i need it to record from tivimate
Troypoint has a great video on setting up X-Plore to save videos, and to save your Tivimate settings and data. What’s great about the restore feature on the Tivimate is you only need to set up one TV and then you can use X-Plore file to replicate that setup on all the devices you have Tivimate on.
This post is intended for those who find there way here looking for away to expand storage capacity on their Firestick 4k. As always, you can take it or leave it. It’s your decision.
Perhaps you viewed @TROYPOINT video on the topic or perhaps your having other issues that are causing your experience to be less than your expectations. This post intent isn’t to offend or keep you from determining what you want to do, but to merely point out some things to consider first.
Before trying to expand storage capacity on your Firestick 4k, I think it’s important to ask yourself why you want to do this. Is it to try it to see if you can get it to work or do you really want and need extra space on my Firestick.
If your answer is the latter, perhaps a comment from Troy himself that he posted Oct. 29th might get you thinking about doing this:
“….Guys, I show that video because there are a lot of people that want to do it but if you are serious about having more storage of apps, I would suggest getting a device that has more internal storage. Yes, the process will work for most people but there are some things that will come up from time to time and power is one of them. So is trying to update apps that are residing on internal storage. I haven’t had any power problems with the SanDisk 3.0 USB drives. But, I personally only use approximately 6 applications on a regular basis, TiviMate, Syncler, YouTube, IPVanish, Kodi, and Plex. I don’t need anything else. So, I don’t need the extra storage for apps. The Fire TV Cube has 16GB of storage and so does the NVIDIA Shield TV Pro. BuzzTV XRS 4900 has 128! There’s a reason why the Firesticks are so cheap and the internal storage is one of those reasons, not enough. It’s too bad that Amazon wouldn’t add an additional 8 to their Firesticks as that would make a big difference.”
There are a lot of friendly, nice, and helpful people on here, who are knowledgeable and willing to help, that’s what makes this a great forum. Perhaps thinking about what and why you are wanting to do something to begin with, will ultimately lead you to getting the experience you want with less frustration, which is why you started cordcutting and following Troy at @TROYPOINT.
Just my two cents.
Will do I just bought one that I do not need. Planning on making it to Mexico sometime this year to visit friends.
I am no longer in Mexico thank you. I actually brought 14 4K max back with me and have given all but 2 away. Puerto Vallarta sucks now, big time.
Well stated , it makes sense to evaluate your needs . I have Kodi with Scrubs , no real debrid on my laptop. I download movies I like for a watching when on the road . So formatting a USB drive to add storage makes nosense in my situation. BUT I am certain others might find it useful
Thank you for your post Jayhawks
I .think I Know what you mean Jay. Its Simple if you know how . going to try it Sometime this Week. thanks for the info. Cheers ears.