2010-04-07, 23:56
Tranquil Wrote:I think maybe the problem I am having is I don't know how Mac's operate at all, I've only used PC's. Second, I don't know how to access frontrow, I think these two issues are the reason why I am clueless how to do anything.
Also you say go to XBMC and add a source (to access my USB), this I now how to get to... But, when I go to this menu it asks for a name or location, which I don't know either, how do I the locate my USB?
Here is a picture of what I see which hopefully will help this.
Basically I think, if anyone is willing to take the time, please explain how to do things as if I'm a 2 year old just learning computers.
I mean I know PC's pretty well, I have been able to do pretty much anything with minimal help but this ATV... it has me, I'm confused, it sucks being a noob... Sorry guys.
Also I can take more pictures if needed just let me know what I need to do and I'm there!
Frontrow is what you see there in your second picture with all the menus. The menu you're looking for looks like it's off screen way off to the left. Even when you get the leftmost shown there, keep going left and there'll be more menus that will show up. It's that there's just too many to show up on your screen at the same time.
When you go to add a source, use add a source and then 'browse' and the drive should show up in the list that shows up. If not, restart the ATV with the drive disconnected, and then connect it after it's started up and then it will show up. Just select it, tell XBMC what's on it and viola everything should show up.
Now if you have multiple files on there (like movies and music), I like to put mine in separate folders and then add the folders rather than the drive itself. That's just me and I like things neat and tidy.
I didn't need to do what interceptor121 is saying to do when I installed it myself, but having it in r/w mode helps later on.