[splinke]

Stupid question. I cannot remember how to add folders of video files from an external hard drive on my iMac so that XBMC can see them, and I can't seem to find any instructions. I did this several months ago when I first got my Apple TV 2G. However, I just updated to the newest iOS (4.3 Build 8F305) with the Seas0nPass jailbreak, then installed NitoTV, then installed XBMC 10.0-9 using NitoTV. So, the links to my video folders need to be redone.

The computer is called iMac (running Mac OS X 10.6.8)
The external hard drive is called Media
I have set up SMB file sharing on the iMac, including the external "Media" drive. In fact, it was all working just yesterday before the updates, and I have not changed anything on the iMac.

I have gone to Videos > Add Videos and have tried many combinations under smb, zeroconf, and add network share.

smb://iMac
smb://iMac.local
smb://iMac.local/Media
smb://192.168.x.x/Media
etc.

I have tried entering a username and password under the Add Network Share.

I keep getting "could not connect" and other errors.

Under zeroconf, I see "iMac (SAMBA)", but I have no idea what to do from there. The select button does nothing.

Are there some simple step-by-step instructions somewhere to get this to work?

[seand]

Scratch that.

Do you have access to another computer that uses SMB to see what it sees? I'd double check sharing set up just for kicks on the Mac too.

[splinke]

I didn't do any installations on the Mac--only on the Apple TV 2G (and I used a Windows laptop to do it).

[seand]

Can the Windows computer find your SMB share?

[splinke]

Can the Windows computer find your SMB share?

It can't see it or browse to it in Network Places on the PC, but I can manually access it by typing in the address, and then typing in my username and password.

It appears that I can get XBMC on the Apple TV 2G to see it with the following:
smb://username:password@iMac.local/Media

It just never worked when I added my username and password separately in the username and password fields. Perhaps that is how I ended up getting it to work before. I am still very confused, and the whole process is not very user-friendly.

Oh, and during my experimentation, I accidentally added a mutated version of an smb address to the "browse" list (along with Zeroconf, HDHomerun, etc.). Does anybody know how to delete that entry? I have tried holding the "Menu" button down with it selected, but nothing happens.

[pasjk]

ATV2 with Eden installed recognizes my external drive via my Apple extreme. I can set up smb. In zeroconfig it recognizes the external as AFP, but won't set up. Smb sets up, accepts name etc., but when I go to open it, nothing. Both also recognize my IMac and would allow a set up if I wanted it. Suggestions?