at them remotely?

 

easiest built in way I found so far if I remember right (not in front mine right now).
Settings > Network > turn on SMB and setup Password, default is root and 88888888 I believe.

If there are others please share.

Really wish there was an ssh service that could be turned on.

 

Does SMB expose the root directory of the entire file system? What about Android permissions getting in the way? Even if you were able to change the XML files with the config, how would you go about getting HT to reload them?

It would be great if the Zidoo boxes were a bit more open, like enigma2 based boxes, but that's not the nature of their platform. If it was, you'd find a lot more 3rd party add-ons and enhancements. Maybe even alternate firmware images.

 

Tell more please. Which web edit program? Or are you just talking about http://zidoo:9528/ ?

 

Config files are stored in a hidden directory called .hometheatre.

The location depends on how you set the "Poster Folder" in HT settings.

Default is in the Source(es) location(s) but best is set to Custom and leave it in \\Storage on the box then there's only one directory (assuming multiple sources).

If you want the database (SQLite), you can get a copy by producing a backup and unzipping it. You can't access the database directly.

If you want to use SSH you could use something like SimpleSSHD which is based on Dropbear.

 

Yes

 

I have some ideas. More to come as I have time.

I’ll look into what Markswift2023 said above.
But I did a bit of digging around on my own in the files last night and found the hidden directories. Did a back up and found the .db file that has the ip and path, and saw it was created with sql lite v3.

 

Grabbed the theater.db from the backup. Loaded it into SQLite 3 and edited the 3 tables where mappings appear.

Reloaded it into the zip and restored on the z9x pro. The links show up, but say invalid. Even though the links work just fine in zmdc.

Anyone have an idea where the invalid comes from or what needs to be done to make the shares valid?

 

McBluna was dedicated to these things and even created his own application for importing nfo directly into Zidoo. Unfortunately, it seems that he has stopped developing it.