I am wanting to switch from Jellyfin to VLC. I cannot find any tutorials or explanations on how to do this. I have a Ubuntu server with media files on it, and on VLC, the server shows up under the “browse” > “local network” Section on the VLC android app.

The icon says “smb” on it, which seems like the protocol used, however when I click on that, it takes me to a “print$” folder which then asks for the login credentials. The username and PW for local account doesn’t work.

How do I get access to the folder of media on VLC? (Call it /mnt/hdd1/my media)

Edit: FTP works with VLC, but a slightly better interface can be had with Kodi