[gjriehl]

Hey Guys,

I have an Acer Revo 1600 that I had Windows installed on it and just ran XBMC on that but I ran into problems with BSOD's so I figured I'd just take windows out of the picture since I don't really use it at all. My problem is that I can't see my desktop computer to add samba shares now after installing XBMC Live. I can see my mom's laptop and my brother's laptop when I go to add source but not my desktop. How can I get my desktop in there?

[hoozel]

Hey Guys,

I have an Acer Revo 1600 that I had Windows installed on it and just ran XBMC on that but I ran into problems with BSOD's so I figured I'd just take windows out of the picture since I don't really use it at all. My problem is that I can't see my desktop computer to add samba shares now after installing XBMC Live. I can see my mom's laptop and my brother's laptop when I go to add source but not my desktop. How can I get my desktop in there?

Uninstall Microsoft Live pkg. it will cause head aches and sharing wont work for some reason. as well add the desktop as a location by its name. this should fix all issues.

[FishOil]

In addition to the above advice.

DO NOT try to browse and find your SMB share computer. It will only lead to complications.

Add a source by "Add Network location" type in the IP address, share name, username and password.

[Bobby Blixberg]

I have had no issues with searching and browing through SMB shares under Dharma.
Alternatively one could also edit the sources.xml file.

[bmcclure937]

I have also not had issues browsing for SAMBA shares. My FreeNAS also has the ability to broadcast via ZEROCONF. Maybe this helps?!