2009-03-24, 13:26
Hi there, sorry to drag this topic out again but I've searched and read and searched and tried to make my setup work to no avail, so here I am.
I need help with
1. Setting up my Time Capsule and attached USB Hard Drive as an SMB share
2. Setting up sources in XBMC on my Apple TV
Let's start with the Time Capsule....
I have a Maxtor USB HD connected to the Time Capsule. I have setup my TC for SMB sharing as per instructions I have read. My Windows XP laptop happily sees the share \\TIMECAPSULE\Maxtor160 and I can view and play movies etc. so I think that confirms that the TC is sharing via SMB. I have 3 folders in the Maxtor160, Music, Movies and TV. The Music folder has my iTunes library in it, the Movies folder has well, movies in it and the TV folder has recorded TV programs in it converted from EyeTV format to AppleTV format.
So I would assume that XBMC on my Apple TV which is connected to my network would be able to see the share as well.
All through the site I see talk about an "Add Sources" button eg. http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Media_Sources but the File Manager is the only place I was able to find an Add Sources option. If I go into Music, Videos or Pictures I'm not able to see "add Sources" anywhere. So I tried just setting up a Source in the File Manager to see if it would work but it always failed.
Can someone explain to me the steps I need to take to add my Music and Movies sources?
Thanks very much in advance.
oobie
I need help with
1. Setting up my Time Capsule and attached USB Hard Drive as an SMB share
2. Setting up sources in XBMC on my Apple TV
Let's start with the Time Capsule....
I have a Maxtor USB HD connected to the Time Capsule. I have setup my TC for SMB sharing as per instructions I have read. My Windows XP laptop happily sees the share \\TIMECAPSULE\Maxtor160 and I can view and play movies etc. so I think that confirms that the TC is sharing via SMB. I have 3 folders in the Maxtor160, Music, Movies and TV. The Music folder has my iTunes library in it, the Movies folder has well, movies in it and the TV folder has recorded TV programs in it converted from EyeTV format to AppleTV format.
So I would assume that XBMC on my Apple TV which is connected to my network would be able to see the share as well.
All through the site I see talk about an "Add Sources" button eg. http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Media_Sources but the File Manager is the only place I was able to find an Add Sources option. If I go into Music, Videos or Pictures I'm not able to see "add Sources" anywhere. So I tried just setting up a Source in the File Manager to see if it would work but it always failed.
Can someone explain to me the steps I need to take to add my Music and Movies sources?
Thanks very much in advance.
oobie